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'A clear violation of int’l law': Hamas decries Israeli bill proposing West Bank annexation

The statement calls the bill "to annex the West Bank and impose sovereignty over the so-called Ma'ale Adumim settlement" a "flagrant violation of all relevant international laws and resolutions."

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.
A drone view of Al-Arroub refugee camp alongside a new road, part of the expansion of Israeli bypass roads connecting Israeli settlers in the West Bank with Jerusalem, in the West Bank, September 29, 2025.

Suspected terrorist infiltration in West Bank settlement Kohav HaShahar

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.

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

Israeli security forces seen during an operation in the Tulkarm refugee camp, in the West Bank, July 6, 2025

Extremist settlers torch Palestinian vehicles in West Bank, claim act of 'vengeance' - report


Cabinet approves new Gaza border region town for first time in years

The town is currently referred to by the temporary name "Hanun" and will be located east of the Kibbutz Sa'ad.

Tamir Idan, head of the Sdot Negev Regional Council, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to approve a new settlement in the Gaza envelope region.

On US election eve, MKs say Netanyahu must act now to legalize outposts

Right-wing parliamentarians worry a change in US leadership may doom West Bank outposts • settlers living there are the "last line in our fighting against the Palestinian takeover of Area C"

MK Gideon Saar signs a declaration demanding that Netanyahu authorize West Bank outposts

Palestinians warn of apartheid, one state with new settler housing plans

“Israel’s calls for 'peace' should not be trusted.”

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour at the United Nations in New York, U.S., October 16, 2018

Israel State Archives refuses information request on settlements - NYU

NYU'S Taub Center for Israel Studies claims the documents it was denied would not harm Israel's national security.

Young Israelis dance in one of the first Jewish settlements between 1934 and 1937

Edelstein: Annexation, Migron settler homes are best withdrawal antidote

Edelstein was among a small group of Likud politicians, called “the rebels,” who opposed the 2005 Disengagement Plan carried out by former prime minister Ariel Sharon.

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein hangs a mezuzah at a new Migron home

Meet Leshem – The New Hot Spot for Religious Anglos


A settlement-bloc-only annexation plan? Nobody told Ma’aleh Adumim

When Israel speaks of retaining high Jewish population areas of the West Bank, his settlement bloc is often one of the premier locations that come to mind.

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Settlement leaders split on annexation reflects lack of trust in PM

Netanyahu has been unable to win over the settlement leaders because not all of them trust his word. And without details of the plan out there for all to see, trust becomes important.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a meeting with Yesha council heads at the Prime Minister's Office.

Border Police demolish two illegally rebuilt structures near Yitzhar

A security official warned that all illegal actions would be responded to with firm action.

Demolished structures in Kumi Ori near Yitzhar, April 23, 2020

West Bank settlement construction drops 32% in 2019

The low numbers continue a trend, in which cumulative settler starts down by over 20% during the three years since US President Donald Trump took office.

A view of the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim February 25, 2020.