Amona

Bennett's gov't bent on legalizing Evyatar outpost, Minister says

A deal struck to legalize the yeshiva was born from a defense concern: The government didn't want to see a violent repeat of Amona.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Settlers and right-wing activists hold a study session at the Evyatar outpost, to demand that the Defense Minister Benny Gantz allow a yeshiva to be opened at the site.
Violence erupts as police evacuate Amona outpost on Thursday, January 3

Netanyahu blames his military advisor for Amona evacuation

Liberman posted to his Facebook page, accusing Netanyahu of being a "disgrace" for blaming Avi Blot for the Amona evacuation.

|ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI, TOVAH LAZAROFF
Border Police evacuate the illegal Amona outpost

ANALYSIS: Amona’s third fall opens door for West Bank settlement approvals

When Amona fell in 2017, Netanyahu rode the wave of anger by authorizing a completely new settlement, the first in more than 20 years.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Hopeful settlers of the Amona settlement

Report: Netanyahu didn’t order Amona evacuation

The report immediately set pundits buzzing, with those believing that Netanyahu was simply back peddling his way out of a tricky political situation.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Netanyahu says Israel starts construction on new West Bank settlement

"The entire public expects of the prime minister not to allow any hostile element, whether they be leftist groups, judicial or clerical bodies, stop the construction," say residents of Amona.

JUNE 20, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Heavy machinery work on a field as they begin construction work of Amichai, a new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers evicted in February from the illegal West Bank settlement of Amona, in the West Bank June 20, 2017.

Israeli settler activity triples, 7,721 homes planned or approved

The left claims rapid expansion while the right claims a freeze.

JUNE 9, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Construction in Shiloh.

Homeless settler families threaten illegal encampment on promised land

The Prime Minister’s Office had promised the families in December that work would begin on the settlement by last March.

MAY 28, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
YOUNG PROTESTERS sit in a caravan singing and resting as they wait to be evacuated by police officers from the illegal outpost in Amona.

Zionist Union tours settlement blocs in message to Trump

Ahead of Trump arrival, Zionist Union MKs tour Ma'ale Adumim and Gush Etzion.

MAY 18, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Isaac Herzog, Tzipi Livni with Ma'ale Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel, May 18 2017.

Settler mother battles for a place to call home

Amona evacuee couldn't help but look on as her government demolished the home she built for her family on private Palestinian land.

APRIL 18, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Tamar Nizir in one of her family's two rooms at the Ofra field school

PM’s pledge for new Amona settlement met with skepticism

Six Amona evacuees have been on a hunger strike for 14 days to protest the lack of movement on the issue.

MARCH 17, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Evacuation of Amona

West Bank Political Theater: The settlements are irreversible

The evacuation of Amona does nothing to change the fact that the notion of a Palestinian state is evaporating and the settlements are irreversible.

FEBRUARY 25, 2017ByYOSSI MELMAN
Policemen remove a pro-settlement activist during the second day of an operation to evict settlers from the illegal outpost of Amona in the West Bank, on February 2

Over 3 weeks after Amona evacuation, violent protesters remain free

Thirteen protesters were arrested during the evacuation and charged with disturbing the peace.

FEBRUARY 22, 2017ByELIYAHU KAMISHER, UDI SHAHAM
Evacuation of Amona

Amona evacuees: Netanyahu still committed to building new settlement

The prime minister's chief of staff says there is no intention to go back on promise.

FEBRUARY 20, 2017ByHERB KEINON, TOVAH LAZAROFF
Evacuation of Amona

How the ‘Blue Liners’ forced the Regulation Law’s passing

But how did a situation arise to begin with in which Israeli homes were built on land whose status was questionable?

FEBRUARY 13, 2017ByJOSH HASTEN
Mounted Israeli police scuffle with pro-settler supporters at the Amona outpost, February 1, 2006