FMEP’s weekly report on Israeli settlement activity. This week covering: an overview, details, and reaction to the publication of the “Zandberg Report” – an Israeli government committee endeavor to find legal strategizes for retroactively legalizing settlement buildings and outposts; Efrat acquires a private drone thanks to a charitable donation; the High Court override bill is sent to the Knesset with government backing despite lacking consensus in the governing coalition; the World Zionist Organization is renting at a discount to settlers; and more.

“You can’t claim to have principles and then demand that Israel be held to a different and lower standard.” Lara Friedman comments for the American Conservative on the support the Israel Anti-Boycott Act enjoys among some Democratic lawmakers.

1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters 2. Hearings & Markups 3. On the Record *Brought to you in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the…

FMEP’s weekly report on Israeli settlement activity & policy. This week covering: the advancement of another settlement project at the entrance of the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem; NGOs file an appeal to stop the construction of a new settler-backed footbridge near the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan; a new report from Kerem Navot documents the land status of 38 police stations in settlements across the West Bank, revealing 4 stations were built illegally on privately owned Palestinian land; and an update on the High Court supersession law.

FMEP President Lara Friedman and FMEP non-resident Fellow Peter Beinart discuss Peter’s recent article in The Forward, “American Jews Have Abandoned Gaza, and the Truth.”