IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
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If you're an Israeli living illegally on stolen Palestinian land in the West Bank, Amazon offers you free shipping on orders over $49. But if you are Palestinian living in the exact same area, Amazon will charge you all the shipping fees.
on February 17, 2020
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On Sunday Israel approved the construction of over 1900 new illegal Jewish-only settlement units on Palestinian land. These settlements steal vital resources from Palestinians are completely off limits to those living under occupation in the West Bank
on January 7, 2020
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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.
on December 2, 2019
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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.
on December 2, 2019
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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.
on November 26, 2019
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.
on November 22, 2019
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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.”
on November 19, 2019
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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