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27 Dec 2016, 7:00 pm by Orde F. Kittrie
” According to the 2016 ICC report, “the Israeli government has allegedly led and directly participated in the planning, construction, development, consolidation and/or encouragement of settlements on West Bank territory. [read post]
27 Dec 2016, 7:30 am by J. Dana Stuster
Security Council resolution that states the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank “has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law and a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-State solution. [read post]
26 Dec 2016, 5:30 am by Paul Rosenzweig
On the West Bank, Fatah is in a severely weakened state. [read post]
24 Dec 2016, 8:26 am by Elena Chachko
  First, the resolution adds yet more weight to the legal case against West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements under international law. [read post]
24 Dec 2016, 5:03 am
Obama on Israel and other sensitive issues, and the president acting aggressively to protect his legacy, the two have become leaders of what amounts to dueling administrations.The split widened on Friday when the Obama administration abstained from a United Nations Security Council vote that condemned Israel for Jewish settlements in the West Bank, and allowed the resolution to pass. [read post]
23 Dec 2016, 8:37 am by Quinta Jurecic
Security Council resolution condemning the construction of further Israeli settlements in the West Bank (on which the United States had previously intended to abstain), and suggested that the Pentagon scrap the longrunning Lockheed Martin contract for F-35 stealth aircraft. [read post]
22 Dec 2016, 12:25 pm
Resolving Conflicting Interests and Values Stephen Chaudoin, Zachary Peskowitz, & Christopher Stanton, Beyond Zeroes and Ones: The Intensity and Dynamics of Civil Conflict Daphna Canetti, Julia Elad-Strenger, Iris Lavi, Dana Guy, & Daniel Bar-Tal, Exposure to Violence, Ethos of Conflict, and Support for Compromise: Surveys in Israel, East Jerusalem, West Bank, and Gaza Nimrod Rosler, Smadar Cohen-Chen, & Eran Halperin, The Distinctive Effects of Empathy and Hope in… [read post]
22 Dec 2016, 11:13 am by Quinta Jurecic
Security Council resolution condemning the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. [read post]
22 Dec 2016, 6:13 am by Eugene Kontorovich
The Security Council is expected to vote today on a resolution, introduced by Egypt, condemning the presence of settlements — Jewish communities in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem. [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 3:55 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Successive Administrations have requested aid for the Palestinians in apparent support of (1) promoting the prevention or mitigation of terrorism against Israel; (2) fostering stability, prosperity, and self-governance in the West Bank that may aid Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic prospects; and (3) meeting humanitarian needs. [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 11:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
The priority has been to maintain and secure the regime’s rump state in the west of the country, especially its two major cities which have historically been the economic and cultural heart of Syria. [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 10:15 am by Quinta Jurecic
Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel, right-wing bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman, has routinely raised funds for a large West Bank settlement, the Journal reports. [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 7:56 am by J. Dana Stuster
Friedman has also supported settlement construction and annexation in the West Bank, and has used shockingly offensive language to describe liberal Jewish groups like J Street. [read post]
19 Dec 2016, 8:19 am by Benjamin Wittes, Paul Rosenzweig
One predictable result of announcing an embassy move to Jerusalem and naming an ambassador to Israel who wishes to see settlements expanded and the West Bank annexed to Israel is violence. [read post]
17 Dec 2016, 8:04 am by Quinta Jurecic
Elena Chachko examined proposed legislation in the Israeli Knesset that would “legalize” many settlements in the West Bank, flagging the many domestic and international legal challenges that would face the new law. [read post]
16 Dec 2016, 8:48 am by Quinta Jurecic
Friedman has previously expressed hardline views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, voicing support for Israeli annexation of sections of the West Bank and calling Jewish supporters of a two-state solution “worse than kapos. [read post]
15 Dec 2016, 11:30 am by Frederica Saini Fasanotti
In the west, there has been heavy fighting in the city of Zawiya, west of Tripoli, between two rival clans: the Ahneish and the Khadrawi. [read post]
14 Dec 2016, 1:18 pm by Tom Smith
Instead, he's argued for placing the Gaza Strip under Egyptian control and handing the West Bank to Jordan. [read post]