The PLO rejects the Quartets proposal to restart peace negotioations with Israel calling them ‘useless’ without a total freeze of the construction in the settlements. Israel is also demanding adjustments to the proposal by the [...]
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Expansion of settlements impediment for peace negotiations
Published 23:18, 3 October 2011Interactive map of the escalating settler violence – 900 trees destroyed in a week
Published 00:18, 3 October 2011Israeli settlers have committed several crimes against Palestinians lately. Arson, stone-throwing and shootings are just a few examples.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that settlers have damaged 900 Palestinian owned [...]
Read moreIsrael intends to establish first new settlement in 19 years
Published 23:32, 29 September 2011The Israeli government have expropriated an area of 202 acres around the oupost Haresha and another 47 acres around the oupost Hayovel, according to the Israeli NGO Peace Now. Outposts are settlements that are illegal [...]
Read moreIsrael set to approve 1100 housing units in East Jerusalem settlement
Published 23:38, 28 September 2011Israel is is set to approve 1,100 new housing units in the East Jerusalem settlement Gilo, according to Haaretz. The planned construction is revealed only days after that the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas once again [...]
Read morePopulation growth 2,5 times higher in settlements than in Israel
Published 00:08, 28 September 2011The population growth is 2,5 times higher in the settlements the West Bank than in Israel proper. The settler population (East Jerusalem excluded) increased by 4,9 percent in 2010 compared to 1,9 in Israel proper. [...]
Read more33 years have passed – still as current
Published 23:27, 27 September 201133 years have passed since 348 Israeli soldiers and reserv officers in an open letter urged the Israeli Prime minister Menachem Begin to choose a peaceful path. The signers sharply critisized the Israeli settlement expansion [...]
Read moreSwedish Radio reports about settler violence
Published 23:32, 21 September 2011Swedish radio aired a long report about settler violence today. Settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank is a big and well-documented problem. Settler violence has a significant impact on the humanitarian situation in [...]
Read moreSettler attacks escalates in the West Bank according to UN agency
Published 18:19, 17 September 2011A Palestinian man was badly wounded by gunfire on Friday afternoon during a clash between Palestinians and Israeli settlers south of Nablus in the West Bank, according to Jerusalem Post. The clashes come after efforts [...]
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