This is 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 German Union Boss Vows To Fight Boycott of Israeli Settlements
German trade union leader Michael Sommer has vowed to stand up to unionists who want to boycott goods made in West Bank Settlements. “As long as I am head of this organization, there will never be aresolution that says ‘Don’t buy from Jews,’” said Sommer, 61, chair of the Federation of German Trade Unions, accepting…
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Opinion Israel Must Stop Settler Violence
Jan Psaki, a State Department spokesperson, characterized Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement in early November of plans for thousands of new settlement homes as not conducive to “steps that create a positive atmosphere for continued negotiations.” The mild and familiar American condemnation is certainly true, but off the mark, considering the very negative atmosphere created by daily…
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Fast Forward Israel Approves Construction of 1,700 New Settlement Homes
Israel issued tenders for construction of more than 1,700 new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, moving ahead with projects opposed by the United States and others ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The plots being advertised are in nine settlements in areas Israel says…
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Fast Forward Israel Green Lights 3,500 New Homes for Jewish Settlers on West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered officials on Wednesday to press ahead with plans to build 3,500 more homes for Jewish settlers, hours after Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of U.S.-brokered peace efforts. Netanyahu’s step was seen as a way to placate hardliners who criticized him as the inmates, convicted of killing Israelis,…
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Fast Forward Israel Approves New Jewish Settlements After Freeing 26 Palestinian Prisoners
Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday as part of U.S.-brokered peace efforts, but said it was pressing on with plans to build more homes for Jewish settlers, in an apparent move to appease hardliners. The inmates, who were convicted of killing Israelis, basked in a heroes’ welcome from hundreds of relatives and well-wishers in…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Aide Pushing Plan To Avert Diplomatic Pressure on Settlements
Gabi Kadosh, the prime minister’s adviser on settlement issues, is advancing a plan to exempt officially urban settlements from being obliged to publicize tenders for marketing lands. The goal is to reduce the diplomatic pressures that results from publicizing such tenders. In the West Bank, as in Israel, there are two types of communities –…
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Fast Forward Jewish Settlement Construction Up by 70% This Year, Says Peace Now Report
Housing starts in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank are up by 70 percent this year, the anti-settlement Peace Now group said on Thursday, despite reports Israel has been quietly delaying new construction. The figure related to the first six months of 2013 – before Israeli-Palestinian peace talks resumed in July – and was…
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Fast Forward Jewish Settler Bludgeoned With Ax Near West Bank Home
Israeli police are searching for two Palestinians who are believed to have killed a Israeli army colonel outside his West Bank home. The man, reserve colonel Sariya Ofer, was bludgeoned to death Thursday night by the two men who waited outside his home in Shadmot Mehola, a West Bank settlement, wielding an axe and metal…
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