Media

  • Settlement & Annexation Report: February 10, 2023

    Welcome to FMEP’s Weekly Settlement Report, covering everything you need to know about Israeli settlement activity this week. To subscribe to this report, please click here.…

  • Settler Violence: More Than Criminal

    In this episode of FMEP’s Occupied Thoughts podcast, Kristin McCarthy (FMEP’s Director of Grants & Operations) speaks with Ziv Stahl (Executive Director of Yesh Din)…

  • FMEP Legislative Round-Up: February 3, 2023

    1.Bills, Resolutions & Letters 2. Media & Reports 3. Members on the Record (Attacking & Defending Ilhan Omar) 4. Members on the Record (Palestine/Palestinians) 5.…

  • Settlement & Annexation Report: February 3, 2023

    Welcome to FMEP’s Weekly Settlement Report, covering everything you need to know about Israeli settlement activity this week. To subscribe to this report, please click here.…

  • Republicans push to remove Ilhan Omar from foreign affairs panel (Lara Friedman in Al Jazeera)

    “Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, an advocacy and research group, said Republicans are trying to validate their talking points against Omar by using the statements and actions of Democrats. ‘They own this,’ she said of Democrats who previously attacked Omar. ‘They made a decision in the last few years to jump on board and score political points at Ilhan’s expense … And that decision is now the basis for the resolution that is being used to throw her off the committee.’ Friedman added that Omar and her fellow Muslim-American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib are held to “different standards” when it comes to addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict… Friedman said attacks on Omar appeal to the Republican base and play well for the party politically. ‘It’s a really handy way to embarrass and corner Democrats because when Democrats vote against this tomorrow, the Republican argument is going to be: ‘I don’t get it. You said all these things [against Omar]. Why are you not holding her accountable?’ Politically, this is just fantastic for them.'”

  • SecState Blinken’s Meeting with Bibi (Lara Friedman on Background Briefing)

    “We begin with Secretary of State Blinken’s meeting today with Prime Minister Netanyahu who leads the most far right government in Israel’s history and like former President Trump who is running for the presidency to stay out of jail, Netanyahu is using the power of his office to strip Israel’s Supreme Court of its authority so that he can be in charge of the law and stay out of jail. Joining us is Lara Friedman, the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace…”