The Higher Planning Council (HPC) of the Civil Administration approved today plans to build 780 housing units in settlements, most of them deep in the West Bank (714 units (92%) in settlements that Israel will have to evacuate under a peace agreement, according to the Geneva Initiative model). Among other things, the HPC approved for […]
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Greenlighting De Facto Annexation: A Summary of Trump’s Impact on Israeli Settlements
November 9, 2020 – Israel’s policy in the West Bank is determined by the Israeli government, yet the United States’ influence on this policy is paramount. In President Donald J. Trump’s four years in office, there have been far-reaching changes in the American position on Israeli settlements that have shattered the international consensus around a two-state […]
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Palestinians: Civil Administration Halts Construction of COVID-19 Testing Site in Hebron
July 15, 2020 – According to Palestinian sources, a few days ago Palestinians began building a COVID-19 testing site at the northern entrance to Hebron, on private land donated by the owner for the purpose of the station. The station, which is at the very entrance to Hebron near the built-up urban area, is considered […]
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Data on Annexation and Populated Land Swaps under the Trump Plan
February 6, 2020 -The so-called “Trump Plan” proposes for Israel to annex large, invasive swaths of the West Bank, while entertaining an idea for Israel to swap out populated Israeli territory in the Wadi Ara region to a Palestinian statelet and to remove the citizenship of hundreds of thousands of Arab citizens of Israel. Both […]
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Data on Netanyahu’s Jordan Valley Annexation Map
September 11, 2019 – For the first time in history, a prime minister in Israel presented a map indicating that his vision is that no Palestinian state will be established alongside Israel. At a press conference convened last night by Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister announced his intention to annex the Jordan Valley, which according to […]
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Global commodities trade and consumption place the world’s primates at risk of extinction
June 17, 2019 – A recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ – the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences highlights the fact that the economic benefits of commodity export for primate habitat countries has been limited relative to the extreme environmental costs of pollution, habitat degradation, loss of biodiversity, continued food insecurity and […]
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Ms. Penn Valley Rodeo Competition Slated for April 28th at the Gladys Martinez Ranch
PENN VALLEY, Calif. April 16, 2018 – Each year The Penn Valley Rodeo Selects a Junior & Senior queen from a group of contestants who attend weekly informative meetings and workshops beginning at the beginning of the year. The Miss Penn Valley Rodeo Pageant is open to young women, ages 12 to 24-years old. Penn […]
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Israel: Annual Construction Report 2016: Stark Increase in Settlement Construction
May 22, 2017 – Peace Now’s annual construction report reveals a 34% increase in construction starts throughout the West Bank during 2016, in comparison to same period in 2015. During 2016 the expansion of settlements occurred through a variety of methods, including the construction of housing units and public structures – legal and illegal – the […]
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Israel’s New Travel Ban is Neither Jewish nor Democratic, Says Peace Now
March 6, 2017 – Today the Knesset passed a new law barring entry from boycott supporters. It is important to note that the law bans entry not only from those boycotting Israel but also from those boycotting settlement products. The law states that entry will not be permitted for those calling for boycott as it […]
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New Movement Demands Referendum on the Fate of Israeli Control over the Palestinian Territories and on the Future of Israel
Sept. 5, 2016 – “Decision at 50” launched a campaign demanding a referendum on the future of the Territories and the future of Israel during the 50th year of Israel’s control over the West Bank and Gaza. Under the slogan “It’s time to decide,” the movement will promote a large scale media campaign, accompanied by public […]