FMEP supports Congressional letter calling for Leahy Law’s application to Israel, Egypt

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FMEP supports Congressional letter calling for Leahy Law’s application to Israel, Egypt,

The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) strongly supports the congressional letter to Secretary of State John Kerry requesting assurances that Leahy Law restrictions are being applied to Israel and Egypt.

US-Israel relations

Sanders Says Positive U.S.-Israel Ties Contingent on Improving Relations With Palestinians,

In recently released transcript, Sanders says he would demand Israel halt settlement construction, adding that if Israel ‘want us to have a positive relationship, they’re going to have to improve their relationship with the Palestinians.’

Occupation/Human rights

How one Palestinian with a camera rattled Israelis,

Ever since he taped the incident in which an IDF soldier shot an already injured Palestinian attacker in Hebron, Imad Abu Shamsiya has been receiving death threats from extreme-right activists.

Israel tears down seven Palestinian homes in 24 hours,

Seven Palestinian homes have been demolished in the past 24 hours across the Occupied West Bank – a move dubbed as “collective punishment” by Palestinian leaders. The list of demolished structures includes three houses in Qabatiya town south of Jenin belonging to families of a trio gunned down in February after they killed an Israeli soldier.

Israeli electricity company cuts power in Bethlehem over unpaid debts,

Israel’s state-owned energy company reduced power to a number of Palestinian areas including Bethlehem on Monday, officials said, citing unpaid debt by the Palestinian Authority.

Before Zionism: The shared life of Jews and Palestinians,

Before the advent of Zionism and Arab nationalism, Jews and Palestinians lived in peace in the holy land. Menachem Klein’s new book maps out an oft-forgotten history of Israel/Palestine, and offers some guidance on how we may go back to that time.

How the director of Peace Now saved Bibi and the peace process,

Avi Buskila, the new director general of Peace Now, may come as an outsider to the world of peace organizations but there’s one unique item on his resume nobody else can lay claim to.

Israeli politics

Netanyahu invites Abbas to meet him,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to meet him, Arab48.com reported on Monday.