FMEP in the News
John Kerry Searches for a Sign on Palestine at the Saban Forum, Tablet Magazine/Matt Duss
“Why issue increasingly agitated warnings on Israeli settlement activity if you’re not going to do anything about them?” asks FMEP’s Matt Duss.
US-Israel relations
Israel’s Netanyahu isn’t worried about Steve Bannon and anti-Semitism in Trump’s camp, The Washington Post
In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed concerns about perceived anti-Semitism surrounding the campaign of President-elect Donald Trump.
Occupation/Human rights
Will Palestinians pay heavy price for Amona evacuation?, Al-Monitor
Palestinians fear that Israel will destroy Palestinian homes, lift the construction freeze and resume work on hundreds of new settlement housing units to compensate the settlers for the evacuation of Amona.
How to whitewash the killing of two Palestinian teens, Local Call
Video and forensic evidence didn’t stop the Israeli authorities from failing to properly prosecute the killing of two Palestinian youths at a Nakba Day protest in 2014.
'Claiming Israel Is a Racist Endeavor': Britain Adopts New Definition of anti-Semitism, Ha'aretz
“The move is seen by many as specifically highlighting anti-Zionist anti-Semitism. But the government could also be using it as a political tool against the left,” writes Daniella Peled.
Palestinian politics
Abbas said to lift immunity of political rivals, The Times of Israel/AFP
Dahlan and PA lawmakers associated with him to face charges of embezzlement, weapons smuggling and defamation, sources say.