Smotrich aims to legalize 68 outposts in Judea and Samaria

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich aims to legalize 68 outposts in Judea and Samaria and has instructed various ministries to prepare to provide them with public services. Read more

Biden must get Security Council to rescind Resolution 2334

President Biden can stem the outbreak of Jew-hatred worldwide by convincing the Security Council to rescind Resolution 2334 adopted on 23 December 2016 – only after the Obama-Biden administration failed to veto its passage. Read more

Knesset approves US$20m to secure Judea and Samaria outposts

The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday approved the transfer of 75 million shekels ($20.8 million) in security funding for outposts in Judea and Samaria, amid accusations that Jerusalem has been neglecting the protection of citizens living in the disputed area since Hamas launched its current war against the Jewish state on Oct. 7. Read more

Australia to strengthen objection to Israeli settlements

Australia will strengthen its objections to the Israeli government’s planned settlement expansion and is “gravely concerned” by activities that hinder the prospect of peace in the region.  Read more

Unity on the Gold Coast

Against the background of increasingly heated internal opposition, the direction of the Israeli government is becoming clearer. Read more

US warns Israel against Jewish settlements expansion

Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged continued US commitment to both Israel’s security and a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict but warned the expansion of Jewish settlements would be an obstacle to peace. Read more

Recycling

When one thinks of recycling, the generally accepted definition is the process of collecting and processing materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash and turning them into new products. Read more

Biden’s less than ironclad commitment to Israel

Forget the bromides about America’s “unbreakable bond” with Israel and how the United States is Israel’s “greatest friend.” Over the past week, the Biden administration has crossed two ominous red lines. Read more

Dangerous times, and they are of our own making

I can’t recall having seen such a tumultuous first 60 days of any new Israeli government. Read more

Palestinians claim new understandings reached with Israel

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that no new Israeli settlements would be established, Palestinian sources told the Tazpit Press Service that there is now a US-mediated understanding between Israel and the Palestinian Authority to lower tensions. Read more

The heat generated by many Israeli politicians needs to be turned down

To opponents of Israel and her existence, it does not matter who is in government, or what Israel does, or how she behaves. It’s all the same to them. Read more

Israel’s government announces marketing of 1,300 housing units in Judea and Samaria, coalition upset

Israel’s government announced yesterday the marketing tenders for 1,355 housing units in Judea and Samaria through the Israel Land Authority and under the direction of Minister of Construction and Housing Zeev Elkin. Read more

Israel boosts Biden image whilst blunting UN and EU Jew-bashing

The decision by Israel’s new Government approving the possible construction of 863 Arab residential units in Area C of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) is a positive move by Israel as it battles incessant United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) pressure seeking to deny it the legal right to reconstitute the Jewish National Home there under article 6 of the Mandate for Palestine and article 80 of the UN Charter. Read more

Defence Minister approves 2,000 houses for Israelis, 1,000 for Arabs in Judea and Samaria

Minister of Defence Benny Gantz has approved the convening of the Higher Planning Council of the Civil Administration for approving about 2,000 housing units in Israeli communities, and almost 1,000 housing units for Arabs. Read more

Could a future US administration undo Trump’s new policy on Israeli settlements?

The announcement last month by U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo that Israeli settlements are not illegal was either warmly welcomed or hotly rejected, depending on how you interpret international law. Read more

What those 107 Democrats got wrong

The letter from 107 Democratic members of Congress declaring that Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, and much of Jerusalem, are illegal is wrong on so many levels that I wonder if even most of the signatories themselves understand the implications of what they signed. Read more

Jewish, US Israel-related groups react to US announcement on settlements

Several Jewish and Israel-related groups quickly reacted to the major announcement by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that it would no longer view Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria as illegal under international law. Read more

Warren, Palestinian Jew-hatred and the destruction of the West’s moral compass

The U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, has suggested that she would consider cutting military aid to Israel to force it to halt construction of settlements in the disputed territories. Read more

Crucial that Netanyahu Creates Coherent Settlement Policy…writes Isi leibler

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu enjoys enormous public support. Read more

Palestine – Kerry Destined for Political Scrapheap

US Secretary of State – John Kerry – has again succeeded in muddying the waters with the following headline-grabbing sentence uttered by him after meeting PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem this week: “Let me emphasise that the position of the United States is that we consider now, and have always considered, the settlements to be illegitimate”…writes David Singer. Read more

Israel’s rights explained by European counsel

NSW parliamentarian The Rev Hon Fred Nile MLC has hosted a meeting at which Andrew Tucker – Executive Director of Christians for Israel and International and Legal Counsel to the European Coalition for Israel delivered an address titled ” Israel, Settlements and International Law”. Read more

Message for Senator Carr

More than 1000 distinguished lawyers are signatories on a letter sent to Dame Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy requesting her to revoke the recent directive on Israeli settlements. J-Wire has forwarded it to Australian Foreign Minister Senator Bob Carr for comment. Read more

AIJAC and ZFA to Bob Carr: “We disagree”

The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council has said that it disagrees with Foreign Minister Bob Carr’s claim about the legality of settlements but adds there is more in the mix to be considered. Read more

ECAJ rejects Carr’s legal statement

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has joined Shadow Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in rejecting the legal argument put forward by Foreign Minister Bob Carr backing his statement made at Lakemba mosque that all Israeli settlements on Palestinian land are illegal. Read more

Carr and the Settlements – enter Julie Bishop

Shadow Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has commented on remarks made by Australian Foreign Senator Bob Carr when visiting a mosque last week stating that all Israeli settlements on Palestinian land are illegal. Read more

Foreign Office explains

The Department for Foreign Affairs has responded to a “please explain” call by J-Wire regarding a statement made at the Lakemba mosque by Foreign Minister Bob Carr that all Israeli settlements on Palestinian land are illegal under international law and should cease. Read more

Palestine – European Union Can’t Be Judge And Jury…writes David Singer

The decision by the European Union (EU) to boycott Jewish organisations and institutions based in the West Bank and East Jerusalem will bring much joy to the Arab world’s on-going vicious hate campaign of denigration and demonization of the Jewish State. Read more