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The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) is a nonprofit organization that promotes peace between Israel and Palestine, via two states, that meets the fundamental needs of both peoples. FMEP offers speakers, sponsors programs, makes small grants, and publishes the Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories containing analysis, commentary, maps, and other data on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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"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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January-February 2012 Settlement Report The Settlers and the Army Are One

Palestinians have long been at the mercy of the twin instruments of occupation—settlers and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The former have acted with impunity in what they view as a century-old battle against Palestinians for control of Palestine’s land and resources.

To Our Readers

Israel’s right-wing government, emboldened by America’s retreat from peacemaking, has further clarified its hard-line approach to borders in the West Bank that is designed to prevent a genuine two-state peace.

Settlement Timeline

September 30 - November 9, 2011

Map: Settlement Expansion Encircling Bethlehem - 2012

Settlement in the Bethlehem Area

Settlement Outposts at Givat HaZayit in Efrat; Giv'at Eitam and the Annapolis Talks

E4 Statement on Middle East

A joint statement issued on December 20, 2011 by German, French, British, and Portuguese ambassadors to the United Nations on the situation in Israel and occupied territories

Cartoon: Settlers and the IDF

Ha'aretz, December 14, 2011

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Latest Additions

New Hope For Peace, a documentary film by Landrum Bolling

 

The America & Israel Lockstep
M. J. Rosenberg | Media Matters | February 7, 2012

Envisioning a Deal With Iran
William H. Luers and Thomas R. Pickering | The New York Times | February 2, 2012

Will Israel Really Attack Iran?
Gary Sick | January 29, 2012

Preventing 'Politicide' in the Middle East
Henry Siegman | The Huffington Post | January 23, 2012

Obama vs. Netanyahu vs. Ahmadinejad
Trita Parsi | January 19, 2012

Don't Do It Bibi
Roger Cohen | The New York Times | January 16, 2012