Page 2 - Settlement Affairs News Today

L'Chaim! Supporters of Ariel University in Samaria Raise a Glass with Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely.

Left-wing activists staged a walkout at an event marking Tzipi Hotovely's first year as Israel's U.K. ambassador, in protest at her hardline views and ties to the far right.

Naftali Bennett’s Knesset address Naftali Bennett’s Knesset address Israel’s incoming prime minister expresses his thanks to those who came before him and lays out his plan for the future. Israeli Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett at the swearing in of the new Israeli government, at the Knesset, June 13, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90. Spread the word. (June 14, 2021 / JNS) H.E. President Reuven Rivlin; President-elect Isaac Herzog; Mr. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; ...

Yamina head lays out priorities of new coalition that he says will work 'for all the citizens of Israel' and bring an end to a cycle of elections and divisiveness

May 26, 2021 [ Editor’s note: The article is part 2 of an ongoing dialogue between Mr Littlewood and an elected representative in Britain. To read part 1, skim to the bottom of the page. Erica P. Wissinger ] Here’s a response from my MP Alister Jack who is also a senior minister. He says: ⦁ I share your concern at the violent escalations we have witnessed recently. The UK Government is urging all parties to de-escalate. As the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have made clear, this cyc...

Likud's Hanegbi says Israel will no longer wait for terror groups to fire before taking action, Netanyahu governments made 'mistake' by allowing Gaza rulers to bolster capabilities

Opinion Clementine trees at a field in Moshav Nahalal in the Jezreel Valley, on March 26, 2019. Photo: Anat Hermony/Flash90 JNS.org – Agricultural crimes are the easiest type of crimes to perpetrate and very lucrative. Left to themselves, the perpetrators won’t likely be pursuing a career change any time soon. The Israeli government, together with the Knesset and law-enforcement agencies, must make eradicating this scourge a national objective. When I began studying these crimes and the way...

Israeli farmers need a public-security cabinet Israeli farmers need a public-security cabinet The Israeli government, together with the Knesset and law-enforcement agencies, must make eradicating the scourge of agricultural crime a national objective. (March 16, 2021 / JNS) Agricultural crimes are the easiest type of crimes to perpetrate and very lucrative. Left to themselves, the perpetrators won’t likely be pursuing a career change any time soon. The Israeli government, together with the Kn...

Follow Feb. 26, 2021 For many long weeks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his associates have been toiling to persuade the heads of the ultra-Orthodox parties and Religious Zionism Chairman Bezalel Smotrich to revive the rightist-Haredi bloc. With the exception of Interior Minister Arye Dery (Shas), who agreed enthusiastically and for entirely self-interested electoral reasons, all the others turned up their noses. Netanyahu did not give up. He hounded them. “Even Sara got involved,” s...

Why is Israeli settler-terrorism escalating? Israeli forces intervene in Palestinians reacting to Jewish settlers for trying to seize agricultural lands of Palestinians in al-Ras region in Selfit, West Bank on November 30, 2020 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency] February 17, 2021 at 9:33 am Terrorist attacks by Israeli settlers have become more frequent in the occupied West Bank. One of the latest victims was Bilal Shehadeh Bawatna, 52, from Al-Bireh, who was killed last Friday when he and his c...