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.
UK sanctions four Israelis over aggression against Palestinians in West Bank
Israel to build 1,000 new homes in Eli settlement after terror attack
Settlers vow to build more outposts after 7 West Bank encampments razed
Settlers start hunger strike, saying they, not Arabs are Netanyahu's base
The Yesha Council leadership supports the hunger strike but has not joined it.
Eight losses, victories in Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2020
The largest victories were more about what did not happen, then what did.
Israel to spend NIS 20m. to stop Palestinian takeover of Area C
Right-wing NGO Regavim has long argued that the PA is working to create facts on the ground in Area C to ensure that the area can not become part of sovereign Israel.
Can Bibi, Biden work together?
Israeli media reports Netanyahu plans a new spurt in settlement construction before Trump leaves office.
Knesset gives initial approval to legalization of 65 West Bank outposts
The Young Settlements Forum called on Netanyahu and Gantz to shortcut the process by holding a government vote on the matter before the country's heads to a fourth election.
Knesset may require referendum for West Bank settlement
‘I intend to bring forward this bill this week,” said MK Tzvi Hauser (Derech Eretz) who chairs the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
A Biden presidency resurrects ’67 lines, Palestinian state
SETTLEMENT AFFAIRS: Biden has long considered West Bank settlements to be a stumbling block to peace, consistent with his Republican and Democratic predecessors – save for US President Donald Trump.
Israel rejects Belgian demand to compensate for razing Palestinian homes
Belgium is one of the Western countries that has been most critical of Israel in recent years, even inviting a representative of an NGO with ties to the terror group PFLP to the UN security council.
With election in offing, Gantz to authorize 1,700 illegal settler homes
The move is the latest attempt to deal with the phenomenon of unauthorized settler homes, both in the West Bank settlements and in the outposts.
Biden, Netanyahu will be frenemies from the start on settlements
The Trump years were in some ways a diplomatic aberration for Israel-US ties. In reality, the US-Israel relationship has been fraught with tensions, particularly at the top.
