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


State asks for 45 more days to evacuate Amona

The state emphasized that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman had requested the postponement in order to ensure that the evacuation happens peacefully.

Amona outpost

Bennett to 'Post': Amona residents gone if they say no

The state would ask the Supreme Court to delay the dismantling of the homes from December 25 to a month later.

Naftali Bennett

Mitzpe Kramim outpost calls on Netanyahu to authorize its homes

“Time is not on our side,” Mitzpe Kramim resident Haim Yamin said on Sunday.

A Jewish man holds his son at a vineyard belonging to Mitzpe Kramim, east of Ramallah in the West Bank

Germany slams settlement bill that legalizes outposts

The condemnation from Berlin came a day after US State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner slammed the bill at his daily briefing.

THE AMONA OUTPOST is seen in the Binyamin region of the West Bank

Trump advisor: ‘West Bank settlements are not an obstacle to peace’

Jason Greenblatt describes a US policy with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that is 180 degrees different from that of past administrations, either Democrat or Republican.

A CONSTRUCTION site in the West Bank settlement of Givat Ze’ev, near Jerusalem [File]

In anti-BDS stand, Hempstead New York signs sister city pact with settler council

The largely Republican town of over 750,000 has stood strongly for Israel and against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

Hempstead New York signs sister city pact with settler council

'West Bank settler housing starts up 17% in 2016'

While the rest of the country saw a decrease in the starting of new housing settlements saw an increase.

Construction in a Leshem, a new neighborhood of the Alei Zahav settlement

New rule makes it harder to remove illegal settler structures

Until now, the civil administration had the sole authority to remove unauthorized modular homes and structures within 60 days of their construction.

Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Avihai

Emergency talks planned to save 40 Amona homes

Nine residences in nearby Ofra also slated for demolition.

The Amona outpost in the West Bank

PA official calls on US to compel Israel to freeze settlements

The West Bank Settlement of Givat Ze'ev