Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, a point of contention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Settlements
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Fast Forward Under 50’s Think West Bank Is Part Of Israel
A growing number of Israelis believe that the settlements are part of sovereign Israel, according to a new poll published in Fathom, a UK journal on Israel. A public opinion poll conducted between October and November 2016 asked 1,027 Israeli Jews whether Israel had declared sovereignty over the West Bank (it hasn’t). The survey is…
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Opinion Israel’s Settlement Blocs Block Prospects For Peace
“Everybody knows,” goes the argument. “Everybody knows that under any future Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, West Bank settlement blocs will be annexed to Israel.” And because everyone knows that, the argument goes, Israel should be allowed, even encouraged, to continue unhindered with settlement construction in the “blocs.” Proponents of construction in settlement blocs argue the following….
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Fast Forward Some Jewish Settlers Lose Interest As Growth Slows — And Inconvenience Grows
After five years, Batsheva Reback couldn’t take living in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank any longer. Despite renting a house with a garden for far less than it would cost in Israel itself, it didn’t make sense. Her new apartment in Israel may be small, but unlike where she used to live…
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Fast Forward Diane Feinstein Rips Bibi Over Settlements
California Senator Dianne Feinstein laced into Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, after she said a decision by the Israeli cabinet to approve the creation of a new West Bank settlement proved the government was not serious about peace. The announcement, the Jewish Democrat wrote in a statement, “demonstrates once again Netanyahu’s not serious…
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Opinion The Israeli Settler Movement Isn’t Much Of A Movement
Israel is a sovereign state and recognized member of the United Nations while the West Bank and East Jerusalem under the international law of armed conflict remain occupied territories. With the methodical precision of a dumb machine, the Knesset had passed each month for the past two years a new law or amendment not so…
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Fast Forward Trump ‘Concerns’ About Settlements Remain As U.S.-Israel Talks Continue
WASHINGTON (JTA) — After a lengthy session of U.S.-Israel talks, Israeli negotiators said they would take into account Trump administration “concerns” about settlement building, a sign that the issue continues to dog relations between the countries. The joint statement released Thursday night after four days of talks between top officials said the issues are “exceptionally…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Said To Reject U.S. Proposal On West Bank Settlements
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly blew off a demand by President Donald Trump to freeze settlement building in isolated areas of the West Bank as a condition for continuing construction in larger blocs and east Jerusalem. “The talks have not been completed, but there is progress and we will hear about it when we…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Said To Reject U.S. Proposal on West Bank Settlements
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly blew off a demand by President Donald Trump to freeze settlement building in isolated areas of the West Bank as a condition for continuing construction in larger blocs and east Jerusalem. “The talks have not been completed, but there is progress and we will hear about it when we…
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