Settlement Report: February 15, 2018
FMEP’s weekly report covering Israeli settlement activity. This week including: Law-Breaking settler Pinchas Wallerstein appointed to lead government team tasked with legalizing outposts; High Planning Council approves new settlement plans including an unusual, temporary plan to house evacuees from the Netiv Ha’avot outpost; Bibi insinuates that the U.S. has been involved in discussions about West Bank annexation plans; three touristic settlement projects in East Jerusalem were advanced; and, Lara Friedman responds to Trump’s ‘word salad’ response to a question about settlements.