Tag Archive for Judea and Samaria

| March 22, 2014
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UN’s Falk Continues to Accuse Israel of Ethnic Cleansing

Richard Falk, the UN’s so called “human rights expert”, is again accusing Israel of a campaign of ethnic cleansing & apartheid practices against Arabs.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Days before he is to step down from his position, Richard Falk, the UN’s “human rights expert” who probes Israel’s conduct towards Palestinian Arabs, on Friday accused the Jewish state of a campaign of ethnic cleansing and apartheid policies.

Richard Falk addresses a news conference on March 21, 2014 – Reuters

“The realities on the ground are worsening from the point of view of both international law and from the point of view of the Palestinian people,” Falk told reporters, according to AFP. Continue Reading »

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| March 4, 2014
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Nabbed: Police Arrested 14 Arab Terrorist Suspects Overnight

Police report charges range from carjacking to throwing Molotov cocktails, as arrests nab Palestinian terrorists across Israeli heartland.

By Tova Dvorin

 

The Judea and Samaria (Shomron) District Police, along with IDF and the Border Patrol, arrested 14 Arabs overnight (Monday/Tuesday) on suspicions of stone-throwing, illegal weapons hoarding, drug-dealing, and carjacking.

Unlicensed ammunition confiscated by police – Photo Courtesy: Israeli Police Spokesperson’s Office

Police  investigation into recent carjackings in the Shomron led the forces to arrest at least one suspect in the Arab settlement of Hawara. Another man was arrested along Route 443 in the Binyamin region after being found driving a stolen vehicle. Continue Reading »

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| February 20, 2014
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Kerry: Jewish Evictions from West Bank May Not be Required

John Kerry suggests that Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria, in a future peace agreement, may not be evicted from their homes.

By Elad Benari

 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is trying to push Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to sign a peace agreement, is hinting that Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria may not be evicted from their homes when an agreement is signed.

John Kerry – Reuters

In an interview with journalist Ilana Dayan on Channel 2, Kerry was asked what will be the personal price that residents of Judea and Samaria will have to pay for peace. Continue Reading »

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| February 13, 2014
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Interview with Former CIA Director James Woolsey: Only IDF Can Stop Iran

Ex-CIA chief says Obama administration has zero military credibility with Iran.

By Ari Soffer

 

Former CIA Director James Woolsey has reiterated his call to release Jonathan Pollard, who is now in his 29th year behind bars in the US on charges of spying for Israel.

James Woolsey – Arutz Sheva

Speaking exclusively to Arutz Sheva, Woolsey noted that the time Pollard has served already is unprecedented for the crimes he was convicted of; namely, spying for a US ally. In the shady world of espionage, even friendly nations spy on each other, he pointed out – an argument Israeli leaders have made particularly ardently since revelations late last year that the US was spying on its closest allies, including Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Continue Reading »

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| January 28, 2014
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Palestinians Gives Israel 3 Years to Withdraw from Judea & Samaria

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas gives Israel a 3 year deadline to withdraw every Jew from Judea and Samaria, in the event of an interim deal.

By AFP and Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has given Israel 3 years to withdraw from Judea and Samaria in the event that an interim agreement is reached, according to AFP.

“Those who are proposing 10 to 15 years (before a withdrawal) do not want to withdraw at all,” Abbas said in an interview screened on Tuesday at the annual conference of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) taking place in Tel Aviv. Continue Reading »

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| January 7, 2014
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Israel Gov’t Report: Kerry Instigator Behind European Boycotts of Israeli Products

Israel gov’t sources reveal that Obama’s representative, John Kerry, is responsible for European Union boycott threats on Israeli products, keeps them frozen during talks, but ready to enforce them if talks fail.

By Ari Yashar

 

Governmental sources report that US Secretary of State John Kerry is behind the European boycott threats on Israeli products and companies operating in Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

The EU published its guidelines last July, boycotting Israeli companies operating over the 1949 Armistice lines.

At the moment, Kerry is making sure the threats stay in check, but as soon as the peace talks fail he intends to open the floodgates and spur on full-blown international boycotts on Israel, reports Galei Tzahal (IDF Radio). Continue Reading »

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| December 27, 2013
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Ministers to decide on Palestinian prisoner release list

 

Palestinians officials outraged at planned announcement of new Israeli settlement constructions plans, alongside the release of jailed Palestinian terrorists.

By HERB KEINON, KHALED ABU TOAMEH
 

 

The ministerial committee tasked with selecting the list of Palestinian security prisoners to be released is scheduled to meet on Saturday night to decide on those to be freed late Monday night, in the third out of four such releases.

A released Palestinian prisoner at the Erez crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip.

A released Palestinian prisoner at the Erez crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip. – Photo: REUTERS

Soon after the prisoner release, Israel is expected to announce plans for construction beyond the Green Line. Continue Reading »

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| December 27, 2013
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EU Official Threatens Israel Over Planned Construction Announcement

EU official warns Israel to expect a “strong reaction” if Jerusalem announces new housing construction in Judea & Samaria.

By Elad Benari

 

The European Union (EU) is unhappy with reports that Israel plans to publish tenders for the sale of 1,400 housing units in Judea and Samaria, Channel 10 News reported on Thursday.

