Israeli Settlements

• Israel must stop all settlement activities to prevent more Palestinian conflict: Garneau

  Garneau says getting humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip is also a priority after the 11-day war that saw 230 people in the Hamas-run enclave killed and numerous houses destroyed.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2021
  
• Richard Gere says Israeli occupation is ‘destroying everyone,’ blasts Trump for lack of clarity

  Gere says he has no hope that the Trump administration will lead Israelis and Palestinians toward peace.

  World

  Apr 5, 2017
  
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• Israeli settlement expansions illegal and ‘concerning’: UN envoy

  Nickolay Mladenov said Israel is demonstrating "a clear intent to continue expanding the settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian territory."

  World

  Mar 24, 2017
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• Donald Trump does U-turn on Israeli settlements, says they ‘may not be helpful’

  President Donald Trump on Thursday warned Israel that constructing new settlements "may not be helpful" to Middle East peace efforts, shifting toward a tougher line with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

  World

  Feb 2, 2017
• Israel ramps up West Bank settlement-building after Donald Trump inauguration

  Israel announced plans Tuesday to build 2,500 more settler homes on the West Bank, moving to step up construction just days after the swearing-in of Donald Trump brought to power a U.S. administration seen as friendly to the settlement movement.

  World

  Jan 24, 2017
• Don’t underestimate Trump, Obama says in last White House interview

  In his final interview as president Barack Obama warned that Donald Trump should not be underestimated.

  Politics

  Jan 15, 2017
• Obama says Israel PM Netanyahu pressured to approve settlements, hurting two-state solution

  Obama said in an interview aired on Israeli television that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's policy backing settlements in occupied territory is making a future Palestinian state impossible.

  World

  Jan 10, 2017
• Relations between Obama and Netanyahu administrations hit new low

  It took eight years of backbiting and pretending they got along for relations between the Obama and Netanyahu administrations to finally hit rock bottom.

  World

  Dec 29, 2016
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• Israel says it has ‘ironclad information’ White House was behind UN rebuke

  Doubling down on its public break with the Obama administration, a furious Israeli government said it had received "ironclad" information that Washington helped craft last week's U.N. resolution.

  Politics

  Dec 27, 2016
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• Jilted by Obama and the UN, Israel’s Netanyahu places hope in Donald Trump

  The Obama administration abstained from voting in a UN resolution that marked a sharp international rebuke of Israeli settlement policies in the West Bank and east Jerusalem

  World

  Dec 25, 2016