#JudeaAndSamaria
Politics | Judea & Samaria
Cabinet poised to give nod to formal recognition of unauthorized settlements
The government is poised to vote on a series of measures aimed at retroactively approving dozens of unauthorized outposts
Politics | Judea & Samaria
Pilgrimage to Joseph's Tomb an increasingly perilous journey
Every visit to the Jewish holy site in Nablus since March has been attacked by terrorists.
Politics | Judea & Samaria
Elder Of Ziyon - Palestinians in Hebron celebrate the murder of a Jew
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Politics | Judea & Samaria
Watch: Police stand by as Arabs shoot ball bearings at Jewish protester
Police distributed tickets to Jews protesting recent attacks as Arabs threw rocks and fired ball bearings.
Politics | Biden Administration/Congress
Elder Of Ziyon - U.S. Ambassador Tom Nides: I Work Every Day to “Eliminate” Jews from Judea and Samaria
Tom Nides tells the JTA he works every day behind the scenes to eliminate any Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria.
History | History
Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: Yamit: The Forgotten Expulsion (Judean Rose)
Candid interview with Isser Coopersmith about the evacuation of Yamit.
Politics | Judea & Samaria
Six Day War: Israel's victory marred by indecision over what comes next
The day after the Six Day War, Israel lacked a grand strategy for the lands that had fallen under its control.
Politics | Opinion
Did Abraham use a smartphone?
One anachronistic untruth is the same as any other. If ancient Hebron can baldly be called "Palestinian", any claim can be accepted. Op-ed.
Politics | Judea & Samaria
Elder Of Ziyon - Israeli Arabs are buying houses in the West Bank. Why aren't they "illegal settlers"?
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Politics | Judea & Samaria
Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: Jews legally buy another apartment in Silwan from an Arab, as Palestinians fume at the seller
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Politics | Judea & Samaria
Israel: European MEPs Will Fight EU’s Funding of PA’s Illegal Takeover of Area C
The EU is enabling and funding the Fayyad Plan to take over Judea & Samaria.
Politics | Opinion
Ukraine crisis shows Israel the international community won't rescue you
Even though Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria is fully supported by history and international law, and Russia illegally occupies large parts of Ukraine, accusations against Israel will continue.
Politics | "Apartheid" State?
Elder Of Ziyon - From the beginning, the "apartheid" slur was meant as a rhetorical weapon, not as truth. And so it remains today.
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Politics | Judea & Samaria
Pirate Palestinian quarry chips away at ancient aqueduct
An illegal Palestinian quarry in Gush Etzion is causing gradual damage to a major archaeological site – an ancient
Politics | "Apartheid" State?
There’s no apartheid in the West Bank
The policies that Israel has enacted in the West Bank are not apartheid and this charge is being used to delegitimize Israel.
Politics | Opinion
US Ambassador Thomas Nide's refusal to visit Judea-Samaria Jews - opinion
Nides’s statements are a painful indication that the ambassador wishes to appease the PA’s terrorist dictatorship, radical Islamists and radical leftists.
Politics | Judea & Samaria
What Worked in the Golan Will Work in Judea and Samaria
A general view shows the town of Majdal Shams near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria in the Golan …
Politics | American Politics
GOP bill would keep settlement products labeled ‘Made in Israel’
Tenney argued that returning to the pre-Pompeo policy would empower those who seek to boycott the Jewish state.
Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The Palestinian Authority
Palestinian police attack two @WashingtonPost reporters. No one reported it - not even the Washington Post!
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Politics | Judea & Samaria
Why Rename Judea and Samaria?
A view shows Palestinian houses in the West Bank village of Wadi Fukin as the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit …
News | News
US begins to label settlement products as 'Made in Israel'
Policy shift was announced by Pompeo during unprecedented recent visit to a West Bank winery; unclear if Biden administration will uphold it
Politics | Politics
'Esther was murdered with monstrous cruelty' - Inside Israel - Israel National News
52-year-old mother of six Esther Horgan, who was murdered by an Arab terrorist while jogging, will be laid to rest this morning.
Politics | Judea & Samaria
Murder in Samaria: 'She was a woman full of life, full of light' - Israel National News
Elazar Roth, head of Tel Menashe's first-response team, describes searches for missing mother of six who was found murdered.
News | News
Report: UAE-Israel deal to be phased to block Israel from applying sovereignty before 2024
Man in comma since Hanukkah stabbing opens eyes, is breathing on his own, sources say.
Politics | Judea & Samaria
Why The West Bank Is Not ‘Palestinian’ Land
The community of Beit El in Judea and Samaria. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. “Who can challenge the rights of the Jews …
Politics | Judea & Samaria
'I hope sovereignty is a matter of when, not if,' says former US envoy
Former US Special Representative for Middle East Affairs Jason Greenblatt on Wednesday called on those who opposed the suspension of
News | News
Jewish group wants remote archaeological sites included in sovereignty bid
The Israeli government is facing calls from campaigners to declare sovereignty over ancient Jewish ruins on land in Judea and
Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism
Democratic congresswomen try to derail Israel's sovereignty bid in new letter
Four Democratic members of the US House of Representatives have been circulating a letter to US Secretary of State Mike
News | News
BDS groups plan anti-annexation ‘Day of Rage’ across the US
"We demand the defunding and dismantling of US police alongside the defunding and dismantling of Zionist colonialism and racist Israeli apartheid."
