Settlement Report, March 2019
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Settlement Report, 29 March 2019
Report: U.S. & Israel Are Discussing Annexation “Scenarios” Including Ariel, Ma’aleh Adumim, and Etzion “Settlement Blocs” [And AIPAC Stuff] - read more >>
Israel Gives Final Approval to Arieh King Settlement Project in Sheikh Jarrah - read more >>
Jerusalem Planning Authorities Advance Legal Cover for Hasty Approval of Settler Zip Line Project in East Jerusalem - read more >>
Updated Jerusalem Map by Ir Amim - read more >>
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Settlement Report, 21 March 2019
After 18 Years, Court Evicts Settlers from Stolen Home in Downtown Hebron - read more >>
Knesset Leader: U.S. Support for Annexation of Golan is First Step Towards West Bank Annexation - read more >>
Israeli Education Ministry Funds Group Behind Violent Outpost at Site of Dismantled Settlement - read more >>
Settler Excavations in Silwan Hit a Wall [Literally] - read more >>
Settlers Lobby Key U.S. Stakeholders to Protect Settlements from Trump’s “Peace Plan” & Promote Settler-Palestinian Business “Coexistence” Initiatives - read more >>
Palestinian-Americans Intervene in Lawsuit Against AirBnB, Bringing First Challenge Against Settlements to U.S. Courts - read more >>
Hoping to Avoid ICC Investigation, Pro-Settlement Groups Submit Defense of Settlements - read more >>
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Settlement Report, 15 March 2019
State Submits Defense of Mitzpe Kramim Outpost Legalization to High Court, Peace Now Petitions to Join the Case - read more >>
Civil Administration Employees Go on Strike, Delaying Approval of 4,500 New Settlement Units - read more >>
47% of Palestinian Land Expropriated by Israel for “Security Needs” Has Been Given to the Settlements - read more >>
Transportation Ministry Denies Involvement in Jerusalem Cable Car Project, Calls it a “Tourist Cable Car” - read more >>
State Department Formalizes Occupation Denial as Official U.S. Policy; Israeli Politicians Immediately Plan for Annexation - read more >>
For the First Time, AIPAC National Policy Conference to Host Settler Leader - read more >>
Wind Power & Israel’s Occupation of the Golan Heights - read more >>
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Settlement Report, 8 March 2019
Settlers Take Over Two Palestinian Homes in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City - read more >>
Jerusalem Planning Authority Nullifies Only Way Palestinians Can Prove Land Ownership in East Jerusalem - read more >>
Report: Jerusalem City Council to Approve Plan to Build Two New Settlements, Expand Others - read more >>
Israeli Court Rejects Another Petition to Stop the Eviction of the Sabbagh Family from their Home in Sheikh Jarrah - read more >>
Ambassador Friedman Takes Over Palestinian Relations & Settlement Reporting - read more >>
Congressional Funding for Settler Business Council? - read more >>
UNHRC Delays (Again) Publication of Database Identifying Businesses Operating in Settlements - read more >>
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Settlement Report, 1 March 2019
As Elections Approach, Here’s Two Settlement Plans Bibi Might Advance to Win Votes/Deflect Pressure - read more >>
Palestinians March in Hebron on Anniversary of Goldstein Massacre - read more >>
U.S. Charities Are Financing Radical, Violent Hilltop Youth Settler Movement - read more >>
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Source: Foundation for Middle East Peace
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