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NEWS ABOUT: Jewish settlers

Jewish settlers stories: 8 news summaries

Amnesty: Israel Is Denying Palestinians Water

Report slams Israel's 'total domination' of water supplies

Oct 27, 09 3:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel is guzzling the region's water supply to keep its farmland lush and its lawns green while many Palestinians struggle to get the bare minimum for life, according to an Amnesty International report. The report accuses Israel of using its "total control" over water supplies to discriminate against Palestinians... More »

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Israel • water • Gaza • Amnesty International • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • water restrictions • Jewish settlers

Palestine Says Hope in Obama 'Evaporated'

Abbas' Fatah Party accuses president
of caving to Israel

Oct 14, 09 8:36 AM CDT
(AP) - The Palestinian president's political party says all hopes in the Obama administration have "evaporated," accusing the White House of caving to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby and backing off a demand to freeze Jewish settlement. Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party also accused the US of failing to set a... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Fatah • Palestinians • Mideast peace • President Obama • Jewish settlers • Arab-Israeli conflict • Mohammed Ghneim

OPINION

Olmert: Stop Obsessing Over Settlements

Obama should take 'non-priority issue' off the table, writes ex-PM

Jul 17, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's fine for Barack Obama to make overtures to the Arab world, but Ehud Olmert, reminding him in a Washington Post op-ed that Israel is "the only real Middle Eastern democracy," complains that he has focused too much of his attentions on Israel's settlements in the West Bank.... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • West Bank • Palestinians • settlement • Arab Israeli conflict • Jewish settlers • settlements

 Israeli Settlers Defy 
 Demolition, Blame Obama 

Israel bulldozes illegal outpost after Netanyahyu's DC visit

May 22, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jewish settlers whose tiny outpost in the West Bank was demolished by the Israeli army—just days after Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington—returned hours later and started rebuilding, reports the Times of London. Netanyahu reportedly agreed to Barack Obama's demands to dismantle illegal outposts in the Palestinian territories, but... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Benjamin Netanyahu • West Bank • settlers • Israelis • Jewish settlers

ANALYSIS

Six Reasons for Netanyahu and Obama to Clash


May 18, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Publicly there will be few fireworks when Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu meet today. But here are the issues the vastly different leaders will wrestle with behind closed doors:
  • The Two-State Solution: It’s the overwhelming international consensus, but Netanyahu insists it would compromise Israel’s security.
... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Israel • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • Obama administration • Jewish settlers

Israel Starts New Settlement in Palestinian Area

Netanyahu in DC as new West Bank constructions rile allies

May 18, 09 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel began construction today on a new settlement in the northern West Bank for the first time in 26 years, Haaretz reports. The move comes as PM Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington for his first meeting with Barack Obama, whose administration opposes the settlements. An official insisted that the new... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Benjamin Netanyahu • West Bank • Palestinians • settlement • Jewish settlers

 Arabs, Jews United 
 Against Jerusalem Tram 

Streetcar none desire creates common foe for city's eternally feuding people

Jan 31, 09 7:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Jerusalem's bitterly divided residents have finally found something they can agree on, the Wall Street Journal reports. From ultra-orthodox rabbis to the PLO, just about everybody has found cause to dislike the new tram system currently under construction. Even the city's secular mayor has questioned the wisdom of continuing the... More »

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Israel • Jerusalem • Israel and Palestinians • East Jerusalem • tram system • light rail • Jewish settlers

Soldiers Drag Jewish Settlers From Disputed Hebron Building

Palestinian home attacked in revenge

Dec 4, 08 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Dozens of masked Jewish settlers vandalized a Palestinian house in Hebron today, just after Israeli soldiers dragged 250 Jewish settlers out of another disputed building, Haaretz reports. The move against the settlers was the first forced eviction in the West Bank in two years. Twenty-five people were injured in the... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • eviction • Arab Israeli conflict • settlers • Jewish settlers

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