Israel settlement construction

Dreaming of a private house? You’ll have to move beyond the green line

A CBS report for early 2025 shows most new private homes are built in small West Bank towns, while big cities build upward and the dream of a yard and driveway drifts farther from Israel’s center.

New construction of a house.
 US President Biden welcomes Israel's Prime Minister Bennett, in Washington

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

US HOUSE LEAD impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks during the impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump last week.

73 congressional Democrats to Biden: Call Israeli settlements illegal

HOUSES in the Beit Safafa neighborhood of Jerusalem, near Givat Hamatos.

Israel promotes over 2,000 settler units prior to Biden inauguration


New construction begins in east Jerusalem neighborhood

1600 new housing units will be built in east Jerusalem's Givat HaMatos neighborhood.

A crane is seen next to Har Homa in Jerusalem

Netanyahu, settlers battle over West Bank roads

Settler leaders say public has tired of broken promises, threaten campaign to demand increased security.

Israeli pedestrians stand on a roadside near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat

Israel advancing plans for 4x more settler homes than last year

Among the projects on the list is new housing for the Jewish community in Hebron.

PARTICIPANTS IN the annual Hebron march show the flag, with the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the background

Israel to advance plans for over 3,000 settler homes next week

The US State Department under President Donald Trump has continued to chastise Israel for continued building in West Bank settlements.

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 settlement of Amona, in the West Bank June 20, 2017.

Netanyahu under pressure to authorize new Hebron construction

Naftali Bennett: “I see no justification not to approve the plan at this time.”

A YOUNG Jewish settler in Hebron looks out of a window in a disputed building.

Liberman: West Bank settlements are necessary for Israel’s defense

Palestinians have insisted that settlement activity is a stumbling block to peace and the US has frowned on such building.

DEFENSE MINISTER Avigdor Liberman participates in a Rosh Hashana toast yesterday in the West Bank settlement of Vered Yeriho.

Court: Okay for WIZO Settlement Division to build on behalf of state

Two NGOs protested a law that allows WIZO to skirt around pre-existing legislation.

HOUSES IN the Jewish community of Efrat

Israel set to approve NIS 55 million budget for new settlement

Palestinians from the nearby village of Jalud who claim ownership to some of the land within the settlement’s boundaries have filed an objection against the plan.

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.

Politicians challenge Netanyahu to rebuild destroyed settlements

The four West Bank settlements were dismantled during the 2005 Disengagement plan.

On the ruins of the former Sa-Nur settlement.

Netanyahu: 'We’re connecting the Beitar Illit settlement to Jerusalem'

“There is no government that does more for the settlement in the land of Israel, then this government under my leadership," says Netanyahu.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speeks at Beitar Illit August 3, 2017.