Israeli settlement

Are Israeli ‘settlements’ illegal? - opinion

The idea of a “two-state solution,” creating another Palestinian state, in addition to Jordan, is not realistic or practical.

View of the settlement of Sa-Nur in the West Bank, April 19, 2026.
Palestinian demonstrators burn an Israeli flag during a protest against US position on Israeli settlements, in the West Bank city of Nablus, November 26, 2019.

UK, Canada, France, Norway, Australia, NZ sanction West Bank settler individuals, entities

View of graffiti sprayed by extremist settlers in the village of Jaba, West Bank, November 18, 2025.

Court indicts 18-year-old over alleged racist revenge attack in Palestinian West Bank village

Palestinians inspect livestock damage after settlers were said to have attacked, stealing 40 sheep in Al-Dhahiriya village, south of Hebron, this past week. We must take responsibility and put an end to it, says the writer.

Israel must confront the wider system enabling settler violence - opinion


Israel steps up Damascus Gate security following Jerusalem attack

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Damascus Gate both a symbol of terrorism and the fight against it.

BORDER POLICE frisk a Arab man in front of Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate, the scene of much recent violence.

Settler leader: Netanyahu says building not limited to blocs

He spoke after a meeting between Netanyahu and a large group of settler leaders that was held in the Prime Minister’s Bureau in Jerusalem for the first time in over a year.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial ceremony honoring the fallen of Israel's Six Day War in Latrun on Monday June 5, 2017.

Government source: Israel not limiting settlement construction to large blocs

Yitzhar, as seen from a neighboring settlement

US source: Trump will ask Netanyahu to curb West Bank settlement activity

President "has not abandoned the two-state solution," senior White House official says​; Western Wall visit without Israeli officials.​

WHAT DEAL will President Donald Trump try to push when he gets to Israel later this month?

The Palestinian Question: Where to Go From Here

The Jerusalem Post

Ma’aleh Adumim pushes for a Sunday ministerial vote on annexation

A source in the campaign said it was on the agenda for this Sunday’s Ministerial Legislative Committee and they believed it would come for a vote.

A Star of David decorates a lamp post in Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem

Netanyahu: Settlements are an issue but not the main issue

Nonetheless, the prime minister says it is vital for Israel to "retain security control" in the West Bank.

A CONSTRUCTION site in the West Bank settlement of Givat Ze’ev, near Jerusalem [File]

Yesh Din: Bleak outlook with new settlements law

The law empowered various state organs to legalize a range of unauthorized Jewish settlements on private Palestinian land, while providing compensation.

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Trump: Advancing Israeli settlement activity not helpful to peace

Trump says that expanding the settlements eats away at the remaining territory.

BULIDINGS ARE SEEN under construction in the settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim [File]

The settlement law, or who’s the boss?

The struggle for Israel’s rights as a sovereign state is the battleground that the settlement regulation law has entered.

YOUNG PROTESTERS sit in a caravan singing and resting as they wait to be evacuated by police officers from the illegal outpost in Amona.