A senior EU official who spoke to the channel issued a direct warning to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, saying that the EU would not tolerate new construction in Judea and Samaria.

“There will be very little understanding on the part of European governments regarding any announcement of construction in the territories now under negotiations. Continue Reading »

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| December 17, 2013
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Arabs ‘Illegal Building’ is Coordinated Takeover of State Land

Illegal Arab construction on open state land is part of a deliberate strategic takeover with orders from Palestinian Authority, Civil Administration official warns.

By Maayana Miskin

 

There is an ongoing coordinated effort among Palestinian Arabs to take over Israeli-owned land in Judea and Samaria (Shomron), a senior Civil Authority official warned Tuesday.

“Over the past two to three years, there’s been a battle for Area C,” said Marco Ben-Shabbat. “It’s not like what we saw before, with a single Palestinian building a private home illegally. It is much more organized.”

Ben-Shabbat indicated that those establishing illegal communities in Area C are receiving orders from above, but declined to say who was behind the campaign. Continue Reading »

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| December 14, 2013
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Israel’s Legal Rights for Judea & Samaria

 

For decades, the int’l community has regarded Judea & Samaria as Palestinian territory ‘illegally occupied’ by Israel, but now a group of  jurists from Israel & abroad, hundreds in number, are fighting back in the battle for the historic and legal truth.

By Nadav Shragai

 

 

If international legitimacy for the settlement enterprise were a horse, one could say that it’s been long out of the barn. Those roaming the halls of power worldwide — from the White House in the era of Barack Obama and John Kerry to the United Nations — have for years regarded the territories of Judea and Samaria as Palestinian territory that is currently under occupation. Continue Reading »

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| December 8, 2013
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Bennett Suggests Israel Annex Jewish Areas of Judea & Samaria

Economics Minister Bennett says making a deal with Abbas’ PA while Hamas controls Gaza is like ‘discussing the purchase of a car with only half its owners’.

By AFP and Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Economics Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday reiterated his proposal that Israel should annex parts of Judea and Samaria under its full military control of Jewish areas, according to AFP.

“I favor implementation of Israeli sovereignty over the zone where 400,000 Jews live and only 70,000 Arabs,” said the Jewish Home (Bayit Yehudi) head. Bennett was referring to the “Area C” regions of Judea and Samaria, which under the Oslo Accords are still under Israeli military and civilian control. Continue Reading »

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| December 8, 2013
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Obama: West Bank Must Not turn into ‘Gaza 2’

Watch Obama’s speech to the Israeli public.
Complete transcript also included

U.S. President Obama says at Saban Forum that there cannot be a situation where Judea & Samaria becomes a security threat, like what happened to Gaza.

By Elad Benari

 

U.S. President Barack Obama said at the Saban Forum on Saturday that there must not be another Gaza in the Palestinian Authority-assigned areas of Judea and Samaria.

Obama at Saban Forum

President Barack Obama at the Saban Forum in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013.- Photo: AP

Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005, as part of the “Disengagement”. This resulted in Hamas taking over the region and escalating rocket attacks at southern Israel. Continue Reading »

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| November 25, 2013
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Israel’s Defense Minister: Gov’t to Begin Dealing With Illegal Arab Construction

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon reported Monday evening that his ministry would develop methods to deal with illegal Arab construction in Judea & Samaria.

By David Lev

 

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Monday night that he would set up a committee to develop a legal framework to prevnet illegal building in Judea and Samaria that would apply to all residents. The announcement by Ya’alon came in response to a lawsuit by the Regavim group that demanded the state intervene to prevent illegal Arab building, just as it acts to prevent illegal construction in Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria.

The lawsuit by Regavim demands that the state order the demolition of illegal building by Palestinian Authority Arabs between the Binyamin region community of Neve Tzuf and the Arab village of Deir Nazim. Continue Reading »

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| November 21, 2013
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‘Israelis No Longer Believe in a 2-State Solution’

Middle East expert Dr. Mordechai Kedar explains why the number of Israelis who believe in ‘2-State Solution’ could ‘fit in 2 telephone booths’.

By Mark Langfan and Arutz Sheva Staff

 

In an exclusive Arutz Sheva interview, Middle East expert Dr. Mordechai Kedar, of Bar-Ilan University’s BESA Center (Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies), dismissed calls for the establishment of a Palestinian Authority state in Judea and Samaria, saying that the number of Israelis who still believe in the “Two-State Solution” can “fit in two telephone booths“.

“And two years from now they will fit into a half of a telephone booth,” he added dryly. Continue Reading »

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| November 17, 2013
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PA Arabs Placing Traps to ‘Catch’ Jews

Arab media website wrote about Palestinian Arabs near Shechem who set animal traps in fields in the hope of catching Jews in alleged acts of vandalism.

By Dalit Halevi, Tova Dvorin

 

Arab news media website Al-Arab Al-An reported Saturday that Palestinian Arabs near Nablus (Shekhem) are setting animal traps in their fields to “catch” Jewish activists committing acts of vandalism.

Palestinian Arab media sources allege that this has become a popular tactic in “dealing” with neighboring Jewish farmers. The move may be a response to so-called “price tag” attacks against the Palestinian Authority in response to the rising incidents of anti-Semitism and terrorism against Israelis. Continue Reading »

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