Op-ed by Lara Friedman originally published in the Huffington Post, January 5, 2018. Last month, President Donald Trump granted a cherished wish of American and…

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 originally published in the Huffington Post, December 27, 2017. Last week, on December 21st, the United States took off the gloves at…

Op-ed by Lara Friedman originally published in the The Forward, December 20, 2017. The video is striking — no pun intended. A 16 year-old Palestinian girl in the…

A weekly report on Israeli settlement activity by the Foundation for Middle East Peace. This week covering: Following Trump’s Jerusalem proclamation, Israel hints new plans for the East Jerusalem settlements of Atarot and Pisgat Ze’ev; a special committee fast tracks approval of a Jerusalem cable car project; the Knesset expedited funds earmarked in 2018 to immediately purchase armored buses for settlers; the 100+ settlers illegally squatting in a Hebron home have given conditions for their self-evacuation; a bill to annex schools inside of settlements gets government backing; a Knesset committee strips a non profit operating in an outpost of its tax benefits.

Op-ed by Lara Friedman originally published in LobeLog.com December 11, 2017. Since well before Election Day, Donald Trump and his key advisors made clear that…

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A weekly report on Israeli settlement activity by the Foundation for Middle East Peace. This week covering: Israel’s High Court orders the state to defend the Regulation Law a second time; Yesh Din petitions to rehear the Amona outpost case given recently revealed implications of the ruling; the Ofra settlement moves to retroactively legalize a sewage treatment plant; B’Tselem released a new report documenting Israel’s waste and sewage policies that harm Palestinians; the United Nations prepares to release a database of companies conducting business with Israeli settlements; an official says the U.S. announcement on Jerusalem has nothing to do with East Jerusalem settlements; Jared Kushner’s ties to pro-settlement activity continue to deepen.

Op-ed by Lara Friedman originally published in Times of Israel, December 6, 2017. One memorable night in August 1993, I went to sleep in a…

Op-ed by Lara Friedman originally published in the Huffington Post, December 7, 2017. Back in February 2016, a New York bankruptcy lawyer named David Friedman…