settlements

Jewish umbrella considers booting Australian group for settlement boycott call

A Jewish organization in Melbourne could face expulsion from the community’s umbrella body for launching a campaign supporting the boycott of products from West Bank settlements.

By Dan Goldberg April 5, 2013 9:08 am

In Ramallah, Obama implies settlement freeze not needed

President Obama implied in Ramallah that a settlement freeze should not be a precondition for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

March 21, 2013 12:32 pm

U.S. rips U.N. Human Rights Council for ‘disproportionate’ Israel focus

The Obama administration refused to participate in a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting on Israeli settlements and slammed the body for its “disproportionate” focus on Israel.

March 19, 2013 10:47 am