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Amid US pressure, Netanyahu orders removal of illegal West Bank settler outposts, sources say

It was not immediately clear when the operation would begin, with reports from Israeli media pointing out that hundreds of settlements could be removed.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a briefing near the Salem military post between Israel and the West Bank, Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Protesters call for boycott of Israel [file]

UK's proposed ban on Israeli settlement trade would breach int'l legal obligations, lawyers warn

Britain's Member of Parliament (MP) Andy Slaughter speaks during the Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, June 21, 2023.

Who is Andy Slaughter, UK's Labour Party's new anti-Israel Solicitor General? - explainer

PROTESTERS CALL on the Irish government to impose sanctions on Israel, in Dublin, last month. Over the years, Ireland has taken a more anti-Israel position than most European or Western nations, states the writer.

Ireland's parliament passes bill banning imports from Israeli settlements


UN may update blacklist of companies operating in Israeli settlements

An initial list of 112 such companies was published in 2020. The mandate to make changes to that database on an annual basis, however, has been unfilled due to lack of funds.

Pro Israel rally outside UNHRC in Geneva‏

Can Bennett avoid a freeze and sway Biden to accept settlement building?

Biden is not the only president to hold an anti-settlement stance. All American presidents since 1967, save for former US President Donald Trump, have disapproved of the idea.

President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

73 congressional Democrats to Biden: Call Israeli settlements illegal

A letter from Democratic congresspeople to President Joe Biden urged him to overturn Trump presidency policies.

US HOUSE LEAD impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks during the impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump last week.

Settlers like me have an alternative: Let’s start by living with each other

In Efrat, where I have served as mayor since 2008, we have pioneered the bottom-up model of diplomacy by engaging with our Palestinian neighbors.

The Israeli national flag flutters as apartments are seen in the background in the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the West Bank August 18, 2020.

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.

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

Right pushes for initial Knesset vote next week to authorize outposts

Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz were present for the vote.

An Israeli flag is seen at the Elon Moreh settlements, one of 15 pending enclave communities under the Trump plan.

Religious Zionist Party filed bill to authorize West Bank settler outposts

The private members bill filed by RZP MK Orit Stuck would give de-facto authorization to close to 70 outposts and would set a two-year timetable for their legalization.

A Palestinian demonstrator returns a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a protest against Israeli settlements, In Beit Dajan in the West Bank February 12, 2021.

Dutch shop fined for omitting 'settlement’ from label of Israeli wine

In 2015, the European Commission adopted regulations barring the labeling of products from areas it considers occupied by Israel as made in Israel.

THE WINE grower caring for his vineyard.

Israel's destiny is in extending sovereignty to Area C - opinion

On behalf of the Jewish people, past and future, by virtue of historical claims, international law, and civil and humanitarian rights, Israel is entitled to extend sovereignty in Yesha.

THE TOMB of Jesse and Ruth in the city of Hebron.

IDF evacuates Sa-Nur, settler challenge to Netanyahu fails

They demanded that Netanyahu agree to rebuild that settlement and three others in northern Samaria that Israel destroyed in 2005 as part of the Disengagement Plan.

Samaria Regional Council Chairman Yossi Dagan with members of the young nucleus now in Shanur.