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judea
Words matter: How vocabulary defines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Jewish Journal
December 1, 2014
Settlements or Jewish communities? West Bank or Judea and Samaria? East Jerusalem or eastern Jerusalem?
Israeli Housing Minister Uri Ariel’s ironic homage to Yitzhak Rabin
Uri Dromi
November 6, 2014
Housing Minister Uri Ariel is a staunch supporter of Jewish settlements in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria.
Should Israel stay or withdraw from the West Bank?
Uri Dromi
October 20, 2014
Sixty years ago the Algerians revolted against the French who had ruled them for more than 120 years.
EU issues new guidelines on West Bank — but do they matter?
Jewish Journal
July 17, 2013
There’s been much handwringing this week about a set of new European Union directives that render Israeli projects in eastern Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the West Bank ineligible for EU funding or grants.
Following extension to form government, Netanyahu calls for parties to unite
Jewish Journal
March 3, 2013
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for Israeli political parties to \”come together and unite our forces,\” hours after being granted an extension to form a new government.
Clinton: Israeli settlement move counter-productive
Jewish Journal
September 27, 2011
Israel\’s decision to build 1,100 settlement homes on West Bank land is counter-productive to reviving peace talks with the Palestinians, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday.
Obama rejects Palestinian U.N. statehood bid
Jewish Journal
September 21, 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected Palestinian plans to seek U.N. blessing for statehood and urged a return to peace talks with Israel as he tried to head off a looming diplomatic disaster.
Palestinians rally for Abbas’s U.N. statehood bid
Jewish Journal
September 21, 2011
Flag-waving Palestinians filled the squares of major West Bank cities on Wednesday to rally behind President Mahmoud Abbas\’s bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations despite U.S. and Israeli objections.\n
Dig this! Herod’s tomb found after 3-decade hunt
Brenda Gazzar
May 18, 2007
Ruthlessly lavish in his lifetime and a villain of Jewish and Christian narratives alike, the biblical King Herod has captured the world\’s imagination anew with the discovery of his tomb outside Jerusalem.
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