Illegal israeli settlements

British lawmakers press government for immediate ban on Israeli West Bank settlement imports

“If settlements are illegal, why have we not made an outright ban on trade? What exactly is it that we’re waiting for?” said Abtisam Mohamed, a Labour politician.

|ByKELLY HARTOG/JTA
Member of Parliament Abtisam Mohamed looks on on the day Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a ministerial statement on Hamas' October 7 attack anniversary and the Middle East at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, October 7, 2024.
JEWISH SETTLERS are seen at the unauthorized Beit Anot outpost in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank after being informed of an expected evacuation, June 1, 2026.

Three female soldiers wounded by settlers while clearing illegal West Bank outpost

Security forces arrived at the outpost adjacent to Ma’aleh Amos during the night, where they announced that the area was a closed military zone and demanded that all civilians disperse.

|ByTZVI JASPER
An IDF soldier stands guard during an evacuation of illegal West Bank outposts, December 7, 2025.

Border Police, IDF evacuate four illegal outposts across West Bank

Border Police and IDF units evacuated four illegal outposts in Gush Etzion, Samaria, and Binyamin, following PM Netanyahu’s directive to clear 14 such sites across the West Bank.

|ByEFRAT FORSHER
Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

WATCH: Hilltop Youth, security forces clash during demolition of illegal settlement extension

Gush Etzion Regional Council reached out to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to request his assistance in dealing with the "anarchy" developing in the area in a letter sent in September.

|BySHIR PERETS

Liberman: Look into recognizing Havat Gilad as legal settlement

Several right-wing lawmakers echoed Liberman’s comments.

JANUARY 10, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (R) and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan

Bennett to Netanyahu: Save homes in Netiv Ha’avot

Right-wing politicians oppose the home demolitions, but have been hard pressed to offer the residents more than words of support.

NOVEMBER 27, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Summer rally for the Netiv Ha'avot Outpost in front of the Knesset.

Left-wing NGO calls on Israeli banks to boycott settlements

Human Rights Watch has long argued that Israeli activity over the pre-1967 lines is illegal.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Settlers at a protest rally on the ruins of the Sa-Nur settlement in Samaria

IDF demolishes settler home in predawn raid

The homes were in Area B, which is under Palestinian civil control.

AUGUST 22, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
IDF and Border Police demolishing on Tuesday two illegally built homes in the West Bank outpost near the Yitzhar settlement

Netanyahu says Israel starts construction on new West Bank settlement

"The entire public expects of the prime minister not to allow any hostile element, whether they be leftist groups, judicial or clerical bodies, stop the construction," say residents of Amona.

JUNE 20, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Heavy machinery work on a field as they begin construction work of Amichai, a new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers evicted in February from the illegal West Bank settlement of Amona, in the West Bank June 20, 2017.

Project Senator: Israel's 1967 spy games

How Israel managed to overcome its misreading of Syrian and Egyptian intentions and score a lightning victory over the combined Arab armies in the Six Day War.

JUNE 18, 2017ByYOSSI MELMAN
With the help of double agents, Israel tricked the Egyptians into expecting an assault from the ground. When Israel began with a massive air attack instead, Egyptian planes were sitting ducks

Coping with a messianic hangover

The worst may be over for the Six Day War’s most improbable casualty – the Israeli consensus

JUNE 18, 2017ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
Activists celebrate the 1975 agreement allowing settlement near Sebastia

Israel advancing 14,000 Palestinian homes in Area C, right-wing warns

The Council and right-wing politicians are concerned the move will allow that territory to become part of a Palestinian state in any final-status agreement for a two-state solution.

JUNE 14, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, DANIEL J. ROTH
A Palestinian laborer works on a construction site in the new Palestinian town dubbed Rawabi or "The Hills", near the West Bank city of Ramallah

Homeless settler families threaten illegal encampment on promised land

The Prime Minister’s Office had promised the families in December that work would begin on the settlement by last March.

MAY 28, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
YOUNG PROTESTERS sit in a caravan singing and resting as they wait to be evacuated by police officers from the illegal outpost in Amona.

Israel works to legalize West Bank outposts before Trump arrival

Trump is expected to ask Netanyahu to curb settlement activity...

MAY 22, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
BETWEEN BILLS to annex illegal outposts and overlooking the rulings of the Supreme Court, the government has sought unilateral solutions to a complex conflict