Outposts

Border Police, IDF evacuate four illegal outposts across West Bank

Border Police and IDF units evacuated four illegal outposts in Gush Etzion, Samaria, and Binyamin, following PM Netanyahu’s directive to clear 14 such sites across the West Bank.

An IDF soldier stands guard during an evacuation of illegal West Bank outposts, December 7, 2025.
Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

WATCH: Hilltop Youth, security forces clash during demolition of illegal settlement extension

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

US threatens accountability, Israel to push plans for 5,300 settler homes

 Clashes ensue between Clashes ensued between the forces and residents of Oz Zion outpost. July 3, 2024.

Settlers hurl Molotov cocktails at Israeli forces demolishing illegal West Bank outpost


Netanyahu coalition pledges to advance West Bank annexation policies

Also agrees to transfer authority over Israeli civilian life in Area C of the West Bank from IDF to government ministries.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plants a tree on the outskirts of Elazar in Gush Etzion on January 26, vowing not to uproot settlements in any peace deal

Lapid can win election unless the Right votes Likud, Netanyahu warns

Netanyahu pointed to a Channel 13 poll from Tuesday, which gave the Likud party 31 seats, compared to Lapid's 27, which amounted to only four mandates between them.

 Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu is seen speaking at the Givat Harel outpost in the West Bank just days before the elections, on October 26, 2022.

IDF razes West Bank Ramat Migron outpost, Homesh yeshiva spared for now

The hilltop settlement has been subject to ongoing controversy and legal dispute since the early 2000s. Since then, there have been ownership claims to the land from Palestinian families.

 Israel security forces at the Ramat Migron outpost, Thursday August 11, 2022

Gantz warns settlers against illegal outpost construction

He issued the warning after security officials provided him with information about the campaign, which had been organized by the right-wing Nahala movement.

 A sign outside the Evyatar outpost put up by left-wing protesters reads "illegal outpost," February 17, 2022.

Fire rages near Israeli settler outpost, Palestinian flag found at scene

The Palestinian flag was found by Yizhar's volunteer firefighter unit who came to help fight the blaze, which had reached around 150 meters from the homes of residents.

 A Palestinian flag is found at the scene of a fire near the Israeli settler outpost of Kumi Ori in the West Bank, on May 29, 2022.

‘Undocumented Jewish communities’

It may be time for Israel’s right to adopt some of the tactics of the American left, and to undertake a campaign to rebrand Jewish outposts in Judea and Samaria as “undocumented communities.”

 GATHERING AROUND damaged structures after Israeli security forces demolished Maoz Esther, March 21.

Left- and right-wing protesters vie for Evyatar outpost

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan slammed the protest as a "provocation of the extreme Left" and called on security forces to stop it.

 Left-wing organizations protest against the Evyatar settlement in the West Bank, February 18, 2022.

IDF razes settler buildings at West Bank's Homesh, yeshiva remains

The move by the IDF and Border Police comes as the Homesh yeshiva fears that the IDF plans to oust them from the hilltop, where they have been illegally situated for over 15 years.

 Israeli security forces are seen demolishing illegal structures at the Homesh outpost in the West Bank, on February 9, 2022.

Bennett's gov't bent on legalizing Evyatar outpost, Minister says

A deal struck to legalize the yeshiva was born from a defense concern: The government didn't want to see a violent repeat of Amona.

 Settlers and right-wing activists hold a study session at the Evyatar outpost, to demand that the Defense Minister Benny Gantz allow a yeshiva to be opened at the site.

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, stores in West Bank’s Huwara

NGO Yesh Din claimed that the attack, which left three Palestinians injured, was in full view of the army.

 The scene where Israeli settlers attacked the cars and stores of Palestinians in the town of Huwara near Nablus, January 24, 2021.