Understanding the UN Settlements Resolution
by Mitchell Plitnick On Friday, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2334, which calls on Israel to cease building settlements in territories it occupied in 1967. The Obama...
View ArticleAfter the UN, the EU must lead the way on Israeli settlements
by Hugh Lovatt Much of the discussion about the UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements over the past week has focused on the U.S. decision to abstain, thus allowing it to pass....
View ArticleThe Annexation of Palestine Could Be Closer Than You Think
by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man Senior Israeli government minister Naftali Bennett announced on Sunday that he will introduce legislation to effectively annex Israel’s third-largest settlement in the...
View ArticleDon’t Mess with Jerusalem
by James J. Zogby In just a matter of days, President-elect Donald Trump will have to decide on whether or not to make good on his promise to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem....
View ArticleWest Bank Demolitions: On the Way to Annexation
by Natasha Roth Demolitions of Palestinian structures in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2017 have so far continued at much the same rate as in 2016, a year in which Israel destroyed a record...
View ArticleIsrael’s Land Theft Law Just Tip of Settlement Iceberg
by Haggai Matar The Knesset on Monday night passed the “formalization law” (also translated as the “normalization law”), which retroactively legalizes dozens of settlement outposts in the West Bank —...
View ArticleIsrael-Palestine: The Deal-Maker Deals Himself Out
by Paul R. Pillar Donald Trump had already moved a long way backward since uttering a few remarks last year raising hopes that he would break out of the straitjacket that binds American politicians on...
View ArticleIsrael Passes “Dissenter Ban” Barring Entry to Boycott Advocates
by Mairav Zonszein As Donald Trump signed a revised travel ban against nationals of six Muslim countries and many refugees, Israel’s Knesset passed a law that bars giving temporary visas or residency...
View ArticlePalestine and the New Peacemakers
by Paul R. Pillar President Trump’s expressed desire to resolve, somehow, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is welcome, but the grounds for skepticism about this outweigh the reasons for hope. The...
View ArticlePalestinian Children’s Lives Are Shaped By 50 Years of Military Occupation
by Jennifer Bing There are two places to visit if you want to know the human impact of Israel’s 50-year military occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory: an Israeli military court and the...
View ArticleNabi Saleh is where I lost my Zionism
by Lisa Goldman A short video of 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi slapping an Israeli soldier has dominated the Israeli media for the past week, and received prominent coverage internationally as well. Ahed, a...
View ArticleWho’s Afraid of BDS?
by Mitchell Plitnick On Saturday, Israel released a blacklist of groups that are part of the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS). Twenty groups appear on the list, including...
View ArticleThe Real Costs of Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
by Zaha Hassan During his meeting with the Israeli prime minister last week, President Trump told reporters that moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem will only cost US taxpayers $250,000...
View ArticleTrump’s Jerusalem Policy and Israeli-Palestinian Peace
by Lara Friedman With the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem looming large, speculation continues to mount regarding President Trump’s long-promised plan to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace....
View ArticleThe Myth of the Gaza “Border”
by Amjad Iraqi Palestinian activists have long criticized the use of the word “border” to describe the 1949 armistice line that divides Gaza and Israel, and which protestors in the Great March of...
View ArticleDemolition of Khan al-Ahmar: More Than Just a War Crime
by Edo Konrad The residents of Khan al-Ahmar have spent the past several weeks waiting for Israeli bulldozers to arrive to demolish their entire village and forcibly displace all 170 people who live...
View ArticleICC Prosecutor: Demolishing Khan al-Ahmar a War Crime
by Edo Konrad Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda issued a stern warning to Israel officials on Wednesday, saying she will not “hesitate to take any appropriate action” should...
View ArticleThe Obsolete Palestinian Authority
by Paul R. Pillar The unique entity known as the Palestinian Authority (PA), created 25 years ago as a supposedly transitional structure, is well past its sell-by date. The anniversary earlier this...
View ArticleA Weakly Inflated Trial Balloon for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
by James J. Zogby This week a well-known Israeli journalist revealed what he said were “new details about the Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.” His report, he said, came from...
View ArticleIsrael’s New “Apartheid Road” Is about More than Just Segregation
by Edo Konrad Israel unveiled a new segregated highway in the occupied West Bank last week, with a giant eight-meter concrete wall separating Palestinian and Israeli drivers on either side. Labeled the...
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