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Likud seeks to anchor Judea and Samaria legal status in basic law
Israel Today Staff - Israel Today, May 27th, 2013
Coalition Chairman Yariv Levin will propose a new proposal that could affect court decisions about the Jewish presence in the West Bank
(Photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch)
After an effort to legally define Israel's Jewish character in legislation sparked much controversy, Likud has now come up with yet another controversial proposition: Anchor the legal status of Judea and Samaria in a basic law -- the Israeli precursor to a constitution, Army Radio reported Monday.
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Landmark French Ruling on West Bank Construction and International Law
Eugene Kontorovich - Opinio Juris, May 1st, 2013In an important but largely ignored case, a French Court of Appeals in Versailles ruled last week that construction of a light rail system in the Israeli-controlled West Bank by a French company does not violate international law. In doing so, the court sided with many of the arguments long made against the blanket application of the relevant provisions of the Geneva Conventions to Israeli settlements.
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Israeli Backers of the Two-State Solution Should Support the Levy Report
Dr. Max Singer - BESA, Perspectives Paper No. 204, April 28th, 2013EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israeli advocates of the two-state solution should support the findings of the Levy Commission, which affirms Israel’s right to settle in the West Bank. Israel will thus be viewed as giving up its own territory in any future agreement.
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Fact Finding Expedition to Israel Sept.30-Oct.9 2013
Frank Gaffney - SecureFreedom.com, April 24th, 2013
Join Frank Gaffney, Bill Federer and William J.
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Canada Shows the Way on Jerusalem
Jonathan S. Tobin - Commentary Magazine, April 16th, 2013The Palestinian Authority is up in arms over a cup of coffee consumed by Canada’s foreign affairs minister, John Baird. He was in the Middle East last week and made the requisite pilgrimage to Ramallah to give PA President Mahmoud Abbas a photo opportunity as well as a chance to beg yet another Western leader for more cash to keep his sinking ship afloat.
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