Outposts

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

Katz has spoken about the transfer as though the fundamental decision has already been made, while the institutions expected to carry it out are still trying to determine whether it is workable.

IDF soldiers in the West Bank.
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

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.

Three female soldiers wounded by settlers while clearing illegal West Bank outpost

An IDF soldier stands guard during an evacuation of illegal West Bank outposts, December 7, 2025.

Border Police, IDF evacuate four illegal outposts across West Bank


Israel’s High Court freezes Amona deal

Residents of the Amona outpost plan to hold an emergency meeting on the matter on Tuesday night.

Amona outpost in 2015

PM, Bennett offer Amona families relocation deal

‘We feel the injustice and the pain of the residents,’ Bayit Yehudi leader says

‘THERE WILL be war over Amona,’ the graffiti reads at the outpost in the Binyamin region of Samaria in the West Bank

Bill to legalize West Bank outposts advances after Kahlon folds

The bill is considered by the 40 families residing in Amona to be the last hope to avoid the High Court of Justice-ordered December 25 demolition of their hilltop community.

Amona

A-G to rule on use of ‘abandoned property law’ to save Amona outpost

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman is hoping a new interpretation of the law can be found, which would allow the state to seize Palestinian property that had been abandoned for decades.

The Amona outpost in the West Bank

Right-wing politicians scrambling to save West Bank Amona outpost

Amona was first built in 1995, on the edge of the Ofra settlement. It is home to some 40 families and is located in the Binyamin region of the West Bank.

The Amona outpost in the West Bank

Right-wing politicians threaten to act against Netanyahu over Amona outpost demolition

Likud Minister Haim Katz compared the efforts of right-wing politicians to save the outpost of some 40 families with the actions of political opponents of the 2005 withdrawal from Gaza.

The Amona outpost in the West Bank

NGO calls to raze outpost homes: 'Israel's complicity in illegal building is outrageous'

Yesh Din petitions High Court against nine illegal homes in the Derech Ha’avot outpost.

Derech Ha'avot outpost

Netanyahu’s new government to tackle authorizing illegal settler construction

Netanyahu is expected to tackle the issue at the request of the Bayit Yehudi Party, which was the last of the Likud’s four coalition partners to finalize a deal to enter the government.

An outpost beside the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kochav Hashahar

Gilad Farm readies for forced home demolition

Two modular homes built without permits in the last six months to be demolished by IDF on Monday after Yesh Din petitions court on behalf of Palestinian.

ONE OF TWO modular homes under threat of demolition at Gilad Farm is seen.

Settlements and the future of Zionism

Deeply rooted in the fear that Israel will be wiped out, suggestions to abandon traditional Zionist ideals reflect a survivalist mentality.

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