Israel army hosts international conference on ‘military doctrine’
Middle East Monitor / February 25, 2020
The Israeli military hosted an international conference on “military doctrine” last week, with dozens of delegates from 30 armies attending, reported the Jerusalem Post.
The event was organised by the military’s “Ground Forces’ Doctrine Branch” and Foreign relations branch.
Attendees hailed from, among others, Germany, United...
Israel committee to discuss settlement expansion
Middle East Monitor / February 25, 2020
An Israeli planning committee will discuss settlement expansion plans for occupied East Jerusalem tomorrow, according to updates from settlement watchdog Ir Amim.
Separately, the Israeli Lands Authority yesterday published a tender for the construction of 1,077 housing units in “Givat Hamatos A”, described by Ir Amim as...
Britain condemns Israel’s plan to build 1,000 settlement units in southern Jerusalem
Jack Dutton
The National / February 25, 2020
EU warned on Saturday that plans endanger prospect of two-state solution.
Britain’s Middle East Minister on Monday condemned Israel’s announcement that it is going ahead with the construction of more than 1,000 settlement units in southern Jerusalem.
On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said...
Beyond Israeli Elections: Israel at the cusp of a bleak era
Ramzy Baroud
Middle East Monitor / February 24, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, must be channelling the spirit of Houdini as he continues to plot his escape from one of the most convoluted political dilemmas in Israel’s history.
It is no secret that Netanyahu’s political behaviour is almost entirely shaped by...
Sanders: AIPAC is a platform ‘for leaders who express bigotry’
Middle East Monitor / February 24, 2020
US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said he will not attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference because it is a platform for leaders who “express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights”.
In a tweet, Sanders wrote: “The Israeli people have the right...
Knesset speaker: Next government will annex West Bank territory
Middle East Monitor / February 24, 2020
Israel’s Knesset Speaker yesterday vowed that the government will proceed with the annexation of territory in the occupied West Bank, regardless of the election result.
According to pro-settler news outlet Arutz Sheva, Yuli Edelstein made the remarks during the ceremonial inauguration of the expansion of...
Israel MK: database of settlement-complicit companies is ‘ethical stain’ on UN
Middle East Monitor / February 24, 2020
Israeli opposition parliamentarian Yoaz Hendel assailed the United Nations-mandated list of companies complicit in West Bank settlements at an international conference in Vienna, describing the database as an “ethical stain” on the UN.
According to a report by the Jerusalem Post, MK Yoaz Hendel, from...
Dozens of Israel settlement ‘outposts’ connected to electricity grid
Middle East Monitor / February 24, 2020
The Israeli prime minister’s office yesterday ordered that 12 unauthorised settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank be connected to the state’s power grid, reported the Times of Israel.
There are more than 200 settlements across the occupied Palestinian territory, including at least 100 so-called...
