Illegal israeli settlements

WATCH: Hilltop Youth, security forces clash during demolition of illegal settlement extension

Gush Etzion Regional Council reached out to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to request his assistance in dealing with the "anarchy" developing in the area in a letter sent in September.

Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025
 Jewish settlers at the illegal West Bank settlement outpost of Ramat Migron, on September 8, 2023.

Organizations petition High Court to evict Moshe Sharvit's West Bank outpost amid int'l sanctions

A Jewish settler walks past Israeli settlement construction sites around Givat Zeev and Ramat Givat Zeev in the West Bank, near Jerusalem June 30, 2020.

US tells Israel settlements serious issue, raised at highest level 

 Israeli forces seen entering an illegal West Bank outpost on the early morning of September 4, 2023

West Bank head vows to rebuild settler outposts demolished by Israel


EU envoy: ‘IDF razing in Area C fueling Israeli-EU tensions’

Such demolitions are “unacceptable,” the envoy said, as he discussed the sharp disagreement between the EU and Israel on this issue and indeed on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in general.

 SVEN KOOPMANS, the European Union’s special representative for the Middle East peace process

Netanyahu: Illegal construction is not allowed - not from Palestinians or settlers

Netanyahu spoke out after the IDF's evacuation of a newly establish settler outpost, a move that was met with contention by some of the coalition.

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly government conference at the PM's office in Jerusalem on January 22, 2023.

IDF razes West Bank Ramat Migron outpost, Homesh yeshiva spared for now

The hilltop settlement has been subject to ongoing controversy and legal dispute since the early 2000s. Since then, there have been ownership claims to the land from Palestinian families.

 Israel security forces at the Ramat Migron outpost, Thursday August 11, 2022

Settlers vow to build more outposts after 7 West Bank encampments razed

“We have only just begun,” veteran settler leader and Nahala co-chair Daniella Weiss told reporters.

 Settler youth at Hilltop 26 near Kiryat Arba, one of the protest points for outpost settlement, July 21, 2022.

Right-wing activists set up six West Bank protest encampments

Prior to the event in which activists set up encampments in the West Bank, the IDF and the police warned the activist that the campaign was illegal.

Activists set up encampments in the West Bank on 7/20/2022.

Gantz warns settlers against illegal outpost construction

He issued the warning after security officials provided him with information about the campaign, which had been organized by the right-wing Nahala movement.

 A sign outside the Evyatar outpost put up by left-wing protesters reads "illegal outpost," February 17, 2022.

State: Gantz must make decision on razing Homesh Yeshiva

The public spotlight has been on Homesh since the December terror attack that claimed the life of one of its students, Yehuda Dimentman, as he left the hilltop.

 Evacuation of modular structures on the Homesh hilltop in the West Bank, December 24, 2021.

Terror victim’s widow calls for rally to save Homesh

The date of the Jerusalem protest marks the 30th day since Palestinian gunmen killed Yehuda, 25, as he left the Homesh hilltop.

  Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and Ethia Dimentman with her son David at the Jerusalem protest tent outside Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's Office.

IDF renews standing eviction orders against number of West Bank outposts

There are some 100 outposts in Judea and Samaria, most of which are similar to established settlements, but lack authorization.

 A family in the hilltop settlement of Homesh after the modular structures were taken down by police, December 24, 2021.

West Bank outpost evacuated, three arrested in protests

Some 50 right-wing protesters, mostly settlers, attempted to impede the evacuation of Geulat Zion.

Evacuation of Beit Dror outpost, July 27, 2021

Israeli settlers push Palestinians out of West Bank playground

On the day that Israelis from a nearby settlement pushed Palestinians out of a playground in Susiya, for the second time in a month, others stoned houses in the Palestinian village of Burin.

 Israeli settlers clash with Palestinians after throwing stones at houses on the edge of the Palestinian village of Burin, November 6, 2021