Settlement construction

Approved: New settlement to integrate people with disabilities into the community

The Northern District Committee: Shibolet settlement in Lower Galilee to integrate people with disabilities. About 350 housing units will be built, with 70 for disabled individuals and their families

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 Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, April 30, 2024.

Israel must take six punitive measures against PA, Smotrich says

 IDF soldier seen walking between two armored vehicles in Gaza, December 20, 2023.

Israeli commander calls to resettle Gaza, reprimanded by IDF

A view of the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank, Jan. 28, 2020.

Israel sets borders for three recently-legalized West Bank outposts


Netanyahu: No uprooting of settlements in any peace plan

“I will not allow the uprooting of any settlement or any settler,” Netanyahu said as he stood under strobe lights on a temporary stage set up on an empty lot in the Revava settlement.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the North of Israel with US Ambassador David Friedman and National Security Advisor John Bolton, June 23, 2019

Bezalel Smotrich calls on Netanyahu to debate PA 'takeover' of Area C

Residents of Area C claim that the Palestinian construction in Area B to create agricultural roads for Palestinian farmers is getting dangerously close to their borders.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and MK Bezalel Smotrich

Netanyahu claims Gantz will uproot 90,000 settlers, visits Ettinger family

“[MK Yair] Lapid and Gantz are hostage to the idea that the only way to ensure the nation’s future is to [reduce its territory] by uprooting 80,000-90,000 Jews,” Netanyahu said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu (L) visits the shiva house of Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger, March 19th, 2019

Senior Israeli leaders pledge: 2 million Jews in the West Bank - report

Dozens of senior ministers and Knesset members from Likud and other right-of-center parties signed a declaration overnight to support the “Nahal” movement.

A general view shows the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba in Hebron, in the West Bank September 11, 2018. Picture taken September 11, 2018

Settler population growth rate at lowest point in over 23 years

Settler leaders published the data as Netanyahu is in the midst of a heated campaign for the pro-settler vote, vying for it against other right-wing parties.

Settlements

Politicians turn violence in Amona into political soapbox

Labor leader: “This group of extremists – on the hilltops and in the Knesset – have grown accustomed to... [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s government succumbing to their demands."

Border Police evacuate the illegal Amona outpost

Border police evacuating site of former Amona outpost, violence erupts

The mission was initiated in accordance with a decision by the Jerusalem District Court in order to enable the IDF and the Defense Ministry to evacuate the buildings and the infrastructure.

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Netanyahu: 'Settlements in grave danger if Left triumphs'

Key settler leaders had earlier said that they planned to boycott the meeting with Netanyahu to protest his failure to meet their demands with regard to security measures in the West Bank.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting settler leaders, December 26, 2018

Settler housing starts drop 52% in third quarter of 2018

The decrease comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currying favor with his right-wing to show that he is strong on settlement construction.

The basic error is to treat all the settlements alike

Settlers rebuild the Amona outpost to protest terror attacks

“Yesterday I promised that we would establish a new settlement point in Binyamin in response to the serious attacks. Today we do it.”

Hopeful settlers of the Amona settlement