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Tag Archives: settlements
West Bank village under siege faces live-ammo, arrests and concussion grenades at nonviolent demo
The West Bank village of Beit Ommar has had a tough August, withstanding frequent Israeli military raids that see soldiers shoot tear-gas into residential areas and arrest Palestinian minors. Last Saturday, the month got even tougher for activists resisting illegal … Continue reading
Posted in Settlers/Colonists
Tagged Beit Ommar, Israel Defense Forces, settlements, West Bank
13 Comments
IDF and Ros-Lehtinen share goal: kill any chance for Palestinian state
An important report in today’s Haaretz by Akiva Eldar [picked up earlier today here by Matthew Taylor] further confirms the Israeli government’s intention to illegally annex strategic parts of the West Bank. Combined with the push by a top House … Continue reading
Activists from across Europe gather to build the campaign against Agrexco
This past weekend in the Montpellier, France, over 100 activists from 9 countries gathered for the first ever European Forum Against Agrexco. Delegates from Italy, UK, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Palestine joined the French organizers for two full … Continue reading
U.S. Treasury says: There’s nothing to see on tax-exempt support for illegal settlements
Investigative journalist and author Grant Smith‘s “Israel Lobby Archive” project gets a response from a Freedom of Information Act request filed in 2007, which asked for access to internal Treasury Department records on programs to stop or investigate charitable funds … Continue reading
‘Progressive Zionist’ group in U.S. calls for settlement boycott (while J Street continues to refuse to)
The liberal Zionist organization Meretz USA is calling on American Jews and Israelis to boycott West Bank settlements. While distancing itself from the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, the statement represents a significant stand among left-leaning American Zionist … Continue reading
Posted in BDS, Israel Lobby
Tagged J Street, Meretz USA, settlement boycott, settlements
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An Israeli’s Wiki-piphany
WikiLeaks keep resonating. My friend David Bromwich writes: Here, an Israeli liberal centrist, after a small step in anti-colonial self- criticism, swings back to self-justification. All it took was the Wikileaks cables saying what everyone in Israel already knew: that … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged Ari Shavit, hawkish dove, Iran, settlements, WikiLeaks
29 Comments
Ex-CIA official: Obama’s only peace process is to ‘hope for a miracle’
Robert Grenier, CIA’s chief of station in Islamabad, Pakistan, from 1999 to 2002 and director of the CIA’s counter-terrorism center, writes in disbelief at the current Obama administration strategy with the peace process (which he considers long dead). He comments … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East
Tagged Israel, Obama, peace process, settlements
29 Comments
‘We are not in Israel’: Close encounters at the entrance to the Nokdim Settlement
A Palestinian family living in Bethlehem but originally from the village of Jeb al Theeb contacted our group of volunteers asking for help in harvesting olives on their land adjacent to the settlement of Nokdim, home to Israeli FM Avigdor … Continue reading
A deal on settlements: are we being played?
You’re fed up with Israel’s settlement policy. You’ve read about Obama’s offer to give Israel the moon for a three month moratorium that excludes East Jerusalem, and you’re furious. On the other hand, you might be someone who could care … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East
Tagged Israel, Obama, settlements
7 Comments
The calm strength of a Palestinian woman
Umm Khaled, at first glance, is a Palestinian woman like many others: black clothing drapes over her body and head, her face marked by the years making her look older than she probably is. Yet this woman, who according to … Continue reading
The Israeli military left it to settlers to monitor Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest
Jeb al Theeb, a small West Bank village south of Bethlehem, is under constant threat by the illegal Israeli settlements surrounding it. The small house we called home for a month had a view of the so-called Lieberman Road, which … Continue reading
‘I am strong. We resist’: An interview in the village of Jeb al Theeb
Sitting in one of the houses of Jeb al Theeb, a small village south of Bethlehem, a Palestinian woman describes the living conditions. She is a teacher but in the darkness it is difficult to determine her age. Her home, … Continue reading
Siegman and Walt both doubtful
Henry Siegman is cynical (at the National Interest) about Obama’s concessions to Netanyahu. Note Siegman’s blistering tone. Note the frank description of Palestinian rightlessness (emphasis mine). Siegman’s piece highlights the amazing fact that East Jerusalem is free for Netanyahu’s picking:
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged East Jerusalem, Henry Siegman, Netanyahu, Obama, settlements, Stephen Walt
14 Comments
NYT implies Muslims are the hostile ‘other’
The New York Times is at it again. In an article about President Obama’s mild criticism of Israel’s plans to build more settlements in occupied Palestine, the newspaper said: Despite their efforts to build mutual trust, Mr. Obama and Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in Beyondoweiss, Israel/Palestine, Middle East
Tagged Indonesia, Muslim other, Netanyahu, Obama, settlements, The other
3 Comments
Schumer: settlements are meaningless, only a strong Israel lobby will bring peace
I get my news from the ZOA. Boy I’m behind. Schumer says that settlements are no obstacle to peace and the way to bring peace is to inform the Arab world that Israel and the U.S. can never be sundered. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Lobby
Tagged Chuck Schumer, Israel Lobby, settlements, throw in the towel, Zionist Organization of America
73 Comments
‘New York Times’ is clueless
“New York Times execs visit West Bank city “Publisher, senior editors of influential American newspaper given tour of Ariel as part of Yesha Council PR campaign” Those are Ynet’s headlines. NYT publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and executive editor Bill Keller … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged Ariel, Arthur Sulzberger, Bill Keller, Dani Dayan, Jr., new york times, settlements, West Bank
38 Comments
The Democratic-Likud Party
Ynetnews.com today publishes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “list of millionaires,” a group of people Netanyahu identified as potential donors to him ahead of the 2007 primary elections in Israel. What’s important about the list of donors that Netanyahu identified … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Democratic Party, Haim Saban, Likud, Mort Zuckerman, Republican Party, settlements
28 Comments
Congressional chairman to Palestinians who live in the capital of the Jewish people: Drop dead
U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, issued the following statement today concerning the Israeli construction in Jerusalem. AIPAC is tweeting happily about it. “Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. … Continue reading
