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MK Kisch willing to let E1 “remain as it was, outside Israel proper, making the Israeli Ma’ale Adumim an island in an otherwise disputed territory”

JEWISH PRESS Trump or Not, Govt. May Push Ma’ale Adumim Annexation Bill by David Israel March 2, 2017 After numerous postponements, the bill annexing Ma’ale Adumim, an Israeli city in Judea, some four miles from Jerusalem, creating an urban Jewish … Continue reading

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“To hear the news media tell it, Israel’s Knesset has approved extreme right-wing legislation that will steal Palestinian land by legalizing illegal outposts and thereby demolish the last hopes for Middle East peace”

JNS Understanding the outposts by Stephen M. Flatow February 8, 2017 …For those who forget [Jordan] King Hussein’s record, I should mention that he was the king who decreed that all 57 synagogues in the Old City of Jerusalem should … Continue reading

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“Inadvertently, you, President Obama, made Israel stronger”

ALGEMEINER Goodbye, President Obama: Parting Words From an Israeli Settler by Yishai Fleisher January 18, 2017 Dear President Obama…I wanted to say goodbye and show you the respect due to a tenacious adversary. Many US Jews, and even a few … Continue reading

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Your fact-of-the-day: “Not ALL of Judea and Samaria are currently disputed territories, as Israel ceded parts of these areas to the #Palestinians in the context of the Oslo process”

JEWISH PRESS U.S. Policy on Israel and the Obama-Trump Transition by Dr Ken Levin December 15, 2016 In a speech to the UN General Assembly on September 20, President Obama declared that Israel should recognize “it cannot permanently occupy and … Continue reading

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“A fight over the regulation of settlements becomes a fight over the character of Israel”

FRONT PAGE MAG Israel’s Constitutional Identity Crisis by Caroline Glick December 2, 2016 Israel’s coalition crisis over the settlements regulation bill is not a normal power struggle between overweening politicians. It is not popularity contest between Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon … Continue reading

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Way to go #France: “There are 200 territorial disputes in the world today, and France has singled out one of them—Israel’s with the Palestinians—for special treatment”

NEWSWEEK France Should be Ashamed of Labeling Products Made by Jews by Michael Oren November 30, 2016 To its credit, France is one of the first countries in Europe to ban economic boycotts of Israel. To its shame, France is … Continue reading

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Ettinger: “Anyone claiming that Israel must concede geography in order to secure demography is either dramatically mistaken or outrageously misleading” [VIDEO]

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Legal expert Alan Baker on Israeli “occupation” and settlements [VIDEO]

ELDER OF ZIYON August 22, 2016 International law expert and former Israeli ambassador to Canada Alan Baker describes why Israel is not an occupier under international law and why settlements are not illegal.

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“Evangelical Lutheran Church in America approves resolution calling on the government to end aid to Israel if it does not stop “occupation”

ARUTZ SHEVA Evangelical Lutheran Church calls to stop U.S. aid to Israel by Ben Ariel August 15, 2016 The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has approved a resolution calling on the American government to end all aid to Israel if … Continue reading

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It’s not a land conflict, contrary to what you may have been told — “Palestinian terrorism has plagued Middle East since the 1930s — before the 1948 establishment of Israel and the 1967 Six-Day War”

ISRAEL HAYOM Israel’s Odysseus vs. the Sirens by Yoram Ettinger June 10, 2016 …The modern-day Sirens attempt to allure Israel to join a tempting, seemingly unprecedented regional peace-for-our-time initiative, pampered by peaceful Arab talk, U.S. and NATO security guarantees, possibly … Continue reading

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