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Illustrative photo of the ultra-Orthodox West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit, and the Arab village of Wadi Fukin below, June 17, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 11, 2018, 12:21 pm
New report on illegal outposts fuels West Bank annexation concerns
Zandberg committee conclusions, which critics say treat the territories like Israel proper, are already being implemented on the ground
By Jacob Magid
Bet Shemesh mayoral candidate Moshe Abutbul casts his vote at a polling station, during the second round of the local elections in the city, March 11, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 12, 2014, 3:12 pm
A tale of two contested cities
The press highlights election day in Nazareth and Beit Shemesh; sparring in the Knesset ahead of the draft bill vote
By Marissa Newman
Edmond Levy (center) in court (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon/ Flash 90)
March 12, 2014, 12:01 am
Edmond Levy, Supreme Court justice, dies at 72
Former judge, an advocate for the legality of the settlement enterprise, praised by Netanyahu for his ‘keen intelligence’
By Adiv Sterman
Silvan Shalom (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
December 11, 2012, 1:39 am
Levy Committee that says settlements are legal was ‘rigged’
Panel was deliberately chosen to obtain the desired results, says vice prime minister Silvan Shalom; PM says members were vetted by Attorney General
By Philip Podolsky and ToI Staff
Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein (photo credit: Ilia Yefimovich/Flash90)
October 18, 2012, 11:02 am
A-G reluctant to back PM on controversial settlement report
Netanyahu seeks to act on Levy commission’s findings; Barak calls move a ‘grave mistake’
By Asher Zeiger and ToI Staff
A settler prays at the Maoz Esther outpost in the West Bank (photo credit: Matanya Tausig/Flash90)
August 15, 2012, 1:57 pm
Netanyahu may be attempting to bury a controversial outpost report
Prime minister refuses to discuss findings of Levy Commission during ministerial meeting, Haaretz reports
By Michal Shmulovich
Nathaniel Berman
July 19, 2012, 1:38 pm
Nathaniel Berman
San Remo in Shilo
The Levy Commission’s report on the legality of West Bank settlements operates in something of a parallel universe, one in which legal evolution stopped sometime in the 1920s
Edmond Levy (left) giving his committee's report to Benjamin Netanyahu last month. (photo credit: Flash90)
July 15, 2012, 5:20 pm
US-Jewish leaders urge prime minister: Reject Levy report on legalizing settlements
Adopting recommendations would jeopardize ‘prestige of Israel as democratic member of international community’
By Raphael Ahren
Donniel Hartman
July 15, 2012, 4:39 pm
Donniel Hartman
If it looks like occupation, and acts like occupation…
Debating the legal status of Judea and Samaria is not only politically irrelevant, but Jewishly and morally irrelevant as well
Peace Now director Yariv Oppenheimer speaking in Jerusalem this week (photo credit: Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
July 12, 2012, 12:45 pm
Peace Now chief: PM will never adopt settlement report
Netanyahu understands Levy commission findings on occupation would ‘damage Israel,’ Oppenheimer says
By Raphael Ahren
Gidon Ben-Zvi
July 12, 2012, 10:16 am
Gidon Ben-Zvi
The State Department’s clear disdain for Israel
US opposition to any efforts to legalize settlement outposts is based on the faulty premise that the West Bank’s legal status is a matter of settled international law
Sara Yael Hirschhorn
July 11, 2012, 5:14 pm
Sara Yael Hirschhorn
Netanyahu’s dangerous virtual reality
If there’s ‘no occupation,’ what’s to stop the PM from annexing the settlements?
July 11, 2012, 4:59 pm
NY Times: Netanyahu should reject legalization of settlements
Editorial warns of implications on Iranian front, says large Israeli coalition should be used to ‘promote peace’
By Aaron Kalman
Shimon Peres (photo credit: Moshe Milner/Flash90)
July 10, 2012, 9:37 pm
Peres warns settlements threaten the ‘future of a Jewish state’
Settler council head Danny Dayan says the danger is forgetting ‘our historic connection to the land’
By Aaron Kalman
Dany Bahar
July 10, 2012, 2:27 pm
Dany Bahar
In the land of the blind, Netanyahu is king
The settlement enterprise has failed, and it is time for the Israeli right to admit it
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