A weekly report on Israeli settlement activity by the Foundation for Middle East Peace. This week covering: 240 building permits issued for settlement units in East Jerusalem; the Supreme Court and Attorney General justify land theft for Israeli settlers because they are part of the “local population”; Israel moves to evict Palestinians in the Jordan Valley and West Bank to make way for settlement expansion; Ir Amim and Peace Now put out essential new reports on 2017 settlement activity.

Op-ed by Lara Friedman originally published in the Progressive Post (Europe), December 6, 2017. Since the 1978 Israel-Egypt Camp David accords, it has been a…

A weekly report on Israeli settlement activity by the Foundation for Middle East Peace. This week covering: the construction of new settler-only bypass roads; Israel is, for the first time, clearing landmines from the West Bank – and doing so for the expansion of a settlement; a state-funded NGO is petitioning to retroactively legalize an outpost; Bibi says evacuating settlements would be “ethnic cleansing,” FMEP’s Lara Friedman dismisses the notion; and more.

A weekly report on Israeli settlement activity by the Foundation for Middle East Peace. This week covering: U.S. pressure leads to the delay of the Greater Jerusalem Annexation bill; plans for Ramat Shlomo and Ramot advance; injunction on the Regulation Law does not stop appointment of a settler advocate to lead committee tasked with retroactively authorizing outposts; more information on the new and improved bypass roads Netanyahu has promised for settlers.