Politics | Opinion
Yes: annexation, No: Palestinian state - The Jerusalem Post
There is no compelling moral, historical or political reason why annexation in whole or in part should be made contingent on agreeing to the creation of a Palestinian entity.
News | News
ZOA Criticizes 19 Senators Threatening Israel If It Applies Sovereignty to Parts of Judea Samaria
ZOA President Morton A. Klein and Chair Mark Levenson, Esq. released the following statement: ZOA strongly criticizes a dangerous letter authored by Sens. C
Politics | Opinion
The Jewish people are not “settlers” in their own ancestral heartland
Why should 'peace' between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs require that Israel give its ancestral birthright for a mess of potage?
Politics | Judea & Samaria
Israel News: 24,000 Palestinians now work in ‘settlements’ at double the local wage
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Politics | Judea & Samaria
Netanyahu Says Work on Annexation Map Has Begun: ‘We Are Turning Parts of the Homeland in Judea and Samaria Into Part of the State of Israel Forever’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the media at the start of his Likud party faction meeting …
News | News
Former justice minister: Israel should begin annexing Area C without prior US approval
In order to realize the promise contained in the recently unveiled Middle East Peace Plan, Israel should begin annexing Area
Politics | Opinion
It's time to build in Judea and Samaria as we do in Tel Aviv
US President Donald Trump has spent months formulating the much-anticipated counter-Oslo Accords measure. Yes, it is precisely this president, who
News | News
Netanyahu to Bring Annexation of Jordan Valley, All "Settlements" to Cabinet Vote Sunday
Briefing reporters after White House released peace proposal, PM hails 'a revolutionary change from previous peace proposals'
News | News
President Trump Checkmates PA President Abbas Who then Curses Trump "Son of a B***tch"
We are witnessing history live-streamed in epic proportions. The question is, who is noticing?
News | News
The ICC and the Orwellian denial of Jewish presence in Israel
This announcement has sparked considerable reactions and commentaries on whether it was legally grounded or not.
News | News
After Likud win, Netanyahu vows to 'finalize borders,' get US to back annexation | The Times of Israel
In speech after big victory over party rival, PM lays out six-point plan that also includes stopping Iran, normalizing ties with Arab countries
Politics | Opinion
Israel needs to say categorically that enabling Jews to live in the West Bank is not a war crime
Israel needs to say categorically that enabling Jews to live in the West Bank is not a war crime.
Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The Palestinian Authority
Somehow, thousands of Muslims manage to make it past those "oppressive checkpoints" in Hebron
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Miscellaneous | Resources
Q & A About Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria
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Politics | Media Bias
Political Advocacy Journalism Distorts Coverage of US Policy on Settlements | CAMERA
There is no better illustration of the prevailing political advocacy journalism than the recent coverage of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement about
Politics | Opinion
The Trump Administration Is Absolutely Correct To Call Israeli ‘Settlements’ Legal
In a move that will only further buttress the Trump administration’s well-deserved claim to being the most pro-Israel American presidency since the 1948 founding of the Jewish state, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced today that it shall hence
News | News
Elder Of Ziyon - Amnesty breaks its own rules on how to avoid stereotyping people
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Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The Palestinian Authority
Why The Palestinian Problem Is Dying of Natural Causes
"West Bank grows calmer as pocketbook issues take priority of protests" is the headline of a New York Times story today. It seems that the Palestinian jihadists of the old intifadas are more concerned about making a living than killing Israelis. Writes re
Politics | Media Bias
At Start of Travel Season, AP Runs Hatchet Job Against Pro-Settlements Duty Free Chain | The Jewish Press
Simon Falic also told the AP: “We are proud to support organizations that help promote Jewish life all over the Land of Israel.”
Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The Palestinian Authority
Dershowitz: Trump's ambassador is right on Israel's annexation. His posturing, pro-Palestinian critics are wrong
David Friedman is right: International law supports Israel retaining some of the West Bank. I should know – I helped draft it.
Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The Palestinian Authority
Elder Of Ziyon - Everyone got it wrong: David Friedman did not say Israel has the right to annex land
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News | Antisemitism Watch
WATCH: The Scary Moment When Terrorists Throw a Molotov Cocktail at Bus of High School Girls in Judean Hills
Muslim terrorists in the Gush Etzion area threw a molotov cocktail at a bus of High School girls driving home after a special school weekend getaway.
News | Israel לב ישראל
Everyone needs to know the truth about the West Bank - and here it is
People refer to the West Bank as "occupied." But is that even what it's called? Are the Jewish people occupying their own land? Here are all the answers!
History | History
FDR's letter to the Palestine Pavilion at the World's Fair and the legality of Jewish settlements
n 1939, this letter by President Franklin Roosevelt was published by the organizers of the Palestine Pavilion at the New York World's Fair....