Outposts

US threatens accountability, Israel to push plans for 5,300 settler homes

“Unilateral actions like settlement expansion and legalization of outposts, they are detrimental to a two-state solution,” US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said.

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank
 Clashes ensue between Clashes ensued between the forces and residents of Oz Zion outpost. July 3, 2024.

Settlers hurl Molotov cocktails at Israeli forces demolishing illegal West Bank outpost

 Israeli forces seen entering an illegal West Bank outpost on the early morning of September 4, 2023

West Bank head vows to rebuild settler outposts demolished by Israel

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on August 9, 2023.

Smotrich demolished a Jewish outpost and upheld Israeli law - editorial


Smotrich in hot seat over razing of settler outpost on Palestinian land

Local settlers reportedly attempted to stop the evacuation, yelling slurs and throwing stones at Border Police forces.

Demolitions at the A'yira Shachar outpost on August 14, 2023.

Ben-Gvir tells settlers: We need to kill thousands of terrorists

Ben-Gvir additionally called for the government to immediately approve the settlement of the Evyatar outpost.

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at the Evyatar outpost with Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and Nachala movement chair Daniella Weiss.

Evyatar march to move forward with security approval, MKs in attendance

March organizers said that the path has been purposely selected to be suitable for strollers so as to attract whole families and has been planned in coordination with the Israel Police and IDF.

IDF soldiers at the Evyatar outpost

IDF dismantles Religious Zionists MK's 'office' set up in Evyatar

The field office was a preparatory measure for the settler rally scheduled to take place in Evyatar on Thursday afternoon.

 Religious Zionist Party MK Zvi Sukkot joins settlers to reestablish the Evyatar outpost, on February 27, 2023.

Settlers return to Evyatar, Ben-Gvir calls for gov't to legalize outpost

Israeli settlers returned to the Evyatar outpost following the terror attack that killed Hillel and Yagel Yaniv in Huwara.

 Religious Zionist Party MK Zvi Sukkot joins settlers to reestablish the Evyatar outpost, on February 27, 2023.

Israel security cabinet approves legalization of nine new settlements

The ministers took that step, despite clear objections from the United States, in the aftermath of Jerusalem’s terror attack at a bus stop

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 12, 2023.

Israel's government evacuates its second illegal West Bank outpost

The Nahala movement claimed that the Israeli settlers were being violently removed from the site in opposition to the law.

 A sign outside the Evyatar outpost put up by left-wing protesters reads "illegal outpost," February 17, 2022.

Netanyahu clarifies he’s the boss on West Bank issues - analysis

Netanyahu backed up Defense Minister Gallant's decision to raze a new illegal outpost in the West Bank on Friday.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a visit to the West Bank on January 17, 2023

Netanyahu coalition pledges to advance West Bank annexation policies

Also agrees to transfer authority over Israeli civilian life in Area C of the West Bank from IDF to government ministries.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plants a tree on the outskirts of Elazar in Gush Etzion on January 26, vowing not to uproot settlements in any peace deal

Lapid can win election unless the Right votes Likud, Netanyahu warns

Netanyahu pointed to a Channel 13 poll from Tuesday, which gave the Likud party 31 seats, compared to Lapid's 27, which amounted to only four mandates between them.

 Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu is seen speaking at the Givat Harel outpost in the West Bank just days before the elections, on October 26, 2022.

IDF razes West Bank Ramat Migron outpost, Homesh yeshiva spared for now

The hilltop settlement has been subject to ongoing controversy and legal dispute since the early 2000s. Since then, there have been ownership claims to the land from Palestinian families.

 Israel security forces at the Ramat Migron outpost, Thursday August 11, 2022