Netanyahu hurrying to approve outposts as elections approach

PM Benjamin Netanyahu approved the supply of electricity to 12 developing settlements in Judea and Samaria ahead of the approaching election Eitan Divinsky, 23/02/20 Channel 12 reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the supply of electricity to 12 developing settlements in Judea and Samaria ahead of the approaching March 2 Knesset elections in which […]

Erekat to companies operating in Judea and Samaria: Leave the ‘settlements’

Senior PLO official calls on companies named in UN blacklist to cease doing business in “settlements”. Elad Benari, 19/02/20 Saeb Erekat, the secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), on Tuesday called on international companies doing business in Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria to cease doing business in “settlements”, […]

Report: Israel asks UK to include West Bank, Golan in planned free trade deal

According to newspaper report, Israeli minister writes to British government that most of Israel’s free trade deals do so Israel has asked the UK government to include the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Golan Heights in a free trade agreement being discussed between the two nations, according to a report. The Israel Hayom newspaper said […]

Breaking Down the UNHRC Blacklist

by Ben Cohen / JNS.org The UN Human Rights Council meets in Geneva. Photo: UN. JNS.org – In the halls of the United Nations, they’re calling it a “database,” but it’s more commonly and accurately known as a “blacklist.” It’s a list of more than 100 companies conducting business activities with Jewish communities and Israeli […]