Israel new settlements

EU foreign ministers condemn Israel's new West Bank E1 settlement plan

The Foreign Ministry "rejects the attempt to impose foreign dictates upon it [Jerusalem]," it said Friday.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich interacts with a man, on the day of a press conference regarding settlements expansion for the long-frozen E1 settlement, that would split east Jerusalem from the West Bank, near the Israeli settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim, August 14, 2025.
 An illustrative image of Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Katz: Lack of settlements led to security deterioration in Samaria

A view of the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank, Jan. 28, 2020.

Israel sets borders for three recently-legalized West Bank outposts

Construction near Efrat in the West Bank

Israel creates fast track for settlement building, Palestinians cancel meeting


Netanyahu mulling plan to build 800 settler homes in Har Bracha

“We must be strong in the face of terrorism that afflicts the entire world.”

Relatives and friends carry the body of Itamar Ben Gal during his funeral in the Jewish settlement of Har Bracha in the West Bank, February 6, 2018.

Israel deserves better than settlement building in revenge for terror

Israel should not set its settlement policy based on a terrorist attack and the tragic outcome. It should decide what it wants based on what is in the country’s best interest.

Jewish youth hold Israeli flags at the beginning of a rally march in the West Bank settlement of Itamar, near Nablus.

'Why did my husband have to die for us to get electricity and water?'

Rabbi Raziel Shevach was murdered in a terror attack on Tuesday near the West Bank outpost of Havat Gilad.

Funeral of Rabbi Raziel Shevach, murdered in West Bank terror attack shooting, January 10, 2017

Liberman: Look into recognizing Havat Gilad as legal settlement

Several right-wing lawmakers echoed Liberman’s comments.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (R) and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan

5th settler city in the works

Right-wing politicians immediately welcomed the plan, which is expected to be approved by Interior Minister Arye Deri.

The basic error is to treat all the settlements alike

Settlers plan to rebuild demolished outpost shack after rowdy protest

Police and IDF spokespeople said that there were no arrests during the evacuation, which was carried out as planned with little violence.

Gush Etzion

Attorney General’s move on settlements: shifting but no game-changer

Will Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit’s legal opinion permitting the use of private Palestinian land lead to the approval of the Settlements Regulation Law?

 building cranes in the Beitar Illit settlement August 17

Israel advancing plans for 4x more settler homes than last year

Among the projects on the list is new housing for the Jewish community in Hebron.

PARTICIPANTS IN the annual Hebron march show the flag, with the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the background

Netanyahu under pressure to authorize new Hebron construction

Naftali Bennett: “I see no justification not to approve the plan at this time.”

A YOUNG Jewish settler in Hebron looks out of a window in a disputed building.

Analysis: Is Netanyahu softening on annexation?

Since he was elected to the premiership in 2009 and declared his support for a Palestinian state, Netanyahu has walked a careful diplomatic tightrope.

THE SETTLEMENT of Efrat in Gush Etzion. Nothing can change the Obama administration’s mind that settlements are the primary cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the author argues.