One of the problems that bedeviled U.S. relations with Israel when Yitzhak Shamir was prime minister was Israel’s official dissembling about the true rate of…

Israel’s plans for the Jerusalem region, including a significant portion of the occupied West Bank, are moving ahead swiftly. A steering committee composed of representatives…

U.S. opposition to settlements eased when Assistant Secretary of State Edward Djerejian testified in support of their “natural growth.” This policy change comes at a…

The latest State Department annual report on Israeli settlement in the occupied territories attempts to present the settlement policies of the Rabin government in their…

The agreement on Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip signed on September 13 contains four specific references to Israeli settlements and makes…