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“The website for the expo includes a reference to Gush Etzion, a cluster of some 20 settlements in the West Bank, southeast of Jerusalem, that are considered illegal under international law. Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, said the inclusion of Gush Etzion was a telling reminder of the claim made on all of the Occupied Territories by the pro-settlement movement. ‘Gush Etzion is the Israeli term for an area of the West Bank located south of Jerusalem on which, under international law, all Israeli construction, all Israeli communities are considered illegal under international law,’ Friedman said. ‘The pro-settlement movement around the world, and most Israelis, do not make any distinction between Israel and the West Bank. The idea is that all of this is Eretz Yisrael’ — Hebrew for ‘the land of Israel’ — ‘and it belongs to the Jews because God gave it to them.’”

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with Mahmoud Mushtaha, a journalist and researcher from Gaza, and Obada Shtaya, the co-founder and CEO…

“‘The entire ‘speak-no-criticism-of-Israel’ industry is erupting in outrage and demanding retribution for a history professor’s speech at the UMich graduation,’ said Lara Friedman, the president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, who added that those seeking to discipline Peterson were effectively making a ‘demand for a complete Israel-exception to free speech.’”

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Welcome to FMEP’s Weekly Settlement & Annexation Report. To subscribe to this report, please click here. April 24, 2026 EAST JERUSALEM: Yeshiva Approved in Sheikh Jarrah,…

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