Settlement

Israeli leaders to participate in Trump’s inauguration ceremony

Friday-13-January-2017

Director General of the Judea and Samaria (West Bank settlement) Council Shilo Adler said that Israeli leaders have received an invitation from the American politician Mike Huckabee to participate in US President Donald Trump's inauguration on 20 January.

IOA to build new settlement units in O. Jerusalem

Saturday-7-January-2017

A specialized report in the Israeli settlement affairs unveiled a plan by Occupied Jerusalem’s municipality to start building 17 settlement units in Ras al-Amud neighborhood to the southeast of occupied Jerusalem with the beginning of the New Year.

Israeli municipality cancels the building of houses in O. Jerusalem

Wednesday-28-December-2016

The Israeli municipality of Occupied Jerusalem under the pressure of Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a plan to endorse the construction of 390 housing units in the holy city.

Israel panic-stricken over new int’l anti-settlement move

Tuesday-27-December-2016

Israel fears that the United States and France want to advance another pro-Palestine move before the Obama administration wraps up its term Haaretz reported Monday.

Increase in Israeli settlements in OJ during 2016

Monday-26-December-2016

The year of 2016 witnessed a noticeable growth in the number of settlements in Occupied Jerusalem.

Bennett: Plans underway to bring settlements under Israeli sovereignty

Sunday-25-December-2016

Israel's Minister of Education Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that he is intending to present a draft law to the Knesset to bring the settlements in the occupied West Bank under the Israeli sovereignty.

Netanyahu threatens to kick UN out of Israel over anti-settlement bid

Sunday-25-December-2016

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed on Saturday the Foreign Ministry to complete a re-evaluation of all contacts with the United Nations including the Israeli funding of U.N. institutions and the presence of U.N. representatives in Israel.

Jerusalemite Commission: UNSC decision historic

Saturday-24-December-2016

Scholars and Preachers Commission in occupied Jerusalem welcomed the UN Security Council’s decision against Israeli settlements building in Palestine and describing them as illegal.

Egypt withdraws UNSC resolution against Israeli settlement activity

Friday-23-December-2016

Egypt withdrew on Friday a draft resolution submitted to the UN Security Council against the Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories while each of Senegal Venezuela Malaysia and New Zealand adopted it and asked for a vote later in the evening.

Pro-settlement David Friedman named as U.S. ambassador to Israel

Friday-16-December-2016

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump nominated David Friedman a pro-settlement bankruptcy lawyer to be the next US ambassador to Israel Haaretz Hebrew newspaper revealed Friday.