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Foreign criticism of West Bank settlements 'discriminatory against Jews,' Sa'ar says

"Foreign governments will not restrict the right of Jews to live in the land of Israel, and any such call is morally wrong and discriminatory against Jews," Sa'ar said.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the Knesset, December 2, 2025; illustrative.
Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 27, 2025.

Singapore imposes sanctions, entry bans on four Israeli settlers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2025

Netanyahu condemns West Bank riots, vows action against Jewish extremists

Israeli settlers riot at a Palestinian village in the West Bank, setting fire to cars and homes, on November 17, 2025

WATCH: Settler extremists riot in Palestinian West Bank village, set fire to homes and cars


Gantz delays government vote on West Bank outpost legalization

Right-wing politicians and settler leaders are pushing to advance the issue now prior to US President Donald Trump’s departure from the White House in January.

Benny Gantz

PLO member Ashrawi: 'Made in Israel' endorses land theft, plunder

Ashrawi also took aim at the Trump administration's willingness to provide separate designations of products coming from the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

PLO executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi

Cabinet approves new Gaza border region town for first time in years

The town is currently referred to by the temporary name "Hanun" and will be located east of the Kibbutz Sa'ad.

Tamir Idan, head of the Sdot Negev Regional Council, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to approve a new settlement in the Gaza envelope region.

New chairman of Settlement Division prays at Temple Mount

Merling visited the holy site with other Likud activists who came to express their gratitude about the results of the World Zionist Organization elections.

Yishay Merling visits the Temple Mount.

On US election eve, MKs say Netanyahu must act now to legalize outposts

Right-wing parliamentarians worry a change in US leadership may doom West Bank outposts • settlers living there are the "last line in our fighting against the Palestinian takeover of Area C"

MK Gideon Saar signs a declaration demanding that Netanyahu authorize West Bank outposts

Bezeq operating license for Area C formalized after 36 years

Settler housing approval in Beit El 'meaningless' unless army base moved.

The logo of Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd, the country's largest telecom group, is seen outside their headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel June 21, 2017.

Five European nations condemn Israeli approval of 5,288 new settler homes

They called for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which demands that Israel return to the pre-1967 lines.

EUROPEAN HIGH Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell attends a news conference earlier this month in Brussels, Belgium.

Israel pushes forward with plans for 2,166 settler homes in West Bank

Until Wednesday, settlers had feared that settlement plans would also be frozen, but the advancement of plans assuaged some of those fears.

A general view picture shows the Israeli settlement of Efrat (L) in the Gush Etzion settlement block as Bethlehem is seen in the background, January 28, 2020

Can Netanyahu trade halting annexation for erasing the ’67 line?

Netanyahu urged patience for the process to play itself out. Then he shored up his speech with some shoe leather politics.

Israeli youth demonstrate as they call on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare sovereignty over Israel's settlements in the West Bank, in Jerusalem February 13, 2020

Hamas media, Qatar’s Al-Jazeera call Israel’s Kiryat Gat a 'settlement'

Israeli plane that flew to Abu Dhabi was named for the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat.

Kiryat Gat