FMEP Legislative Round-Up: December 1, 2017
1. Bills & Resolutions 2. Hearings 3. On the Record *Brought to you in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Round-Up was born!
Media
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Top news stories from Israel/Palestine: December 1, 2017
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Settlement Report: November 30, 2017
Welcome to FMEP’s Weekly Settlement Report, covering everything you need to know about Israeli settlement activity this week. To receive this report via email, please…
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Top news stories from Israel/Palestine: November 30, 2017
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In unprecedented move, 10 Democratic senators write to Israeli leader Netanyahu and demand he halt demolition of Palestinian village
FMEP’s Lara Friedman talks to the Intercept about the Feinstein letter urging Netanyahu not to demolish the Palestinian Bedouin villages of Susiya and Khan Al-Ahmar.
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Locking Palestinians in a Flawed Peace Process
Op-ed by and Khaled Elgindy & Lara Friedman, originally published in LobeLog, November 29, 2017. The Trump administration’s recent decision to allow the Palestine Liberation…
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Could US aid to PA be cut off even without Taylor Force Act?
“There is wiggle room in the law — both on the PLO mission and the aid — for an administration to either certify or decertify depending what it wants to do,” Lara Friedman tells Jewish Insider.
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Top news stories from Israel/Palestine: November 29, 2017
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Analysis of NGO Monitor’s “Analysis” of the McCollum Bill
On 11/16, NGO Monitor (NGOM) published a hit-piece attacking legislation introduced by Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), HR 4391, promoting the human rights of Palestinian children and seeking to ensure that United States tax dollars are not supporting violations of these rights by Israeli authorities. Below is a point-by-point analysis of NGOM’s “analysis” of the bill.
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Top news stories from Israel/Palestine: November 28, 2017