Facebook face-off: Settlers win right to list country as Israel, not Palestine

A group of settlers accused the California-based company of having a political agenda.

“I was surprised and disappointed to find that my hometown of Ariel is listed in Facebook as being part of a country called ‘Palestine,’” wrote Ari Zimmerman in a posting on Facebook. “I am a citizen of Israel, as are all of [...]

Papers detail settlers’ West Bank land grab

West Bank settlements have expanded their jurisdictions by taking control of private Palestinian land and allocating it to settlers. The land takeover – which the Civil Administration calls “theft” – has occured in an orderly manner, without any official authorization.
The method of taking over land is being publicized for the first time, based on testimony [...]

Vice PM: Ofra settlement homes built on private Palestinian land

All 450 homes in Ofra, the “mother of settlements” in Samaria, were built on privately owned Palestinian land, Vice Premier Haim Ramon said during a session at the Knesset State Control Committee two months ago.

This is the first time such a senior government source has admitted in an official forum that the first settlement [...]