The vice president said a few words about freezing settlement expansion and granting greater freedom of movement to Palestinians as a means of demonstrating Israel’s commitment to Palestinian statehood. “Show me,” he challenged Israel. And he got applause. Not a…
When he called for a two-state solution now, when he came down on settlement expansion, there was just a smattering of applause for John Kerry at AIPAC today. Settlements “empower the enemies of peace in the region,” Kerry said. And…
When he called for a two-state solution now, when he came down on settlement expansion, there was just a smattering of applause for John Kerry at AIPAC today. Settlements “empower the enemies of peace in the region,” Kerry said. And…
The UN has called on Israel to end house demolition in East Jerusalem, which has displaced 90 people this year, 400 last. Because of Israel’s control over building permits in the occupied territories, which includes East Jerusalem, illegally annexed, 60,000…
Further pressure on the special relationship. This complaint filed with the U.S. Trade Representative by the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy says that the free-trade agreement with Israel has not worked in the U.S.’s best interest, with Israelis ripping…
The killing of a protester last week at Bil’in in the West Bank has apparently had this effect: Israel has come up with a new route for its wall through the village in an effort to comply with several High…
The killing of a protester last week at Bil’in in the West Bank has apparently had this effect: Israel has come up with a new route for its wall through the village in an effort to comply with several High…
One of my favorite themes is that Palestinian statelessness is an American Jewish achievement–the lobby’s support for the settlement program throughout the ’90s. Jeff Blankfort reports on a review of Dan Fleshler’s book on the Israel lobby, in The Jewish…
Two weeks back, publisher Mort Zuckerman wrote a piece on Huffpo called “The Story You Aren’t Hearing from Israel” that began with an event he described as one of the “everyday incidents of the ordeal confronted by people in Israel:”…