Judea and Samaria
“A company that boycotts part of the state must not be allowed to compete in government tenders,” wrote Dagan in a letter to Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, Transport Minister Israel Katz and Airports Authority director-general Yaakov Ganot.
Becoming the first U.S. governor to lead a trade mission to Judea and Samaria, Gov. Ron DeSantis took a clear stand against BDS while bolstering Florida’s economic ties with the Jewish state through several agreements.
“Our aim is to empower the shared economy between Israelis and Palestinians, working closely together to empower and strengthen the economy,” said businessman Sheikh Ashraf Al Jabari.
“Let’s stop pretending that settlements are what is keeping the sides from a negotiated peaceful solution,” said U.S. special envoy for Mideast peace negotiations Jason Greenblatt. “This farce and obsessive focus on one aspect of this complicated conflict helps no one.”
Qatar has often funded Gazan infrastructure • New infusion of funds will allow Gazans to continue to use electricity for 12 hours a day.
New student union leader Omar Chowdhury’s comments during a debate on the Facebook group Bristruths included telling Izzy Posen: “Your comments are like Israeli settlements: always popping up where they aren’t wanted.”
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PLO chief negotiator says that in addition to 20 extra square kilometers of land Olmert also offered Abbas the Temple Mount and absorption into Israel of 150,000 Palestinians.
In a statement, the European Union denounced Israeli “plans for more than 4,600 new housing units for settlers in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of an illegal outpost.”
The signees were the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Union for Reform Judaism, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, MERCAZ, the Rabbinical Assembly, the ADL, Ameinu, the National Council of Jewish Women and the Israel Policy Forum.
Applying the law in such a way would open a “Pandora’s Box,” requiring complex labeling for items from more than 100 different area globally where there are territorial disputes.
“I think the individuals in the region will sort this out. We want good things for the Palestinians,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
“Airbnb has always opposed the BDS movement. Airbnb has never boycotted Israel, Israeli businesses or the more than 20,000 Israeli hosts who are active on the Airbnb platform,” added the company. “We have always sought to bring people together and will continue to work with our community to achieve this goal.”
