Op-ed by Lara Friedman originally published in the Huffington Post, December 27, 2017. Last week, on December 21st, the United States took off the gloves at…

Op-ed by Lara Friedman originally published in the The Forward, December 20, 2017. The video is striking — no pun intended. A 16 year-old Palestinian girl in the…

A weekly report on Israeli settlement activity by the Foundation for Middle East Peace. This week covering: Following Trump’s Jerusalem proclamation, Israel hints new plans for the East Jerusalem settlements of Atarot and Pisgat Ze’ev; a special committee fast tracks approval of a Jerusalem cable car project; the Knesset expedited funds earmarked in 2018 to immediately purchase armored buses for settlers; the 100+ settlers illegally squatting in a Hebron home have given conditions for their self-evacuation; a bill to annex schools inside of settlements gets government backing; a Knesset committee strips a non profit operating in an outpost of its tax benefits.