Legality of israeli settlements

Katz: Lack of settlements led to security deterioration in Samaria

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan referred to Judea and Samaria as “Israel’s bulletproof vest.”

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An illustrative image of Defense Minister Israel Katz.
Settler youth at Hilltop 26 near Kiryat Arba, one of the protest points for outpost settlement, July 21, 2022.

Settlers vow to build more outposts after 7 West Bank encampments razed

“We have only just begun,” veteran settler leader and Nahala co-chair Daniella Weiss told reporters.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Then Minister of Defense Naftali Bennett visits new housing projects in Judea and Samaria

Bills to legalize outposts, repeal Disengagement pass preliminary vote

A series of bills regarding unauthorized settlements are set to be voted on today. Defense Minister Benny Gantz has submitted an appeal to delay the vote, in light of security concerns.

|ByGIL HOFFMAN, TOVAH LAZAROFF
A UN guard post along the buffer zone of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus as a Turkish and Turkish-Cypriot flag wave nearby

Is ICC being equal with Israeli settlements, Turkish occupation? - analysis

Seven weeks after Bensouda decided against Israel, all that has been said about the Turkish occupation of Cyprus is that a decision is anticipated at some undefined point later in 2020.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

State rejects plan to seal Ofra homes

The High Court of Justice has ruled that the nine stone homes inside the settlement must be razed by March 5.

FEBRUARY 23, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
The homes in Ofra that are set for demolition. Photo: Moshe Cohen.

The recorded deed to Jerusalem

What country doesn’t have the right to its unified capital, and to develop and build it?

FEBRUARY 20, 2017ByEARL COX
Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem

Middle Israel: Beyond the law

The outpost regulation law’s diplomatic fallout this week is likely to be followed by a judiciary-executive collision much like Trump’s in America.

FEBRUARY 11, 2017ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
Forces evacuate Amona synagogue

Encountering peace: The wisdom to limit our rights

Bennett’s victory is Israel’s death.

FEBRUARY 8, 2017ByGERSHON BASKIN
The West Bank Jewish settlement of Ofra is photographed as seen from the former Jewish settler outpost of Amona.

JPost Editorial: No victory

The tragedy of Amona is that none of this had to happen.

FEBRUARY 2, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Forces evacuate Amona synagogue

Tears and somber acceptance among residents

3,000 police officers remove 1,700 activists, one by one.

FEBRUARY 1, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
YOUNG PROTESTERS sit in a caravan singing and resting as they wait to be evacuated by police officers from the illegal outpost in Amona.

350% spike in Palestinian petitions to halt demolitions

If there were about 50 petitions in 2010, last year there were 224, two Civil Administration officials explained.

JANUARY 27, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
THE KNESSET’S Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee subgroup on Judea and Samaria observes Palestinian villages along Route 1 yesterday, near Ma’aleh Adumim

Bill seeks to rebuild four Samaria settlements

The communities were demolished in 2005.

JANUARY 24, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
DAVID BITAN seen at the Knesset last year

Annexation bill put off until after Trump-Netanyahu meeting

Ma’aleh Adumim has a population of close to 38,000 and is the third-largest West Bank settlement.

JANUARY 22, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, JEREMY SHARON, HERB KEINON
Netanyahu and Trump

FIFA postpones making decision on six West Bank soccer clubs

The issue of the six West Bank clubs remains in limbo.

JANUARY 12, 2017ByADAM RASGON
PALESTINIAN KIDS protest in favor of ejecting Israel from FIFA, the soccer federation