Israel settlement construction

Dreaming of a private house? You’ll have to move beyond the green line

A CBS report for early 2025 shows most new private homes are built in small West Bank towns, while big cities build upward and the dream of a yard and driveway drifts farther from Israel’s center.

New construction of a house.
 US President Biden welcomes Israel's Prime Minister Bennett, in Washington

US denounces Israel's push to advance 3,988 West Bank settler homes

US HOUSE LEAD impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks during the impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump last week.

73 congressional Democrats to Biden: Call Israeli settlements illegal

HOUSES in the Beit Safafa neighborhood of Jerusalem, near Givat Hamatos.

Israel promotes over 2,000 settler units prior to Biden inauguration


Settler leader to Netanyahu: Authorize more settler homes or else

The Prime Minister’s Office dismissed Dagan’s attack as an outright falsehood.

Former Samaria Regional Council Director-General Shlomi Warmstine and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan symbolically shovel dirt at the Mevo Dotan cornerstone laying ceremony

50 years since 1967: What is the West Bank's real legal status?

Informally but on the ground, Israel has effectively annexed portions of the West Bank without a formal legal announcement.

The Migron outpost near Ramallah in August 2012, just before its evacuation due to claims it was built on private Palestinian land

Knesset Members answer: What did you think of Trump's visit?

Were expectations too high or too low?

US President Donald Trump (C) speaks during a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod near Tel Aviv, Israel May 22, 2017

Israel works to legalize West Bank outposts before Trump arrival

Trump is expected to ask Netanyahu to curb settlement activity...

BETWEEN BILLS to annex illegal outposts and overlooking the rulings of the Supreme Court, the government has sought unilateral solutions to a complex conflict

Trump: I’m working hard to finally achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace

In an interview before his arrival, the US president preferred not to address most core issues.

Abbas, Trump, Netanyahu

US source: Trump will ask Netanyahu to curb West Bank settlement activity

President "has not abandoned the two-state solution," senior White House official says​; Western Wall visit without Israeli officials.​

WHAT DEAL will President Donald Trump try to push when he gets to Israel later this month?

Israel's High Court halts building in West Bank outpost

None of the buildings in question have permits, Peace Now said.

KEREM REIM is shown in this aerial view

'Netanyahu missed historic opportunity on settlements'

Government distances itself from Washington in setting new construction guidelines.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel to limit settlement ‘footprint,’ new homes only inside building lines

No commitment made to restrict construction to large settlement blocs.

BULIDINGS ARE SEEN under construction in the settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim [File]

Trump accepts Amona settlement exception, US official says

Earlier in the day, Israel's security cabinet approved a new settlement that was promised by Netanyahu to former residents of Amona.

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One