Israel settlement

UK working on plan to ban all trade with Israeli settlements, minister says

The news came as the EU also tried to ban trade with Israeli settlements.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
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.
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.

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
IDF troops in northern West Bank operation.

Multiple clashes between Israelis, Palestinians reported in West Bank following alleged sheep theft

The clashes included incidents of stone throwing and the use of clubs between Israeli civilians and Palestinians, according to the IDF.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Shin Bet, IDF, publish infographic identifying a Lebanon-linked terror cell operating in the West Bank, published on February 10, 2026.

Shin Bet foils West Bank terror network operated by entities in Lebanon

Shin Bet uncovered and thwarted a Lebanon-linked terror cell in the West Bank, arresting five operatives. The cell was planning an attack, with ties to Hamas and Hezbollah.

|ByJAMES GENN

Biton: No budget to legalize West Bank settler outposts

Right now the Civil Administration lacks the ability to service Israeli and Palestinians in Area C, according to Biton.

DECEMBER 2, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Defense Ministry's Civil and Social Issues Minister Michael Biton touring the Gaza Strip area, August 20, 2020.

Legalizing outposts is last nail in the coffin of Trump's annexation map

Analysis: The Right has gotten bolder under Netanyahu in laying claim to settler land in Area C, which makes up 60% of the West Bank.

NOVEMBER 26, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Then Minister of Defense Naftali Bennett visits new housing projects in Judea and Samaria

Activists end one-day Sa-Nur standoff, call for settlement to be rebuilt

"It is clear that there is no person left in the State of Israel who believes that this displacement was correct."

NOVEMBER 17, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Settlers resettle Sa-Nur overnight, Nov. 17, 2020

In Biden slight, Netanyahu publishes controversial Givat Hamatos tender

The Israeli right is looking to Netanyahu to solidify Israel's hold on areas over pre-67 lines in the last months of Trump's presidency.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Plans are under way to build new homes in Givat Hamatos, a diplomatically sensitive area of southeast Jerusalem over the Green Line

Cabinet approves new Gaza border region town for first time in years

The town is currently referred to by the temporary name "Hanun" and will be located east of the Kibbutz Sa'ad.

NOVEMBER 8, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE, IDAN ZONSHINE
Tamir Idan, head of the Sdot Negev Regional Council, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to approve a new settlement in the Gaza envelope region.

On US election eve, MKs say Netanyahu must act now to legalize outposts

Right-wing parliamentarians worry a change in US leadership may doom West Bank outposts • settlers living there are the "last line in our fighting against the Palestinian takeover of Area C"

NOVEMBER 3, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
MK Gideon Saar signs a declaration demanding that Netanyahu authorize West Bank outposts

Palestinians warn of apartheid, one state with new settler housing plans

“Israel’s calls for 'peace' should not be trusted.”

OCTOBER 17, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour at the United Nations in New York, U.S., October 16, 2018

Israel State Archives refuses information request on settlements - NYU

NYU'S Taub Center for Israel Studies claims the documents it was denied would not harm Israel's national security.

AUGUST 25, 2020ByDANIEL NISINMAN
Young Israelis dance in one of the first Jewish settlements between 1934 and 1937

Edelstein: Annexation, Migron settler homes are best withdrawal antidote

Edelstein was among a small group of Likud politicians, called “the rebels,” who opposed the 2005 Disengagement Plan carried out by former prime minister Ariel Sharon.

AUGUST 2, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein hangs a mezuzah at a new Migron home

Meet Leshem – The New Hot Spot for Religious Anglos

JULY 15, 2020ByALAN ROSENBAUM