‘… the PA’s authority in Area C takes the form of Begin’s original personal jurisdiction concept – Palestinians living in Area C are subject to PA’s authority, but the land under their feet is not.” – Joel Singer
SHABBAT READING
Esau the Ancestor of Rome: Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, The Torah.com, Nov. 7, 2018 — The Torah describes how Isaac and Rebekah’s twin sons, Jacob and Esau, battle each other in their mother’s womb:
וַיִּתְרֹצֲצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ… כה:כג וַיֹּאמֶר יְ-הוָה לָהּ שְׁנֵי (גיים) [גוֹיִם] בְּבִטְנֵךְ וּשְׁנֵי לְאֻמִּים מִמֵּעַיִךְ יִפָּרֵדוּ וּלְאֹם מִלְאֹם יֶאֱמָץ וְרַב יַעֲבֹד צָעִיר. Gen 25:22 The children struggled in her womb… 25:23 and YHWH said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, two separate peoples shall issue from your body; one people shall be mightier than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.”
Daniel’s Vision of the Four Beasts: The Prehistory of Chanukah: Prof. Michael Segal, The Torah.com, Dec. 12, 2017 — The story of Chanukah is generally viewed as post-biblical, attested in sources such as 1–2 Maccabees, Josephus, and rabbinic literature. But the earliest references to Antiochus and his decrees, the basis of Chanukah, are in fact found in what is probably the latest biblical book, Daniel. This book offers its own theological perspective on the events that transpired and the hope for their resolution.
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REGAVIM EXPLAINS
WATCH: CIJR presents “Truth from Fiction: Judea and Samaria and the Jewish History of Area C”: Canadian Institute for Jewish Research, YouTube, Dec. 16, 2022 — Join Naomi Linder Kahn, Director of the International Division at Regavim, as she debunks the myths and establishes the facts of this hotly contested and vastly misunderstood part of Israel.
The EU’s Secret Palestinian Building Plan for Area C: Dan Diker, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Dec. 22, 2022 — The EU’s secret Palestinian building plan for Area C of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) disqualifies Europe as a fair and professional mediating body in the Middle East conflict, as determined by the 1995 Oslo Interim Accords. The concealed EU plan to help the PA build in Area C is an egregious violation of the Oslo Accords and an abrogation of the EU’s mediation role as witness guarantors of internationally witnessed and signed agreements. The EU actions undermine its integrity as an impartial and fair diplomatic actor.
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Israel’s Channel 13 Exposes European Union Plan to Help Palestinian Authority Seize Land in Area C: Hana Levi Julian, Jewish Press, Dec. 19, 2022
How Israel Let the Palestinians Get Free Electricity While Taking Over Land: Yifat Erlich, Israel Hayom, Nov. 24, 2022
Analysis: The Implications of Fayad’s Two-year Path to Palestinian Statehood: Dan Diker and Pinhas Inbari, Jerusalem Post, Oct. 9, 2009
West Bank Areas A, B and C – How Did They Come into Being?: Joel Singer, Joel Singer.org, June 2, 2020
UN: Israeli Controls in Area C Costing West Bank Palestinians $2.5 Billion Per Year: Times of Israel, Nov. 10, 2022 — Restrictions imposed on Palestinian development in Israeli-controlled parts of the West Bank, known as Area C — in addition to other limitations existing in the entire West Bank — cost the Palestinian economy an estimated $50 billion between 2000 and 2020, the UN claimed Tuesday.
High Court to Rule on Whether to Give Land to Palestinians or Efrat: Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post, Nov. 13, 2022 — The High Court of Justice is set to decide whether land near Bethlehem will be allocated for an expansion of the Efrat settlement or blocked due to demands by local Palestinians during a hearing on Monday.
EU Funding PA de-facto Seizure of Area C, Intelligence Ministry Warns: Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 18, 2022 — The European Union has spent half-a-billion dollars over the last seven years to support a Palestinian Authority plan to control Area C of the West Bank, an Intelligence Ministry report publicly released Tuesday.
The End of Oslo: A New European Strategy on Israel-Palestine: Hugh Lovatt, European Council on Foreign Relations, Dec. 9, 2020 — This year saw a couple of rare wins for European policy on Israel and Palestine.
