In the Times of India. Brings up the Jews-only settlements. Of course this site said it was worse than apartheid 3 years ago. This comes just a few weeks after the president’s deputy foreign minister was woodshedded for saying American…
AC sent us a great post last week on why some are cynical about the two-state solution. Add this story from Ha’aretz to the list: Defense Minister Ehud Barak has agreed to approve the establishment of a new settlement in…
The “Spiegel settlement database” is already creating waves in Israel. Israeli NGO Yesh Din has announced they will use the database to help Palestinians sue Israel for reparations and the removal of settlements from privately owned land. To help get…
The inimitable Morton Klein, in a piece published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency: “Mitchell demands that Israel not allow even “natural growth” within the Jewish communities in the West Bank. This was not part of any agreement ever signed by…
More and more Jews are questioning the program. American Jews for a Just Peace, a Boston-based group that formed last fall, has issued a statement calling for action against Israel’s “war on Palestine.” In the wake of this illegal war,…
Likud platform states– oh, that’s frontrunner Netanyahu’s party– Settlements The Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza are the realization of Zionist values. Settlement of the land is a clear expression of the unassailable right of the Jewish people to…
Ha’aretz has busted open a huge story today: “Secret Israeli database reveals full extent of illegal settlement.” The story outlines a database created by the Israeli defense establishment to gather: credible and accessible information at the ready to contend with…
AC writes: Peace Now just released a report which found that settlement growth has increased 69% in 2008 as compared to 2007. A similar report was issued by the group in August of 2008. A similar report was issued by…
Ira Glunts just read an AFP story about the settlements and offers his translation: Olmert — I offered to evacuate 60,000 settlers. [It was easy to do because I will not be Prime Minister long enough to implement it, but…