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Friend --

Settlement activity has been spiking in recent months, and this week the
Netanyahu government announced it will begin the tender process for the
major new settlement of Givat Hamatos -- a move which a top EU diplomat
branded a “de facto annexation attempt.”

Construction in Givat Hamatos is part of a deliberate settlement movement
strategy to cut off Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem from the
West Bank Palestinian city of Bethlehem, in order to further undermine the
prospects for a contiguous Palestinian state alongside Israel.

At J Street, we need your help to fight these disastrous moves in the
final days of the Trump administration and to push the new Biden
administration to take meaningful action to deter settlement expansion.
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As destructive as the construction of this new settlement would be, this
fight has even broader ramifications:

* In the coming weeks, more decisions are pending which could lead to
even more destructive steps -- and we need to provide a firm deterrent
now. We have to take a stand to prevent Netanyahu from demolishing the
Palestinian community of Khan al-Ahmar or announce construction in the
hugely controversial E-1 area.
* Israeli NGO B’Tselem announced that more Palestinians have been made
homeless by demolitions in 2020 than in any year of Trump’s
presidency, despite the pandemic. We must send a strong signal that
the incoming administration will not tolerate such injustice, and that
Palestinian rights must be respected.

We cannot allow Prime Minister Netanyahu to use this moment to wreak
further havoc with the US-Israeli relationship, attack the rights of
Palestinians and imperil Israel’s future as a truly democratic homeland
for the Jewish people.

While the construction tender process has now started, it is not set in
stone. No contracts will be awarded until after President-Elect Biden’s
inauguration, so there’s every chance that by mobilizing our leaders and
showing solidarity with our allies, we can still stop this project.

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the White House enabling and encouraging the settlement movement are over
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Thank you, Friend, for your tireless support.

Yours,

Debra Shushan
Director of Government Affairs


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