Abu Mazen's overlooked surprise concession on settlements - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Geoffrey Aronson

Geoffrey Aronson

May 11, 2014

A crane is seen next to homes in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim January 3, 2014. Israel on Friday published tenders for 1,400 new homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, days after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the region to push peace efforts with the Palestinians. Picture taken January 3, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION POLITICS) - RTX178IM — A crane is seen next to homes in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim, Jan. 3, 2014. — REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he addresses the foreign media during a reception marking the new year, in Jerusalem January 16, 2014. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX17GTF

Bibi’s final status map leaves little room for Palestine

Geoffrey Aronson

Geoffrey Aronson

A general view shows the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank, near Jerusalem January 17, 2017. Picture taken January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad - RTSW9M6

PA warns of danger if Israel annexes West Bank settlement

Ahmad Melhem

In Ramallah, reporting on politics

A bird flies over pieces of wood in an area near Jerusalem known as E1, where there are plans for construction of some 3,000 settler homes December 6, 2012. Germany's Angela Merkel and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to disagree on the question of Israeli plans to build more Jewish settlements, the chancellor said on Thursday. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS ANIMALS)

NGO Head: Israel Erasing Hope Of Agreement on Settlements

Shlomi Eldar

A crane lifts a concrete block for the construction of a section of the controversial Israeli barrier in Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem December 5, 2012. Israel moved forward on Wednesday with plans to build some 3,000 settler homes in one of the most sensitive areas of the occupied West Bank, the E1 corridor near Jerusalem, in defiance of international protests. Pisgat Zeev, in an area Israel annexed to Jerusalem after capturing it in the 1967 Middle East war, is seen in the back. REU

Jerusalem 2013

Dalia Hatuqa