Tag Archives: West Bank

What part of this do you not understand: Fatah official says he’ll gladly accept state on 1967 borders as a step towards a nation stretching from the Jordan River to the sea

TIMES OF ISRAEL Fatah official: Palestine alongside Israel is just ‘a phase’ by Staff January 22, 2016 A senior member of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party has said a Palestinian state alongside Israel is only “a phase” and … Continue reading

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Government claims 370 acres in West Bank. US Ambassador Dan Shapiro and US State Department Spokesman John Kirby issue harsh words

JERUSALEM POST Palestinians charge Israel with confiscating 371 acres in the Jordan Valley by Khaled Abu Toameh, Tovah Lazaroff January 20, 2016 Palestinians warned on Wednesday that Israel was confiscating 150 hectares [370 acres] of farmland in the Jordan Valley … Continue reading

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Bassam Tawil: “Unfortunately, the Israelis already know that so far, at least, Palestinian promises are not worth an old shoe”

GATESTONE Palestinians: Save Us from the Good-Hearted Westerners! by Bassam Tawil January 1, 2016 What can be done with these Americans and Europeans? They always seem pining for a dialogue between the Israelis and the Palestinians that would end in … Continue reading

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Peace Now: Housing Ministry planning 55,548 new West Bank homes; Ministry denies claim for E1 area

TIMES OF ISRAEL Housing Ministry working on plans for 55,548 settlement homes — Peace Now by Sue Surkes December 28, 2015 The Housing Ministry is working on settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem valued at more than … Continue reading

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Israel establishes legality of West Bank claims. It’s about time.

ALGEMEINER Israel Draws Up Document Justifying Legality of Settlements, Property Claims to West Bank by Ruthie Blum December 3, 2015 Israel is preparing a document providing the legal justification for Israeli settlements, Israel’s Channel 2 reported on Thursday evening. According to … Continue reading

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West Bank’s Area C not changing for now

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu: We will not hand over even ‘one meter’ of land by Tovah Lazaroff November 29, 2015 Israel is not planning to unilaterally hand over portions of Area C in the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority, Prime … Continue reading

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#BDSFail: Berlin department store backtracks on pulling Israeli wine from shelves

JERUSALEM POST Berlin department store apologizes, restocks Israeli ‘settlement’ wines by Herb Keinon November 22, 2015 The German Department store KaDeWe, which on Saturday removed from its store wine produced in the Golan Heights, apologized for the move on Sunday … Continue reading

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Glick: One State Solution supported by 35% of Israel

JERUSALEM POST Who is being delusional? by Caroline Glick November 19, 2015 …And this brings us to the 35 percent of Israelis who support applying Israeli sovereignty to Judea and Samaria. It is this virtual blackout on coverage of opposing views … Continue reading

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The salami strategy: Slice Israel apart, piece by piece. Demand a slice and when Israel gives in, then demand another

ALGEMEINER Amnesia on Settlements Afflicts Martin Indyk by Benjamin Korn November 20, 2015 A form of amnesia must be affecting the Obama administration’s former chief Mideast negotiator, Martin Indyk. It is, however, a very selective kind of amnesia–he only forgets concessions that … Continue reading

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Palestinian polling data: Short term view on resolution is hopeful, long term not so much

MOSAIC MAGAZINE Compromise for Now, the End of Israel for Later by David Pollock November 19, 2015 …Altogether, then,the evidence suggests that today, at least, most Palestinians in both the West Bank and Gaza want a ceasefire and economic cooperation … Continue reading

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