Settlements – Page 6 – ReThinking Foreign Policy

Elliott Abrams’ Shell Game on Settlements

On: April 30, 2015

Elliott Abrams is responsible for some of the greatest foreign policy fiascos in American history, yet he continues to be considered a legitimate source for foreign policy analysis.Continue Reading

Congress Moves to Protect Israeli Settlements

By: Mitchell Plitnick

On: April 28, 2015

In: Congress, Settlements

Advertisements On Wednesday, the Senate adopted an amendment to the Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (TPA) designed to defend Israel against the global “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement” (BDS). A similar amendment was adopted in the House of Representatives. Whatever one thinks of the bill’s intentions, the actualContinue Reading

It Couldn’t Be Clearer

By: Mitchell Plitnick

On: October 1, 2014

In: Jerusalem, Settlements

Advertisements The photo here, linked to the Ha’aretz article from which it comes, makes it as clear as you could want just how threatening the new settlement, Givat Hamatos is. It doesn’t threaten “peace”; it doesn’t “call into question Israel’s commitment to peace.” Few have any illusions anymore that IsraelContinue Reading

US on Israeli Settlements: A Policy Without A Policy

By: Mitchell Plitnick

On: August 18, 2013

In: Settlements, United States

Advertisements This article originally appeared at LobeLog. Some days, it must be really difficult to be the State Department’s spokesperson. It doesn’t seem like a bad job to have at all, but on certain questions it’s impossible to not look like an idiot. A lot of those questions are connectedContinue Reading