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Israel News Should U.S. Block Charity Aid to Israeli Settlers?
When Marc Ginsberg heard recently that the settler group Ateret Cohanim had taken possession of two properties in East Jerusalem and evicted its Palestinian tenants, the former Clinton administration official saw it as one more sign of a crucial flaw in… U.S. tax policy. As it turns out, American donors receive tax breaks to fund…
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Breaking News Israel Pushes 500 Settler Homes in East Jerusalem
An Israeli government committee on Monday advanced plans for 500 settler homes in East Jerusalem, an official said, in the face of disapproval from the United States at construction on occupied Palestinian land. The Interior Ministry panel’s preliminary approval of the new homes for Ramat Shlomo, a neighborhood built on West Bank territory captured in…
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Breaking News Israel Finance Chief Balks at Funding Settlements
Israel’s finance minister, Yair Lapid, said he would not agree to invest funds in West Bank settlements. Lapid made his remarks Wednesday during a ministerial meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on improving West Bank infrastructure. He was responding to reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved planning for at least 1,000 new housing units…
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Breaking News Israel Pushes Plan for 1,000 East Jerusalem Settler Homes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will expedite planning for some 1,000 settler homes in East Jerusalem, a government official said on Monday, in a bid to placate a restive coalition ally without further aggravating a dispute with Washington. The ultranationalist Jewish Home party, led by Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, has been issuing veiled threats to…
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Opinion Settlements, Snub Cause Latest U.S.-Israel Strain
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning a massive new wave of construction in the West Bank, according to a report Sunday night on Israel’s Channel 2 News. It’s part of a deal to calm his restive allies in the settler-backed Jewish Home party. The Channel 2 report has since been confirmed independently by Haaretz,…
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Breaking News Palestinian Girl Dies After Being Hit by Settler Driver
A Palestinian girl died after being hit by a car driven by a Jewish West Bank settler who fled the scene. Einas Khalil, 5, died hours after being struck near the central West Bank town of Sinjil, located northeast of Ramallah. Another 5-year-old Palestinian girl also was injured. Residents of the Palestinian town accused the…
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Breaking News Was East Jerusalem Palestinian Killed for Selling Home to Jewish Settlers?
An Arab resident of Silwan in eastern Jerusalem was stabbed to death in what could be retaliation for selling an apartment building to Jews. Other reports say the early Friday morning murder by a family member was the result of a family feud. Neighbors who witnessed the fight told police that the argument was over…
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Opinion Why Benjamin Netanyahu Is Wrong To Cite ‘American Values’ in Jerusalem Feud
Benjamin Netanyahu has drawn a goodly measure of criticism for his latest verbal tussle with the White House, culminating in his charge that the Obama administration violated “American values.” Frankly, most of the criticism is undeserved. There’s a lot to be said about the exchange and the bilateral tensions it reflects, but the prime minister’s…
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