Outposts

IDF dismantles illegal West Bank outposts amid rise in nationalist violence

Security officials sharply criticized what they described as the courts' failure to impose meaningful penalties, arguing that judges were reluctant to issue punishments that could deter offenders.

Israeli military forces fire tear gas and disperse Palestinian farmers, preventing them from continuing the olive harvest as they attempt to cross an iron gate erected by the Israeli army in the village of Salem, east of Nablus in the West Bank, October 17, 2026.
Settlers from the Nahala movement build an outpost near the Gaza border, October 15, 2026.

IDF blocks roads leading to Gaza border after Nahala settlers attempt to build outpost overnight

IDF soldiers in the West Bank.

Transferring West Bank enforcement from IDF to police is a mistake without a plan - editorial

Israeli settlers are evacuated from illegal outpost Givat Or Yehuda, in the southern Hebron hills, on August 17, 2026.

IDF, COGAT evacuate illegal outpost near Hebron three months after residents attack police - report


Settlers: Why is Netanyahu delaying outpost legalization?

“For the young settlements [outposts] there is only one solution: approve a government decision to authorize the communities."

MK Nir Barkat (Likud) and South Hebron Hills Regional Council head Yochai Damri in the Avigail outpost in the South Hebron Hills.

Gantz supports outpost legalization, Minister tells right-wing rally

They had gathered during the government’s weekly meeting to press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately hold a vote on the matter.

Higher Education Minister Ze'ev Elkin and Settlement Affairs Minister Tzachi Hanegbi of the Likud Party attend a rally supporting the legalization of outposts.

IDF legal adviser insists outposts must be treated as illegal entities

A 2005 Attorney-General Directive stated that the outposts must be treated as illegal, which is still in effect, including with regard to security matters.

Jewish settlers dismantle parts of a structure during the eviction of buildings that an Israeli court deemed to have been built illegally in the Tapuach West outpost, in the West Bank, June 17, 2018.

In lieu of annexation, settlers pressure PM to legalize outposts

According to the Left-wing activist group Peace Now, some 42 West Bank outposts have been built in the last eight years, 28 of which were built during US President Donald Trump’s administration.

Border Police officers at outpost near Yitzhar, August 12, 2020

Illegal outposts in Area C demolished after being rebuilt multiple times

Over ten people were reportedly arrested during the demolition

Security forces evacuate outposts near Kochav Hashahar, June 15, 2020

Settler who helped score West Bank outpost victory loses home

He said that the "family, who has lived there for the past 20 years, built a new home on land that they were led believe was okay. That is now being demolished."

Moshe and Rivka Herzlich being evacuated out of their home in Tapuach West

Politician to Netanyahu: Authorize outposts at next planning meeting

Right-wing politicians, including MK Yoav Kisch, who chairs the Internal Affairs Committee and co-chairs the Knesset’s Land of Israel Caucus, have shown a spotlight on this issue.

A general view shows Eish Kodesh outpost. Picture taken January 5, 2016

High Court gives final okay to demolish Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar

UN urges government to protect West Bank Bedouin village.

Palestinian boys sit in the Bedouin village of al-Khan al-Ahmar near Jericho in the West Bank July 5, 2018

Netanyahu delays legalization of 70 settler outposts, politicians charge

Former prime minister Ariel Sharon had promised the international community he would remove the outposts, but Netanyahu has worked to authorize them.

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

Netanyahu delays legalization of 70 settler outposts, politicians charge

Former prime minister Ariel Sharon had promised the international community he would remove the outposts, but Netanyahu has worked to authorize them.

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