Tag: Judea and Samaria

EU Heads of Mission Report calls for the reinstatement of the PLO in East Jerusalem.

Government Press Office presents recent findings of Hebrew University professor.

Comments come as Clegg meets with Mahmoud Abbas in London.

Amjad Awad and his cousin Hakim were convicted last November of the murders.

Comments follow recent incident at IDF base and inflammatory statements by MK Ben Eliezer.

Netanyahu: Iran sanctions ineffective, peace talks frustrating.

The Jewish population in Judea and Samaria rose 4.3% in 2011.

PA official says January 25 meeting with Israeli delegation in Amman is crucial for progress.

MKs Begin, Eitan, and Meridor implore PM Netanyahu to enforce High Court decision.

"They arrived in the middle of the night. It was brutal. I woke up after they broke down the door and were already in the living room."

The European Union, fearful that the "window for the two-state solution is rapidly closing" has decided to skirt Israeli building regulations in Area C of Judea and Samaria.

Likud MK warns of dire consequences of lopsided Netanyahu win in Likud primaries.

Suspected 'price tag' follows evacuation of outpost near Shiloh.

Judge: Defendants “do not present a high level of danger.”

Hamas called on the Palestinian Authority to boycott upcoming land-for-peace negotiations on Monday.  The request comes a day before Israeli and Palestinian representatives are...

IDF troops tore down two buildings in the small Mitzpe Yitzhar neighborhood early Thursday morning. Local residents did not resist.

An abandoned mosque in Jerusalem was vandalized and set on fire in the early hours of Wednesday.

A group of 50 young residents of Judea and Samaria broke in to an IDF base early Tuesday morning, in response to orders given to destroy nearby Jewish communities.

The Jewish people have returned to settle the land of their fathers, not as foreigners, but as sons of the land.

A last minute order from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has halted the demolition of the wooden bridge from the Mugrahbi Gate on the Temple Mount to the Western Wall Plaza, due to “warnings” from Cairo and Amman of regional backlash.

The onslaught against the Jewish state has begun.In just the past few weeks, Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador, an Egyptian mob stormed the Israeli embassy in Cairo and ransacked the premises, and the Palestinians reaffirmed their insistence on seeking UN approval for a unilateral declaration of statehood.

Who caused Israel's housing shortage? The Left. That sounds demagogic, but here's the reason why:

Americans understand the power of wordplay. When pro-abortion activists were fighting an uphill battle in the '90s, trying to gain public support for their cause, a very shrewd marketing company insightfully changed the language of their debate. The debate was no longer about abortion; now it was about "choice." The contentious question, "Are you pro-abortion?" had a new compelling answer: "No, I'm pro-choice." Language effectively changed the abortion issue, successfully focusing on the mother while disregarding the plight of the child. There is another roiling debate, this time concerning Israel, and you can help reframe it.

Americans understand the power of wordplay. When pro-abortion activists were fighting an uphill battle in the '90s, trying to gain public support for their cause, a very shrewd marketing company insightfully changed the language of their debate. The debate was no longer about abortion; now it was about "choice." The contentious question, "Are you pro-abortion?" had a new compelling answer: "No, I'm pro-choice." Language effectively changed the abortion issue, successfully focusing on the mother while disregarding the plight of the child. There is another roiling debate, this time concerning Israel, and you can help reframe it.

Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing his first serious coalition crisis after tentatively agreeing to a new 90-day construction freeze in Judea and Samaria in return for several financial, military and political incentives from President Obama.

An exciting newcomer has arrived in the turbulent arena of Israeli politics. In her fiery speech during the recent countdown ceremony in the Revava settlement that marked the end of the ten-month moratorium on construction in Judea and Samaria, Tzipi Hotovely seized the moment. She eloquently encouraged the synthesis, so long deferred, between Judaism and Zionism. Even in her first term in the Knesset, at the age of 31 and its youngest member, her future impact already seems assured.

JERUSALEM - The construction freeze in Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria ended at midnight Sunday, but construction is resuming slowly, due to the Sukkot holiday

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to propose a phased withdrawal from large portions of Judea and Samaria as well as a series of "quality of life" initiatives designed to improve the lives of Palestinians who live in the West Bank and Gaza.

After eight wonderful years living in Jerusalem, my wife and I recently picked up the keys to our new house in a community located within the Gush Etzion "settlement" bloc.

      The Obama administration in recent weeks has stepped up its monitoring of Jewish construction projects in eastern Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, this column...