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EU slams Israel on settlements, Temple Mount after council meeting

The EU-Israel Association Council had met annually since its inception in 2000, but meetings were suspended after 2012 amid Netanyahu's leadership.

 View of the desert near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, January 26, 2021.
The Palestinian Al Majaz Basic School in Khirbet Al-Majaz in the South Hebron Hills, which is under threat of demolition.

EU calls on Israel not to demolish Palestinian herding villages

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and France's President Emmanuel Macron meet ahead of the 5th World Holocaust Forum, January 22, 2020.

France threatens Israel ties over settlement annexation

A Jewish settler walks at the Jewish settlement outpost of Adei Ad B in the West Bank

EU pulls statement referring to settlement activity on “disputed” land


Knesset hawks prepare for showdown on controversial outpost bill

Coalition chairman David Bitan obtained Kulanu’s support for the bill in its preliminary reading last Wednesday by promising that clauses seen as defying the court would be removed.

Amona

Ministers oppose Netanyahu on bill to authorize settler homes

"Legislation’s passage is inevitable," say MKs Kisch and Smotrich.

Construction in Amona settlement

Settler population was 385,900 by end of 2015

The annual growth of 4.1% is slightly more than double the 2% rate in the rest country.

Houses can be seen at the Jewish West Bank settlement of Maale Efrayim in the Jordan Valley

Emergency talks planned to save 40 Amona homes

Nine residences in nearby Ofra also slated for demolition.

The Amona outpost in the West Bank

CBS: 53% Drop in settler housing starts

It was the sharpest drop in housing starts for any region. Nationwide, the decline was 8.1%.

Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in a settlement near Jerusalem

Know comment: Rebuff European Union threats

EU brawling on behalf of the Palestinians has reached extreme heights of chutzpah.

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini

Amona residents demand government legalize their West Bank outpost

One of the most violent clashes between settlers and security forces took place at Amona in 2007 when the IDF demolished nine unauthorized new stone homes.

Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in a settlement near Jerusalem

Diplomacy: Differentiating between Israel and the territories

For the time being efforts inside the EU to firmly "differentiate" between Israel and the West Bank failed because Israel leveraged differences between the European bloc and its member states.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU gestures as he delivers a joint statement with his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras in Jerusalem last November 25.

Europa Europa! No Surprises

The Jerusalem Post

Land of Israel Caucus head: EU funding of illegal Palestinian building must be stopped

Regavim, which monitors illegal Palestinian building, showed the politicians maps to explain how the construction was strategically placed to help the PA increase its hold over Area C.

 Illegal Palestinian Beduin structures funded by the EU in the area of Ma'aleh Adumim.