Category Archives: Settlers/Colonists

Meet the Knesset’s newest settler members

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Allison Deger

Orit Struk and Moshe Feiglin are the Knesset’s newest settler ministers, elected in January. They are bent on annexing most of the West Bank and rebuilding the Jewish temple on the site of the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem

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Following UN settlement report, the path forward for Palestinian leadership is clear — take Israel to the International Criminal Court

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Michael Lynk
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More than anything else the Palestinian leadership could do, seeking membership in the International Criminal Court and preparing to bring a complaint against Israel for its settlements has the potential for dramatically altering the political landscape in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A victory at the International Criminal Court would isolate Israel, require the West to acknowledge the force of its own laws, re-establish the importance of universal values and, most hopefully, begin to re-set some of the dysfunctional asymmetry of power between Israel and the Palestinians.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists | Tagged | 16 Comments

UN fact-finding mission: Israeli settlements violate intl law; Israel must ‘immediately initiate a process of withdrawal’; Governments and companies must ‘[terminate] their business interests in the settlements’

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

A U.N. fact-finding mission into “the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory” has issued a blockbuster report on the Israeli settlement project warning of “creeping annexation” of the occupied territories and making the closest call yet from the U.N. for sanctioning Israel over its violation of Palestinian human rights and international law.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, Reports/Video, Settlers/Colonists | Tagged | 146 Comments

Don’t believe the (liberal Zionist) hype: Israel’s elections ratified the apartheid status quo

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Alex Kane

The liberal Zionist wing of the American Jewish community are deluding themselves about the results of the Israeli elections. Both J Street and Americans for Peace Now are hailing the outcome of the elections as a decisive move towards the “peace process.” The reality is completely different. The Israeli government will remain committed to the status quo of apartheid. Above, Tzipi Livni of the Hatnuah party (right) speaks with Labor Party leader Shelly Yacimovich.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Settlers/Colonists, US Politics | 63 Comments

How 20 tents rocked Israel: Palestinians take the fight to their occupiers in Bab al-Shams

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Jonathan Cook

By establishing Bab al-Shams, activists visibly demonstrated the apartheid nature of Israel’s rule in the occupied territories. Following Saturday’s Israeli raid on the village, organizer Mohammed Khatib said, “In establishing Bab al-Shams, we declare that we have had enough of demanding our rights from the occupier — from now on we shall seize them ourselves.” That, of course, is Benjamin Netanyahu’s great fear.

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Netanyahu ordered eviction of Bab al-Shams

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Allison Deger

This morning in the darkness, hundreds of Israeli special forces descended on the protest encampment of Bab al-Shams in the E1 area of the West Bank and detained 150 villagers in what Israel is declaring a ‘closed military zone’ — a bureaucratic designation used to force Palestinians from land

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Why Netanyahu put the brakes on his plan to build in E1

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Alex Kane

Plans to build in the E1 corridor in Jerusalem have been put on hold for now. The international constraints on building there were too great. But while E1 won’t be built in for now, a building approval binge has taken place in other areas in Jerusalem.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Settlers/Colonists, US Politics | Tagged | 5 Comments

It’s not just in the occupied territories — Palestinians fear efforts to ‘Judaize’ Israeli city of Lod

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Kate

Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Restriction of movement Lod’s Arab residents fear influx of Jewish settlers will drive them out Haaretz 7 Jan by Gideon Levy & Alex Levac — Many Arab residents of this mixed … Continue reading →

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Jordan Valley settlers farm private Palestinian land while owners are barred from entering

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Kate

Palestinian owners barred from Jordan Valley land while Israeli farmers profit Haaretz 3 Jan — Thai workers from the Israeli settlements are allowed across the border fence into the area, while the Palestinians are not; IDF spokesman also refuses to … Continue reading →

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Israel’s poor, including ex-settlers, face cuts as state funds head to the West Bank

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Allison Deger

Once living comfortably in Gaza outposts former Gush Katif settlers are now longer the apple of the government’s eye and will begin paying rent on their trailers after seven and a half years of government subsidies.

