Settlement construction
UK may sanction firms bidding on Israel’s E1 settlement tender, Miliband warns
Businesses and individuals bidding on E1 construction tenders risk “legal and reputational consequences,” Britain’s foreign minister warned, as the deadline for bids ends on Monday.
UK expands sanction powers, enabling action against companies supporting West Bank settlements
Israel unveils NIS 1.3 million budget for 34 new West Bank settlements in 'historic' move
Smotrich claims historic Hebron shift as Israel advances new building plans
Israel plans NIS 2.8 billion for 20,000 homes in Ma’aleh Adumim
The expansion project is expected to be completed within ten years.
Gov’t to approve budget for first Jewish building in Hebron in 16 years
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said, “We continue to strengthen the settlements in Judea and Samaria with deeds and not with words.”
Housing starts in settlements up by 187% in second quarter
The second quarter data in 2018 on housing starts is 66% higher than that of 2017.
Palestinians lash out at U.S. for Israeli settlement activity
“Israel’s latest settlement announcement reaffirms the commitment of the Israeli government to colonization and apartheid,” Erekat said.
Netanyahu angers settlers by only advancing 1,400 homes
“A nationalist government should be expanding construction and not reducing it,” the YESHA Council said.
Israel to triple size of West Bank settlement Amihai
Since the 1993 Oslo Accords and until the end of the Obama Administration, Israel has largely refrained from creating new settlements.
A #throwback to the time when outposts were illegal
His report provided extensive details regarding the collision of government offices with the Binyamin Regional Council in building and providing services to illegal Jewish communities.
With Trump as president, why isn’t Netanyahu building more settlements?
“Not one single brick” was Netanyahu’s slogan for whenever settler leaders urged him to approve new construction, a reference to a phrase he heard from Obama in one of their first meetings.
Netanyahu delays legalization of 70 settler outposts, politicians charge
Former prime minister Ariel Sharon had promised the international community he would remove the outposts, but Netanyahu has worked to authorize them.
Netanyahu delays legalization of 70 settler outposts, politicians charge
Former prime minister Ariel Sharon had promised the international community he would remove the outposts, but Netanyahu has worked to authorize them.