Judea and Samaria
They utilized heavy machinery apparently to construct a parking lot as a way of collecting parking fees from visitors.
Dozens of ministers and lawmakers from Likud and other right-wing parties have signed a petition to promote a settlement plan introduced under the government of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir.
Advocates praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to end the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, or TIPH, which they contend stoked hostilities and friction between Jewish and Arab residents.
“The law to boycott Judea and Samaria has serious repercussions for relations between the countries,” said Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein.
American Jewish actress and comedienne Roseanne Barr is in Israel as part of an international campaign against the BDS movement she is leading along with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.
Israeli Defense Forces and Border Police were forced to utilize riot-dispersal techniques to break up a growing crowd of Arabs in Samaria.
If enacted, it would make Ireland the first European Union nation to criminalize doing business beyond the pre-1967 lines, including eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
The complaint asserts that “since biblical times, Judea and Samaria have been part and parcel of the Land of Israel, as reflected in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible, and an unbroken line of historical and archaeological sources spanning more than 3,000 years.”
What critics of the project failed to mention is that the motorists themselves, both Jews and Arabs alike, are praising the new Eastern Ring road, Route 4370, as being a game-changer in alleviating the recurrent traffic jams in the area.
The region grew by 12,964 people in 2018 to 448,672—a 3 percent increase, down from a 3.4 percent increase in 2017, a 3.9 percent growth in 2016, a 4 percent growth in 2015 and a 4.2 percent increase in 2014.
The Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria reports settlements grew by 3 percent in 2018, compared to 3.4 percent in 2017 and 3.9 percent in 2016.
The shooting is the latest in attacks on Israelis in Judea and Samaria.
