1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters 2. Hearings 3. On the Record *Brought to you in cooperation with Americans for Peace Now, where the Round-Up was…

For decades, Israeli occupation policies have involved the incremental annexation of West Bank territory. With the onset of the Netanyahu-Trump era, the Israeli government is…

In 2014, opponents of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel began promoting legislation in various U.S. states denouncing the BDS movement. In 2015, these…

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…

Op-ed by Lara Friedman published by Frankfurter Rundschau on March 19, 2018. Während die EU-Mitgliedstaaten im Außenministerrat diskutieren, wie der Nahost-Friedensprozess wiederbelebt werden könnte, wird über…

1. Bills, Resolutions, & Letters 2. FY18 Consolidated Approps – Mideast Elements In DoD & ForOps 3. FY18 Consolidated Approps – Taylor Force Act 4.…

FMEP’s weekly report on Israeli settlement activity. This week covering: A new light rail will have a stop in the far-flung Ariel settlement; an employee strike at the Israeli Civil Administration might delay settlement approvals; Israel’s 2019 budget is passed, and Palestinians say it entrenches occupation and discrimination; Likud candidates seeking to replace Netanyahu promise more settlement construction.

Op-ed by Lara Friedman originally published in Euractive, March 20, 2018. Nobody can say with certainty what Trump’s plan will entail or when (or even if) it will be released. However, President Trump has already given a powerful clue indicating the direction his policies are likely to take, in the form of his historic 6 December 2017 decision to change decades-old US policy vis-à-vis Jerusalem.

There is an ongoing campaign in Congress and in state legislatures to pass laws barring BDS against Israel and/or boycotts or other forms of economic…

Op-ed by Lara Friedman originally published on Medium, March 19, 2018. In the turbulent Trump era, concern about free speech is a bipartisan affair. Republicans decry efforts to silence voices of the political and religious Right; Democrats celebrate protests against the Trump administration and its policies. At the same time, however, lawmakers from both parties are working together to erode the First Amendment, in a joint effort to create a new political free speech exception for Israel. The potential ramifications of this effort are far-reaching and should provoke deep bipartisan alarm.