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The Settlements Issue: Distorting the Geneva Convention and the Oslo Accords

The Settlements Issue: Distorting the Geneva Convention and the Oslo Accords

May 4, 2012 | Amb. Alan Baker
U.S. Policy on Israeli Settlements

U.S. Policy on Israeli Settlements

June 9, 2009 | Amb. Dore Gold
In seeking to constrain Israeli settlement activity, the U.S. is essentially trying to obtain additional Israeli concessions that were not formally required according to Israel's legal obligations under the Oslo Accords. The U.S. and Israel have already negotiated specific guidelines for settlement activity so that it will not diminish the territory of a future Palestinian entity.
Bush Erases the Clinton Parameters

Bush Erases the Clinton Parameters

April 15, 2004 | Amb. Dore Gold
President Bush's April 14, 2004, letter to Prime Minister Sharon represents a significant shift in U.S. policy, as compared to the Clinton Parameters advanced by the former president after the failed Camp David Summit of July 2000 and in subsequent months. In his plan, Clinton provided conditional approval of settlement blocs, but insisted that there needed to be "territorial swaps" of land from pre-1967 Israel in exchange for any West Bank land Israel would retain.
Illegal Construction in Jerusalem:The Global Epidemic of Illegal Building and Demolitions

Illegal Construction in Jerusalem:
The Global Epidemic of Illegal Building and Demolitions

July 17, 2003 | Justus Reid Weiner
Diplomatic and Legal Aspects of the Settlement Issue

Diplomatic and Legal Aspects of the Settlement Issue

January 19, 2003 | Jeffrey Helmreich