Israel settlement

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
Shin Bet, IDF, publish infographic identifying a Lebanon-linked terror cell operating in the West Bank, published on February 10, 2026.
Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

'A clear violation of int’l law': Hamas decries Israeli bill proposing West Bank annexation

The statement calls the bill "to annex the West Bank and impose sovereignty over the so-called Ma'ale Adumim settlement" a "flagrant violation of all relevant international laws and resolutions."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A drone view of Al-Arroub refugee camp alongside a new road, part of the expansion of Israeli bypass roads connecting Israeli settlers in the West Bank with Jerusalem, in the West Bank, September 29, 2025.

Suspected terrorist infiltration in West Bank settlement Kohav HaShahar

Home Front Command instructed residents to remain in their homes and lock all doors until further notice as the investigation took place, though the event has since ended.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich interacts with a man, on the day of a press conference regarding settlements expansion for the long-frozen E1 settlement, that would split east Jerusalem from the West Bank, near the Israeli settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim, August 14, 2025.

EU foreign ministers condemn Israel's new West Bank E1 settlement plan

The Foreign Ministry "rejects the attempt to impose foreign dictates upon it [Jerusalem]," it said Friday.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

A settlement-bloc-only annexation plan? Nobody told Ma’aleh Adumim

When Israel speaks of retaining high Jewish population areas of the West Bank, his settlement bloc is often one of the premier locations that come to mind.

JUNE 29, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Settlement leaders split on annexation reflects lack of trust in PM

Netanyahu has been unable to win over the settlement leaders because not all of them trust his word. And without details of the plan out there for all to see, trust becomes important.

JUNE 8, 2020ByHERB KEINON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a meeting with Yesha council heads at the Prime Minister's Office.

Border Police demolish two illegally rebuilt structures near Yitzhar

A security official warned that all illegal actions would be responded to with firm action.

APRIL 23, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Demolished structures in Kumi Ori near Yitzhar, April 23, 2020