Settlement blocs

Israel approves 22 West Bank settlements amid war with Hamas, pressure for Palestinian state

Legal Affairs correspondent Sarah Ben-Nun explains the context of settlement approval, touching on expansion during the Israel-Hamas War, IDF operations in the West Bank, and more.

MAY 29, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Israeli border police officers guard after clashes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers near the Palestinian village of Jalud, in the West Bank, June 22, 2023.

UK sanctions four Israelis over aggression against Palestinians in West Bank

The UK Foreign Secretary's office says these four Israelis threatened human rights in the West Bank.

FEBRUARY 12, 2024|ByJOANIE MARGULIES

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

Israel to build 1,000 new homes in Eli settlement after terror attack

The construction of 1,500 units would more than double the size of the community, which according to the Central Bureau of Statistics had a population of 4,613 in 2021.

JUNE 21, 2023|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

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

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.

JULY 21, 2022|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Palestinian family says it lives within the borders of Israeli settlement

Israel claimed ownership of the land surrounding the Gharib family's house and created a West Bank settlement there.

FEBRUARY 17, 2020ByZACHARY KEYSER

Ayelet Shaked: 'It is our obligation to apply sovereignty'

Our plan "obviates the need for Israel to uproot communities, and it does so while avoiding any act that anyone could consider to be apartheid."

FEBRUARY 15, 2020ByAYELET SHAKED

Settlement-boycotting parties win big in Irish election

One of those three parties was Sinn Féin, the political arm of the former Irish Republican Army, which has long held anti-Israel positions.

FEBRUARY 10, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV

Revava - An Orthodox Jewish Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Located between Barkan and Karnei Shomron. Revava, Oct 23, 2018

Friedman to ‘Post’: Settlers should want annexation to be done right

US ambassador provides clarity in the confusion over the timing of US recognition of Israeli settlement annexation.

FEBRUARY 7, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV

Trump plan erases ‘land for peace,’ but will Israeli annexation follow?

“The United States will recognize Israeli sovereignty over the territory that my vision provides to be part of the State of Israel,” Donald Trump stated.

FEBRUARY 1, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

US President Donald Trump speaks on the Deal of the Century

Trump's peace plan is a realistic vision

The key to actually ending the conflict is having the bravery to live in reality and allow any peace process that is proposed to be based on that truth.

JANUARY 27, 2020ByODED REVIVI