A ban on settlement trade may be the way to navigate the troubled waters of domestic and international politics. The post Can Burnham Thread the Needle on Israel–Palestine? appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage UK Special Coverage Can Burnham Thread the Needle on Israel–Palestine? A ban on settlement trade may be the way to navigate the troubled waters of domestic and international politics. UK Special Coverage Andy Burnham is preparing the first significant change in British policy toward Israel since becoming prime minister: a ban on trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, accompanied by further sanctions against individuals involved in settlement expansion. The immediate occasion is Israel’s decision to issue construction tenders for about 1,200…Open
Iran on Thursday dismissed threats by U.S. President Donald Trump of economic pain and isolation for the country, while six European nations condemned Israel over a settlement project. Doctors Without Borders criticized the decision by Israel's military not to investigate two fatal attacks on the medical humanitarian organization's staff, and in Gaza City, a mass [...]
It is not difficult to project what comes next in Gaza. The post Conquest, Expulsion, Settlement appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Conquest, Expulsion, Settlement It is not difficult to project what comes next in Gaza. This article is adapted from the introduction to a new edition of Creating Facts: Israel, Palestinians and the West Bank, published by the Institute for Palestine Studies. The maximalist agenda of Israel’s settlement movement has been energized by the calamity of the Second War for Palestine. The “Conquest” of Gaza, the “Expulsion” of its 2.1 million residents, followed by the “Settlement” of the Gaza Strip are the unabashed objectives of the ideological vanguard of Israel’s twenty-first century settlement…Open
FIRE has filed lawsuits on behalf of employees who were disciplined for making comments ranging from reposts of Charlie Kirk's own comments to jubilant claims that he deserved to be killed.
While workers, who were employees in government or public institutions, feel vindicated by how their lawsuits concluded, they are still grappling with the aftermath.
After President Donald Trump signed a preliminary Iran peace deal on Wednesday, Israel’s occupation and bombing of Lebanon presents the central obstacle to a final agreement and lasting peace. Securing and upholding the final peace deal will require the kind of confrontation with Israel that Trump has avoided for most of his presidency, given Iran’s […] The post Securing Peace with Iran Compels Trump to Divorce Israel appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Securing Peace with Iran Compels Trump to Divorce Israel Israel’s goals of territorial expansion conflict with the goals of the U.S. president. After President Donald Trump signed a preliminary Iran peace deal on Wednesday, Israel’s occupation and bombing of Lebanon presents the central obstacle to a final agreement and lasting peace. Securing and upholding the final peace deal will require the kind of confrontation with Israel that Trump has avoided for most of his presidency, given Iran’s leverage over the Strait of Hormuz and global energy flows. Iran has insisted that the ceasefire and now the framework peace deal…Open
In a major push, the government is rushing to place temporary housing at about 60 empty sites in the Israeli-occupied West Bank before national elections this fall.