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June 26, 2023

Israel
The Netanyahu Invitation and West Bank Settlement Expansion

By refusing to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the White House, the Biden administration is foolishly strengthening the very forces it most often criticizes in the Israeli g…

July 29, 2013

Middle East and North Africa
How Many Israelis Live in "Settlements?"

This may seem to be a simple question, but efforts to answer it show that it is actually complex. For one thing, what’s a "settlement?" What are the "major blocks?" How many Israelis live in the majo…

June 19, 2014

Middle East and North Africa
Facts on the Ground: the Israeli Settlement Slowdown

Criticism of construction in Israeli settlements has grown in the last five years, not least in Washington--but in this same period Israel has been focusing more and more of the construction in less …

December 27, 2016

Middle East and North Africa
The United Nations Resolution on Israel

Since the adoption last week the Security Council resolution on Israel, I’ve had my say in The Weekly Standard and The Washington Post condemning the Obama administration’s decision to allow the reso…

June 23, 2014

Strange Bedfellows...on Israeli Settlement Policy

A recent research project I initiated on Israeli settlement policy seems to have created an unholy alliance. After the findings were criticized by both Yesha Council and PLO representatives, a new vo…