Settlement construction

Israel unveils NIS 1.3 million budget for 34 new West Bank settlements in 'historic' move

The new plan will bring the total number of West Bank settlements established under the current government to 103.

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Missions Minister Orit Strock hold a map of the West Bank as they celebrate the Knesset Security Cabinet approval of their NIS1.3M budget to build 34 new settlements throughout the territory.
AN AERIAL view shows the Cave of the Patriarchs, a site sacred to Jews and Muslims, in the city of Hebron, November 2, 2020.

Smotrich claims historic Hebron shift as Israel advances new building plans

This is the first approval of its kind since the signing of the Hebron Agreement in 1997, under which restrictions related to the Jewish community were subject to approval by the Hebron municipality.

|ByHODAYA RAN
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen walking past haredi lawmaker Yitzhak Goldknopf, at the Prime Minister’s Office in 2023.

Goldknopf protests 'exclusion' of haredi West Bank communities from budget in letter to Netanyahu

"How is it possible that the budgets, development, and benefits that reach the other communities never reach the ultra-Orthodox population centers in Judea and Samaria?" Goldknopf asked.

|ByANNA BARSKY
A view of the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank, Jan. 28, 2020.

Southern District Committee approves plan submission for new settlement, named after Oct. 7 soldier

The settlement will be located east of Kibbutz Sa’ad in the Gaza Envelope and will fall under the jurisdiction of the Sdot Negev Regional Council.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Housing starts in settlements up by 187% in second quarter

The second quarter data in 2018 on housing starts is 66% higher than that of 2017.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Heavy machinery work on a field as they begin construction work of Amichai, a new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers evicted in February from the settlement of Amona, in the West Bank June 20, 2017.

Palestinians lash out at U.S. for Israeli settlement activity

“Israel’s latest settlement announcement reaffirms the commitment of the Israeli government to colonization and apartheid,” Erekat said.

AUGUST 24, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Settlement Regulation Law to save homes like in Modiin Illit in the West Bank, 2017

Netanyahu angers settlers by only advancing 1,400 homes

“A nationalist government should be expanding construction and not reducing it,” the YESHA Council said.

AUGUST 23, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Israel to triple size of West Bank settlement Amihai

Since the 1993 Oslo Accords and until the end of the Obama Administration, Israel has largely refrained from creating new settlements.

AUGUST 8, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
THE NEWLY built settlement of Amihai seen from the vinyards of Meshek Achiya just north of the Shiloh Valley July 12, 2018

A #throwback to the time when outposts were illegal

His report provided extensive details regarding the collision of government offices with the Binyamin Regional Council in building and providing services to illegal Jewish communities.

JULY 15, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
PROTESTERS CARRY wooden sticks as they stand on a roof during the evacuation of families from the illegal outpost of Netiv Ha’avot last month.

With Trump as president, why isn’t Netanyahu building more settlements?

“Not one single brick” was Netanyahu’s slogan for whenever settler leaders urged him to approve new construction, a reference to a phrase he heard from Obama in one of their first meetings.

JULY 13, 2018ByYAAKOV KATZ
THE NEWLY built settlement of Amihai seen from the vinyards of Meshek Achiya just north of the Shiloh Valley July 12, 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.

JULY 5, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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.

JULY 3, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
THE OFRA SETTLEMENT is seen from the Amona outpost in the West Bank.

Ministers approve bill to empower WZO Settlement Division

Peace Now: “This bill is a hint at the government’s direction”

JUNE 10, 2018ByLAHAV HARKOV
FILE PHOTO: General view shows houses in Shvut Rachel, a West Bank Jewish settlement located close to the Jewish settlement of Shilo, near Ramallah October 6, 2016

Israel to advance plans for 3,900 West Bank settler homes

Liberman: “We promised to advance building in Judea and Samaria and we kept our word.”

MAY 24, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Heavy machinery work on a field as they begin construction work of Amichai, a new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers evicted in February from the illegal West Bank settlement of Amona, in the West Bank June 20, 2017.