From the FMEP Blog
Feinstein-Netanyahu Letters on Susiya, Mitchell Plitnick
Senator Dianne Feinstein released a series of letter exchanges between herself and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concerning the Palestinian village of Susiya, which lives under a demolition order and under constant threat from the neighboring settlement.
US-Israel relations
Bibi’s Trump dilemma, Brookings/Foreign Affairs
It’s not clear what President-elect Donald Trump will do on Israeli-Palestinian issues, write Michael J. Koplow and Natan Sachs. For Israel, a friendlier Washington is a mixed blessing.
Opinion: Pro-Israel and racist? Palestinians aren’t surprised in the slightest, +972 Magazine
“Though it may have sparked debate in the Jewish-American community, the idea that Israel can be a cause célèbre for white nationalists is hardly news to Palestinians, whose very existence vies with a state steeped in European, colonial racism,” writes Samer Badawi.
Huckabee denies reports he was tapped as ambassador to Israel, The Hill
Occupation/Human rights
Even Israel says this Jewish settlement is illegal. Now comes the showdown., The Washington Post
The stakes over the fate of this hardscrabble community of shoddy trailers are high, not just in the international arena but inside Israel. The clash is being drawn as a showdown between the authority of the high court and the governing coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The different ways Israel treats Jewish, Palestinian outposts in the West Bank, Local Call
Palestinian activists protest Israeli attempts to ‘legalize’ settlement outposts by erecting one of their own. Unlike two nearby Jewish outposts, however, the Israeli army demolishes the Palestinian camp within hours.
Opinion: What’s an illegal settlement?, +972 Magazine
“The Israeli government is working tirelessly to retroactively legalize over 100 illegal West Bank outposts. They’ll probably get away with it. Is that such a bad thing?” asks Mike Omer-Man.