Special Report
U.S. Policy in a Time of Transition: Ending Occupation, Enhancing Israel's Security, Realizing Palestinian Sovereignty
Report by an independent study group chaired by Thomas Pickering, former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Israel, and Jordan. Principal authors Geoffrey Aronson and retired Col. Philip Dermer argue that establishing a Palestinian state at peace with Israel will enhance the vital security interests of all parties, including the United States, which has a vital national security interest in such an outcome. After decades in which efforts to achieve such an objective have come up short, current circumstances require an unprecedented US commitment to lead the parties, and the international community, to realize this objective.
Maps Progression 1947-2012
The Foundation for Middle East Peace has prepared a presentation of maps that illustrate the evolution of the conflict from the UN Partition Plan in 1947, and depict the growth of Israel’s occupation and settlement project from the 1967 War to the present. Click here for more information and a download link
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What People Are Saying
"The [Settlement] Report is a comprehensive and vital guide for monitoring the issue of settlements, an issue that has to be addressed if there is to be an Israeli-Palestinian peace."
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Former U.S. National Security Advisor
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March-April
2013 Settlement Report
President Obama’s Trip: Masterful Rhetoric, but No Concrete Peace Proposals
Israeli prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu announced the formation of his new government just days
before the arrival of U.S. president Barack Obama on March 19. Eitan Haber, a
confidant of Yitzhak Rabin, described the ruling coalition as “the most
right-wing government that Netanyahu could have assembled. The settlers can and
should be celebrating a major victory. They have always been left on the margin
of real power in Israel, begging to be let in; now they are inside the key
positions and are closer to the decision-making process than ever before.”
President Barack Obama used
his carefully scripted three day visit to Israel and the West Bank to repair
his negative poll ratings in Israel and also to cast Israel’s occupation and
settlement policies in a candid and critical light. His remarks, however,
offered no guidance about the details of U.S. policy and suggested more caution
than the president’s soaring rhetoric evoked.
To Our Readers
The recent formation of
Israel’s most radical pro-occupation, pro-settlement government confirms the
failure of Israeli politics to contain, much less reverse, Israel’s
decades-long policies of occupation and settlement.
Cartoon
Law Expert Says Israel Cannot Ignore UN Report on Settlements
Settlement Timeline
December 1 2012 - January 31 2013
In Israel, Settlement Politics is Local
Rule By Law - the Link Between Trash and De Facto Annexation
Back Panel Quote
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