Settlement blocs

Israel approves 22 West Bank settlements amid war with Hamas, pressure for Palestinian state

Legal Affairs correspondent Sarah Ben-Nun explains the context of settlement approval, touching on expansion during the Israel-Hamas War, IDF operations in the West Bank, and more.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank
Israeli border police officers guard after clashes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers near the Palestinian village of Jalud, in the West Bank, June 22, 2023.

UK sanctions four Israelis over aggression against Palestinians in West Bank

The UK Foreign Secretary's office says these four Israelis threatened human rights in the West Bank.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
View of the Jewish settlement of Eli, in the West Bank on January 17, 2021.

Israel to build 1,000 new homes in Eli settlement after terror attack

The construction of 1,500 units would more than double the size of the community, which according to the Central Bureau of Statistics had a population of 4,613 in 2021. 

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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

“We have only just begun,” veteran settler leader and Nahala co-chair Daniella Weiss told reporters.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

COVID vaccine: Israel sets up station for Palestinians in east Jerusalem

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion visited Kfar Aqb, located near the Qalandiya Crossing, to hear the needs of the residents of the neighborhood & take a closer look at the many problems they face.

FEBRUARY 23, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Jerusalem's Mayor visiting a village in east Jerusalem

Stand up for all Jewish construction - opinion

Being realistic, automatic EU condemnation of Jewish building isn’t going away any time soon.

JANUARY 30, 2021ByJOSH HASTEN
A MAN carrying an Israeli flag walks in Jerusalem’s Givat HaMatos neighborhood in November.

Religious Zionist Party: We won't enter gov't unless outposts legalized

Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich promised to place legalization of the outposts into the text of any coalition agreement his party would sign should it enter the government.

JANUARY 21, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
MK BEZALEL SMOTRICH speaks during a Knesset plenary session on August 24.

From Trump to Biden; from West Bank annexation to Israeli apartheid

The settlement movement is now almost precisely where it was four years ago and in some ways it is in an even worse position.

JANUARY 20, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Donald Trump and Joe Biden

EU fumes as Israel pushes back at Biden with over 2,000 settler homes

Azari: "No such thing as a settlement in east Jerusalem"

JANUARY 20, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A European Union flag flies outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, December 19, 2019.

In blow to Netanyahu, settler leader leaves Likud for New Hope Party

Elhayani: Netanyahu rejected Likud values; New Hope the home for those who believe in a Likud with the values of Begin and Shamir.

JANUARY 19, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Yesha Council head David Elhayani and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud campaign rally in 2019.

UK, Egypt warn Israeli settlement activity could harm peace efforts

Plans were advanced just three days before US President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office on January 20.

JANUARY 18, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A general view picture shows a section of Itamar, a Jewish settlement, in the foreground as Nablus is seen in the background, in the West Bank June 15, 2020.

Bennett: If Netanyahu doesn't legalize outposts I'll do it when I'm PM

Bennett's visit and his statement marked the few times he has spoken out on behalf on the settlement movement since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

JANUARY 11, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Naftali Bennett (second from left) is seen at the outpost protest encampment.

Gantz meeting with settlers has not led to outpost legalization

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud ministers and the settlers have charged that Gantz has prevented the placement of the outpost issue on the agenda.

JANUARY 10, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Tzachi Hanegbi at a protest tent erected by the Yesha Council and Young Settlements Forum outside Netanyahu’s Jerusalem office.

Netanyahu had 11 years to legalize West Bank outposts and failed

Can Gantz be the scapegoat for a 30-year issue?

JANUARY 5, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
The Young Settlement Forum's encampment is seen outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem.