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Recently the Palestinian authority, community leaders and Political movements have started a new kind of resistance against the Israeli occupation. The Palestinian authority stated that Israeli products that are made in Israeli settlements are not allowed into the Palestinian territories.

The Palestinian workers who are employed in the Israeli settlements factories were asked to leave their work. At the same time the Palestinian authority Read more…

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One of the subjects which are worth discussing is the Israeli settlement – made products. In the latest report which the Israeli first channel made one can  easily notice that the Israeli settlements are facing many obstacles in marketing their products to the Palestinian territories and many companies around the world.

President Mahmoud Abbas signed legislation banning the sale of Israeli settlements products in the Palestinian territories. The Palestinian leadership stated that this step was made to put an end to the support which the Israeli settlements are getting by the Palestinians when they Read more…

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By Haaretz Service
In an unusual step, the state announced on Tuesday its plan to promote planning and construction in the northern West Bank settlement of Kiryat Netafim, Army Radio reported Wednesday.

Left wing human rights group Peace Now petitioned the High Court of Justice recently against the construction of 14 structures that were illegally Read more…

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Swedish Presidency of the EU calls Israel’s plan to build hundreds of new housing units in Jerusalem neighborhood ‘illegal under international law,’ adding, ‘such activities also prejudge the outcome of final status negotiations.’ Moscow says move ‘unacceptable’
The European Union on Wednesday said it was “dismayed” by Israel’s plan to build hundreds of new housing units in Jerusalem’s southeaster Gilo neighborhood. Read more…

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Israel stated yesterday that more than 900 units will be built in one of its settlements in East Jerusalem. Britain, France and the United States criticized the decision and considered it an obstacle in the way of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
President Obama said that such an action will not make Israel safer and may result in a serious and dangerous Palestinian frustration. Read more…

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Obama invited Netanyahu to the White House after the Israeli PM landed in the US [Reuters]
The latest attempt by the US president to salvage the Middle East peace talks appears to have come to nothing after his meeting with Israel’s prime minister ended with only a brief statement from the White House.
Binyamin Netanyahu left the White House on Monday after spending an hour and forty minutes inside with Barack Obama, without making the customary public appearance with his host. Read more…

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Secretary Hillary Clinton made several statements in the last couple of days while visiting Israel and Egypt. Clinton started its tour by saying that it is impossible to accept the idea of putting any kind of Palestinian conditions before negotiating with Israel. Clinton also stated that Israel do not have any law background to use in order to freeze the ongoing settlement building since it already issued permissions for them.

However, Clinton stated that there are Israeli promises not to issue new permissions for building settlements in the future. Read more…

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Evictions and Settlement Plans in Sheikh Jarrah:

The Case of Shimon HaTzadik

Summary

On May 17, two Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem received court orders to vacate their homes by July 19, 2009. At that point,   the houses will be turned over to the landlord: settler organization Nahalat Shimon International, which seeks to demolish the existing Palestinian neighborhood and build a 200-unit settlement in its place.[1] Read more…

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On last Wednesday, Congressman Robert Wexler, who is a supporter of Israel and a close political ally of President Obama, stated that he believes that Israel will say yes to settlement freeze. According to Wexler Israel will lose nothing by such a step which is needed to figure out whether the Arab countries are ready to start normalization with Israel. Read more…

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