Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) Updates

Contents THE LAND OF ISRAEL IS ONE SETTLEMENT BLOC Only hours before U.S. president Barack Obama’s March 3, 2014 White House meeting with Israel prime minster Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Central...

Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories Vol. 24 No. 2 | March-April 2014

Contents KERRY SEARCHES FOR A FRAMEWORK FOR CONTINUING TALKS U.S. efforts to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians are now focused on the presentation by Secretary of State John Kerry of...

Contents ENDING OCCUPATION—THE BEST AND ONLY CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURE In a series of reports during the last decade, international institutions led by the World Bank and International Monetary...

STATEMENT BY THE INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY How much longer must children suffer from hunger? How much longer must women die in childbirth for lack of medical care? How much longer must we...

Please refer to the attached Map.

Please refer to the attached Map.

Contents Election Observations Benjamin Netanyahu will lead Israel’s next government, offering the Likud Party leader the chance to become Israel’s longest-serving prime minister since Israel’s...

Contents Political Stalemate and Security Cooperation Equals Continuing Occupation The occupation is more distant from everyday Israeli concerns than at any time in the last two decades. Israelis are...

Contents Running in Place: U.S. Policy Runs Out of Steam In a series of speeches in late May, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu each sought to make his case before an...

Contents Israel’s Fateful Choice—“Iron Wall” or Accommodation Having failed to win a settlement freeze and now focused on the extraordinary developments throughout the Arab world, Washington has...

Contents Egypt at Center Stage Despite declarations to the contrary, the U.S. effort to revitalize talks in the wake of the failure of the settlement freeze effort lacks both content and commitment...

Overview of the FMEP Settlement Report The Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories is distributed by mail and e-mail at no charge to subscribers by the Foundation for Middle East...

Contents Barack Obama Loses the Battle for a Settlement Freeze The Obama administration is now attempting to win from Israel a two month re-imposition of the moratorium in order to convince PLO...

Contents Moving Beyond a Settlement Freeze - The Obama Administration Looks for a New Course The settlement moratorium is set to expire on September 27, 2010. While existing restrictions on...

Contents Will Proximity Talks End the Occupation? The formal inauguration of proximity talks between Israel and the PLO signifies the high-water mark of 17 months of diplomacy conducted by the Obama...

Contents The Obama Administration Talks Tough The announcement of a routine planning approval for 1,600 dwellings in the East Jerusalem settlement neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo precipitated a crisis...

A CHASTENED OBAMA SEARCHES FOR A NEGOTIATING STRATEGY By Geoffrey Aronson After a year of well-intentioned but counterproductive diplomatic effort, President Barack Obama's interest in and ability to...