Posts Tagged: Israeli settlements
US ‘Outraged’ by UN’s Publication of Blacklist of Companies Tied to Israeli Settlements, Pompeo Says
America's top diplomat castigated the UN on Thursday for the publication the previous day of a report listing companies said to have business ties to...
Breaking Down the UNHRC Blacklist
JNS.org - In the halls of the United Nations, they’re calling it a “database,” but it’s more commonly and accurately known as a “blacklist.” It’s...
Warren: ‘I Will Reverse the Trump Administration’s New Policy on Settlements’
JNS.org - Responding to a New York Times survey last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pledged to reverse US President Donald Trump’s decision in November on Israeli settlements,...
O’Brien: Uptick in Global Antisemitism Means Greater Immigration to Israel
JNS.org - US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said on Wednesday that Israeli settlements would continue to grow because of rising antisemitism worldwide, meaning that...
Pompeo Says US Support for Israeli Settlements Advances Peace With Palestinians
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that Washington's backing for Israeli settlements in the West Bank will advance Israeli-Palestinian peace. Pompeo announced in...
Pompeo Criticizes ‘Foolish’ Democratic Stance on Israeli Settlements
JNS.org - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday issued a stern rebuttal to a letter signed by more than 100 congressional Democrats last...
The Legitimacy of Jewish Settlements
“Most of my ethnic group,” New York Times columnist Paul Krugman recently wrote (evading his identity as a Jew), “understands that Trump is bad for...
Trump Recognizes the Jewish Connection to the Biblical Lands of Judea and Samaria
Donald Trump once again proved his unequaled friendship with Israel. When his administration announced what should have been a non-controversial recognition of the fact that...
100-Plus Democrats Sign Letter Criticizing New US Stance on Israeli Settlements
JNS.org - More than 100 Democrats signed a letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week criticizing the Trump administration’s decision to stop...
US Recognizes Settlement Truth
The United States has finally come to the legal and practical conclusion that “The establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West Bank is not...
Political Advocacy Journalism Distorts Coverage of US Policy on Settlements
The gold standard for journalists, at one time, was to fulfil the role of diligent truth-seeker who thoroughly and independently gathered news and reported objectively...
Trump Shift on Israeli Settlements Fulfills Wish List of Evangelical Base
A US decision effectively backing Israel's building of settlements in the West Bank, long a cherished item on conservative Christians' wish list, is expected to...
New York Times News Article on Israeli Settlements Falsely Describes US Policy
The front-page New York Times news article about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s statement about Israeli settlements includes a significant and so-far-uncorrected inaccuracy. The front-page Times...
Netanyahu: There Will Be No More Settlement Evictions
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday declared his commitment to the settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria. Netanyahu was speaking at an event marking...
