Israel settlement

'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."

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 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

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

Israeli security forces seen during an operation in the Tulkarm refugee camp, in the West Bank, July 6, 2025

Extremist settlers torch Palestinian vehicles in West Bank, claim act of 'vengeance' - report


5th settler city in the works

Right-wing politicians immediately welcomed the plan, which is expected to be approved by Interior Minister Arye Deri.

The basic error is to treat all the settlements alike

Settlers plan to rebuild demolished outpost shack after rowdy protest

Police and IDF spokespeople said that there were no arrests during the evacuation, which was carried out as planned with little violence.

Gush Etzion

Analysis: AG Mandelblit fires in every direction on settlements

Was the timing of Mandelblit’s firing in all directions, including his two seemingly contradictory legal opinions, coincidental or coordinated?

THE OFRA SETTLEMENT is seen from the Amona outpost in the West Bank.

Israel to clear mines from over 15 acres to expand West Bank settlement

"Instead of landmines which are intended to kill, children will be playing in the streets of the new neighborhood."

The community of Karnei Shomron is seen

West Bank council heads join hunger strike outside Netanyahu's home

Politicians and bereaved families are demanding government investment in security for West Bank settlers.

Kiryat Arba Council head Malahi Levinger, Beit Aryeh Council head Avi Naim, Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan, Hadas Mizrahi and Itzhik Abutbul in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Jerusalem home.

US 'discouraging' Greater Jerusalem bill, senior official says

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump

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

Netanyahu backs Greater Jerusalem bill that would annex 19 settlements

It is estimated that upwards of 125,000 Israelis live in the settlements just outside of Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking with Ma'aleh Adumim mayor Benny Kashriel

US Ambassador Friedman: Israel 'only occupying 2% of the West Bank'

"There was always supposed to be some notion of expansion into the West Bank, but not necessarily expansion into the entire West Bank."

US Ambassador David Friedman at the knesset

EU to boycott Israel’s celebration of 50 years of West Bank settlement

Settler leaders immediately lashed out at the EU.

Settlers at a protest rally on the ruins of the Sa-Nur settlement in Samaria.