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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


US ambassador warns settlement evacuation could spark civil war

Portions of the Israeli right-wing public have long feared that a large scale settlement evacuation could lead to a civil war.

US AMBASSADOR to Israel David Friedman.

Joint List MK: Appeal to Trump to help save Sussiya

This isn’t just the battle of one small village but a battle about Israel’s future and the future of a Palestinian state.

a woman from the West Bank village of Sussiya

Right wing NGO slams European efforts to raze Netiv Ha’avot

According to the report, the European Union, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Holland and Switzerland helped fund the legal campaign to dissolve the district in Netiv Ha’avot.

Border police remove an Israeli flag from a condemned building in Netiv Ha'avot

Despite US pushback, Bennett determined to advance sovereignty over settlements

"I really think that the rare constellation of a right wing government, a favorable administration in DC and an international situation that enables it, should allow us to proceed."

Education and Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett.

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.

National religious rabbis call for outpost legalization before destruction

The High Court of Justice ruled in 2016 that 15 of the homes in the outpost were not built on state land, were illegally constructed and must be destroyed.

Jerusalem demonstration outside the PMO's office, against the demolition of 15 homes in the Netiv Haavot.

Know Comment: Harnessing anger for smart policy

It’s almost as if Israel has been lulled into a stupor by the intractable nature of the conflict with the Palestinians.

Building homes in Shiloh.

Israeli committee approves 1,122 new West Bank housing units

The approvals come a day after a 35-year-old Israeli father of six was killed in a drive-by attack in the West Bank in what is believed to have been a Palestinian terror attack.

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

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

Israel lists international pro-BDS organizations to be banned from country

Representatives of 21 organizations from around the world will not be allowed to enter Israel's borders; "We have switched from defense to offense," says minister in charge.

BDS activists in Berlin