Illegal israeli settlements

Border Police, IDF evacuate four illegal outposts across West Bank

Border Police and IDF units evacuated four illegal outposts in Gush Etzion, Samaria, and Binyamin, following PM Netanyahu’s directive to clear 14 such sites across the West Bank.

An IDF soldier stands guard during an evacuation of illegal West Bank outposts, December 7, 2025.
Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

WATCH: Hilltop Youth, security forces clash during demolition of illegal settlement extension

 Jewish settlers at the illegal West Bank settlement outpost of Ramat Migron, on September 8, 2023.

Organizations petition High Court to evict Moshe Sharvit's West Bank outpost amid int'l sanctions

A Jewish settler walks past Israeli settlement construction sites around Givat Zeev and Ramat Givat Zeev in the West Bank, near Jerusalem June 30, 2020.

US tells Israel settlements serious issue, raised at highest level 


New rule makes it harder to remove illegal settler structures

Until now, the civil administration had the sole authority to remove unauthorized modular homes and structures within 60 days of their construction.

Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Avihai

IDF seizes mobile home of navy commando in Esh Kodesh settlement outpost

The authorities placed the structure on a flatbed truck and carted it away from the small community, which is located near the Shiloh settlement.

AN IDF CRANE yesterday removes the illegally placed modular home belonging to a soldier at the Esh Kodesh outpost in the West Bank.

Palestinian Foreign Minister: PA not against Abbas-Netanyahu meeting

But Israel must meet preconditions, minister says.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.

Emergency talks planned to save 40 Amona homes

Nine residences in nearby Ofra also slated for demolition.

The Amona outpost in the West Bank

Court orders demolition of 17 settler homes in Derech Ha’avot outpost

News of court decision set off a political firestorm among right-wing ministers and parliamentarians.

IDF bulldozer

White House warns against ‘expansion of settlement activity’

179 homes retroactively legalized in Ofarim, plans advanced for 234 units in Elkana • 50 other homes approved.

Efrat settlement, West Bank

European parliamentarians to form first ever pro-settler caucus

The Samaria Regional Council boosts that it has hosted some 150 parliamentarians from around the world.

Members of the Samaria Regional Council meet with European officials

US angry over new Israeli settlement activity

The State Department said the move constitutes "activity that is systematically undermining the prospects for a two-state solution."

Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo

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

Settlers: Only legislation will legalize the Amona outpost

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in the past opposed such legislative drives to deal with unauthorized settler homes and is expected to do so in this instance as well.

Amona