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Naomi Linder Kahn

Naomi Linder Kahn

Naomi Linder Kahn is director of the International Division of Regavim, a research-based think tank and lobbying group dedicated to preserving Israel’s resources and sovereignty.

The only thing that has prevented Israeli governments since 1967 from applying Israeli law in Judea and Samaria is their own timidity
The Ra’am Party legislation passed in the Knesset constitutes a leap of faith—and not in a good way.
Through incessant legal and procedural appeals, the P.A. has upended Israeli law enforcement and set the system against itself, creating facts on the ground and laying the foundations of a Palestinian state in the heart of the land of Israel.
According to a new report, the Negev is a morass of violence and corruption, widespread polygamy and more. The question is: What next?
The Israeli security officer wounded as he fended off a terrorist with his bare hands had his sidearm impounded last year when spiteful, baseless charges were filed against him by criminals.
Structures built illegally with the encouragement and support of the Palestinian Authority have been connected to the East Jerusalem Electric Company’s grid, yet the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria is being evasive.
“While with one hand Netanyahu publishes headlines about expanding Jewish settlement with 800 housing units, with his other hand he approves illegal construction plans by the P.A. covering hundreds of dunams,” says Regavim director general Meir Deutsch.
You probably wouldn’t guess that today, in the year 2021, a law is enforced by the State of Israel that prohibits Jews from purchasing privately owned property.
Thus far, the debate has failed to explain how sovereignty—or a lack thereof—impacts the lives of the people living in Judea and Samaria, no matter who they are.
The failure of Zionist organizations, spokespeople and politicians to address the dangers of the “Peace to Prosperity” proposal is nothing short of alarming.
The Israeli government is now the only thing standing in the way of the evacuation of this illegal Bedouin outpost.
Israel’s Civil Administration is protecting and even granting post-facto “legalization” to illegal P.A. structures through the application of a far-reaching, radical interpretation of the law.