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Eyeing a new opportunity, Jewish settlers are positioning themselves on the Gaza border

Around 30 such families signed up to move to Gaza weeks after Oct. 7, but a further 800 have signed up to move to six would-be Gaza settlements down the road.

 Arbel Zak, a senior Nachala leader, holds a map of envisioned settlements inside Gaza, at the Nachal Oz soldiers memorial overlooking Gaza, April 15, 2025.
 An illustrative image of Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Katz: Lack of settlements led to security deterioration in Samaria

 Settler youth at Hilltop 26 near Kiryat Arba, one of the protest points for outpost settlement, July 21, 2022.

Settlers vow to build more outposts after 7 West Bank encampments razed

Unveiling the new settlement of Amichai

In pictures: A settlement is born


US ‘deeply concerned’ by initial Hebron expansion plan

“We’ve said repeatedly such moves are not consistent with Israel’s stated desire to achieve a two-state solution,” US State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner told reporters.

An Israeli settler puts up an Israeli flag over a house, which is disputed between Palestinians and Israelis, in Hebron

US: Israeli seizure of abandoned Palestinian property ‘unprecedented’

While each statement was prompted by a reporter’s question, Thursday’s comments were prepared in advance.

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Israel starts to seize ‘abandoned’ Palestinian property for Amona relocation

Peace Now: "This is the crossing of a red line and a reversal of previous policies."

Amona

Democratic congressman apologizes for calling West Bank settlers ‘termites’

Rep. Hank Johnson spoke Monday at a Philadelphia event organized by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.

Rep. Hank Johnson

PM says Rwanda genocide teaches that countries cannot outsource security to others

"The way to peace is through negotiations, we are willing to have direct negotiations, they are not willing to. That is preventing peace not a few houses in Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Rwanda President Paul Kagame

US accuses Israel of ‘systematically' seizing Palestinian land

The United Nations and the European Union also condemned the new settlement activity.

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Settlement reasoning

Building housing is not a form of punishment, nor is it a tactic for blocking the creation of a Palestinian state. It is an expression of Israel’s unique connection to this land and a reflection of Israeli society’s remarkable health and vitality.

The Jewish neighborhood of Neveh Ya’acov with the settlement of Psagot in the background

Peace Now: Pace of planning for new settler homes accelerated in 2016

In the first three months of this year plans were advanced for 499 new units in West Bank settlements.

A girl holds an Israeli flag on a hilltop near the Maaleh Adumim settlement

Column one: Hope is not a strategy

Since Israel is going to be attacked no matter what it does, we might as well do things that advance our interests.

Efrat settlement, West Bank

Behind every ZAKA volunteer is a traumatized wife

At ZAKA, we provide professional psychological counseling for both the volunteers and their wives.

Zaka first responders Yossi Frankel (right) and Benzi Oring pose in front of one of the organization’s emergency vehicles