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
Jewish communities in the West Bank are of strategic importance – opinion
Claims to the contrary were incorrect 40 years ago and today are a gross strategic error.
Settlers push for new settlement outside boundaries of Trump plan
On Wednesday close to 1,000 right-wing activists held a rally in an area known as Ma’aleh Halhoul on the outskirts of the Gush Etzion Region of the West Bank.
The 'minor' annexation plan is a major disaster – opinion
Even without further steps toward annexation, “Greater Jerusalem” on its own destroys any chance for the two-state solution and dooms Israelis and Palestinians to a growing, irreversible, apartheid.
UN: Any Israeli annexation plan is illegal, whether limited or unlimited
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spoke out amid reports that Israel would consider a partial annexation plan, such as areas of high population density known as the blocs.
The settler leader who became an advocate for Trump’s peace plan
ANNEXATION AFFAIRS: Efrat Council head Oded Revivi says US vision would eliminate possibility of Palestinian terrorist state
Settlers push annexation map without enclaves
The settlers have argued that they want sovereignty, but not based on Trump’s map.
Senior Likud MK: Netanyahu will never recognize a Palestinian state
“We can’t allow for a terror state to be created here,” Yesha Council CEO Yigal Dilmoni told reporters earlier in the day.
Smotrich: Judicial rope choking settlers, will hang on Netanyahu's neck
Right-wing politicians and settlers have long argued that the High Court discriminated against them, particularly with regard to land cases involving Palestinians.
Israel’s momentous decision: The settlements or the Saudis?
While no Israeli leader has done more to promote closer ties with the Gulf States than he, Netanyahu is pursuing an “annexation first” strategy.
Settler leader: Trump’s plan completes 2005 Samaria evacuations
“It is inconceivable that precisely this government will determine facts on the ground that would abolish Israeli [rule] on settlements that were already uprooted,” Yossi Dagan said.
