IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
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Just weeks after the US deemed Israeli settlements legal, Israel announces plans to bulldoze a symbolic Palestinian market in occupied Hebron in order to build an illegal Jewish-only settlement in it's place.
about 1 week ago
News & Analysis
Over the weekend, the Israeli government approved $11.5 million to go toward illegal Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank. Despite being built on their land, Palestinians are barred from entering these settlements.
about 1 week ago
News & Analysis
Caught on camera, Israeli settlers vandalized Palestinian cars and schools, including a kindergarten. But this is an almost weekly occurrence in the occupied West Bank, where Palestinians are pushed off their land to make way for Jewish-only compounds.
about 2 weeks ago
Op-Eds & Analysis
Pompeo’s reckless announcement threatens to normalize and encourage Israeli war crimes and expansionism. It is an overt green light for Israeli annexation of Palestinian territory and the permanent denial of the Palestinian people’s rights to freedom and self-determination.
about 2 weeks ago
News & Analysis
Israeli extremists want to exploit the Trump administration's bogus attempt to rewrite international law by annexing Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank. Here's Palestinian analyst Diana Buttu's reaction: "This isn’t just about Trump...We saw this all happening through the negotiations; there was a continued attempt to water down the illegality of settlements. Israel got the message that might is right.”
about 3 weeks ago
News & Analysis
On Sunday, US ambassador David Friedman and Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson attended the official opening of a medical school in one of the largest illegal Jewish-only settlements built on Palestinian land in the occupied West
on October 29, 2019
Op-Eds & Analysis
As the days went on, Palestinians saw how much Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was willing to secure an electoral victory, including vowing to annex West Bank settlements.
on September 20, 2019
Op-Eds & Analysis
Palestinians tilling the fertile Jordan Valley said on Wednesday they have been rooted for generations to the West Bank land that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to annex, and they vowed never to give it up.
on September 20, 2019
News & Analysis
In a high-profile speech on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to annex a part of the West Bank called the Jordan Valley if he wins Israel’s upcoming election on September 17.
on September 20, 2019