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The dead two-state dream remains alive in mainstream media

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Alex Kane

U.S. mainstream media remains stuck in the ossified discourse of a two-state solution. Israeli settlements have killed off that dream, but the Washington Post and New York Times continue to promote the fiction that a Palestinian state is possible.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, Settlers/Colonists, US Politics | 21 Comments

Endless ‘debate over two-state solution’ is cover for the real story, annexation of West Bank

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Philip Weiss
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Joseph Dana recently wrote in the National: “the debate about the two-state solution has become an important diversion from discussing the true nature of Israeli colonialism.” This trend has been shared from right wingers to liberal Zionists: Keep talking about the need for the two state solution, so that no one talks about the policies that have made it impossible.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists | 67 Comments

Do not let settlers expel us from our home in Sheikh Jarrah

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Ayoub Shamasneh

Ayoub Shamasneh appeals for international solidarity as his family faces eviction from the home they have lived in since 1964. He writes: “Now more than ever we are aware of the double standard of the Israeli law that does not lend Palestinian refugees or their children a claim to property they owned before 1948, yet allows children of Jewish Israelis to sue and evict Palestinian families from homes they have lived in for decades.”

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists | Tagged | 7 Comments

Israel razes Al-Araqib for the 45th time

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Araqib village razed for the 45th time The Israeli authorities razed the Araqib village in the Negev desert for the 45th time running claiming that the houses were built without permit. link to www.palestine-info.co.uk Land Theft & Destruction / Ethnic … Continue reading →

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The right of return and the limits of the anti-Apartheid framework

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Jimmy Johnson

Applying an anti-apartheid framework to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict presents the danger of decentering Palestinian voices from the Palestinian liberation narrative by focusing on the territory of Palestine at the expense of the geography of Palestinians.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Nakba, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists | 13 Comments

Rise of Hamas and failed peace process lead Israeli leaders and media to warn of ‘third Intifada’

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Today in Palestine

 Israel grows jittery of new Palestinian uprising JERUSALEM (AP) — The rising confidence and bellicosity of Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, combined with rapidly deteriorating relations with Israel’s would-be peace partner in the West Bank, are raising jitters in … Continue reading →

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UN: 120 houses destroyed, 3000 displaced during latest Israeli attack on Gaza

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Today in Palestine

500 Israeli soldiers ransack homes in Burqa Around 500 Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Burqa, north-west of Nablus, in the middle of the night, ransacking homes and causing damages amounting to thousands of euros. Soldiers arrived in over 30 … Continue reading →

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Israel’s annexation moment has arrived

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Allison Deger

Discourse from within the Israeli government to formalize Greater Israel may indicate that Israel is finally planning to formally annex the West Bank.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists | 40 Comments

Makdisi: E1 sets the stage for one state

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Saree Makdisi joins the two state post mortem. In tomorrow’s International Herald Tribune, Makdisi says Netanyahu’s decision to build in the E1 area not only kills the two-state solution, but also seals the fate of an exclusively Jewish state.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Occupation, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists | 11 Comments

Israeli settlement binge continues — 1,700 more illegal units expedited & settlers take over apts in East Jerusalem

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Kate

Settlements / Land Theft & Destruction / Ethnic Cleansing / Apartheid & Occupation Israel expedites plan for 1,700 housing units in East Jerusalem Haaretz 4 Dec — Israel is continuing to take retaliatory measures in wake of the United Nations … Continue reading →

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Israel demonstrates sovereignty over occupied territories by stamping passports of West Bank visitors ‘Judea and Samaria only’

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Settlements / Land Theft & Destruction / Ethnic Cleansing / Restriction of Movement / Apartheid & Occupation  Effective annexation: Israel now stamping passports of West Bank visitors “Judea and Samaria only”, Ali Abunimah The latest change is further proof that … Continue reading →

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Two Israeli policemen face charges after striking kidney patient with rifles at roadblock

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Today in Palestine

 Two Israeli Policemen Face Charges Of Abusing A Kidney Patient Israeli paper, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported that two Israeli Policemen are facing charges after they abused and humiliated a Palestinian kidney patient, including hitting him with their rifles, at a military … Continue reading →

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Israel responds to UN vote by approving 3,000 new settlement units and plans to build in strategic West Bank corridor

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

The Netanyahu government hasn’t wasted any time issuing its response to yesterday’s vote at the UN. Today, Israel announced 3,000 new illegal housing units in the occupied territories. Plans include building in the “E1 corridor” to connect the Ma’ale Adumim settlement with Jerusalem. This would effectively sever hopes of a contiguous Palestinian state.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists | Tagged | 91 Comments

Palestine: Oppression will not work

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Palestine: Oppression Will not Work Anyone who knows a little bit of history realizes that when there is situation where a people has refused to surrender and abandon its rights, oppressing it will not work. The only ones who may … Continue reading →

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Not a single condemnation from the West when Israel violates ceasefire

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Three Injured By Israeli Fire In Khan Younis Palestinian medical sources reported that three Palestinians have been injured, on Sunday evening, after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire at them in Al-Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, in … Continue reading →

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