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


US 'deeply troubled' by Israel's decision to move forward with 5,700 West Bank settler homes

27% of the homes detailed, totaling 1,563 units, are slated for the Eli settlement, including plans to legalize three outposts as new neighborhoods.

 View of the Jewish settlement of Eli, in the West Bank on January 17, 2021.

Israel's best response to Palestinian terror is more settlements - opinion

Fight fire with fire. The terrorists want to chase Israel off this land; in response, Israel should lay stakes on more land each time they fire a shot.

 CONSTRUCTION WORK takes place on new housing in Kiryat Netafim, in Samaria, south of Nablus, last summer.

Canada follows US, allies in condemning Israeli settlement legalization

Canada's foreign minister emphasized the country's commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

 Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly attends a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 14, 2023.

Netanyahu: Illegal construction is not allowed - not from Palestinians or settlers

Netanyahu spoke out after the IDF's evacuation of a newly establish settler outpost, a move that was met with contention by some of the coalition.

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly government conference at the PM's office in Jerusalem on January 22, 2023.

Netanyahu must raze Khan al-Ahmar despite int'l pressure, Likud MKs say

The High Court of Justice ruled in 2018 that the structures in Khan al-Ahmar could be razed but this never ended up happening.

 Likud MKs Yuli Edelstein and Danny Danon visit the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar, in the West Bank on January 23, 2023.

Israeli settlement building must continue, Edelstein tells US envoy

The Knesset's foreign affairs and defense committee chief also defended Itamar Ben-Gvir's visit to Temple Mount last week.

 Israeli Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman MK Yuli Edelstein (R) is seen meeting with Israeli Ambassador to the US Tom Nides, on January 11, 2023.

Israel advances plan to build 700 units in new east Jerusalem settlement

The new village of Givat Shaked, which seems aimed at attracting Jewish residents, would inhibit any future plan to connect the village of Beit Safafa to the West Bank.

A view of a golden dome built on top of the Abdul Rachman mosque in Beit Safafa, Jerusalem, Dec. 16, 2021.

Israel Elections: Using settlement activity as a campaign tactic

The Nahala Movement campaign is an effort to focus the attention on the settlements, and to bring the spotlight back on the issue of a Palestinian state.

 Settlers from the Nahala Settlement Movement beginning to march from the Gush Etzion junction on their way to establish illegal outposts on Wednesday,  and, on the right, Israeli and Palestinian detractors protesting the action.

Settlers vow to build more outposts after 7 West Bank encampments razed

“We have only just begun,” veteran settler leader and Nahala co-chair Daniella Weiss told reporters.

 Settler youth at Hilltop 26 near Kiryat Arba, one of the protest points for outpost settlement, July 21, 2022.

Settlement construction should not be used only as terror response - editorial

The government’s approach until now has been to avoid collective punishment against Palestinian civilians. There are now calls on the government to change its tactics.

 A Palestinian man walks down the stairs of a building as the Israeli settlement of Dolev is seen, near Ramallah in the West Bank January 26, 2020. Picture taken January 26, 2020.

US denounces Israel's push to advance 3,988 West Bank settler homes

The move helps shore up Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's fragile coalition but will likely anger the Biden Administration.

 US President Biden welcomes Israel's Prime Minister Bennett, in Washington