Illegal israeli settlements

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

Furthermore, UKLFI puts forward the argument that bans on trade could "harm the very Palestinian population it is supposedly intended to assist."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Protesters call for boycott of Israel [file]
Member of Parliament Abtisam Mohamed looks on on the day Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a ministerial statement on Hamas' October 7 attack anniversary and the Middle East at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, October 7, 2024.

British lawmakers press government for immediate ban on Israeli West Bank settlement imports

“If settlements are illegal, why have we not made an outright ban on trade? What exactly is it that we’re waiting for?” said Abtisam Mohamed, a Labour politician.

|ByKELLY HARTOG/JTA
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

Security forces arrived at the outpost adjacent to Ma’aleh Amos during the night, where they announced that the area was a closed military zone and demanded that all civilians disperse.

|ByTZVI JASPER
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

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.

|ByEFRAT FORSHER

Israel works to legalize West Bank outposts before Trump arrival

Trump is expected to ask Netanyahu to curb settlement activity...

MAY 22, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
BETWEEN BILLS to annex illegal outposts and overlooking the rulings of the Supreme Court, the government has sought unilateral solutions to a complex conflict

Settler mother battles for a place to call home

Amona evacuee couldn't help but look on as her government demolished the home she built for her family on private Palestinian land.

APRIL 18, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Tamar Nizir in one of her family's two rooms at the Ofra field school

Is Israel on the verge of freezing the isolated settlements?

Stating where settler building can occur and where it cannot would effectively create a gold list and a blacklist of Israeli settlements, a prospect the current government is loathed to consider.

MARCH 30, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Protesters against Jewish settlement activity in the Silwan neighbourhood, outside the old city in Jerusalem hold a skull and bones flag

Over 3 weeks after Amona evacuation, violent protesters remain free

Thirteen protesters were arrested during the evacuation and charged with disturbing the peace.

FEBRUARY 22, 2017ByELIYAHU KAMISHER, UDI SHAHAM
Evacuation of Amona

The Settlements Law sanctions a brazen robbery after the fact

Netanyahu and Liberman know the law pushes Israel into the abyss of countries that don't respect international law, but this hasn't stopped them from voting for it in order to pander to the Right.

FEBRUARY 7, 2017ByYOSSI MELMAN
The West Bank Jewish settlement of Ofra is photographed as seen from the former Jewish settler outpost of Amona.

A continuation of land theft by other means

The Regulation Bill will remove the final protection for Palestinian landowners in the West Bank

FEBRUARY 7, 2017BySARIT MICHAELI
Palestinian labourers work at a construction site in Efrat

Anger in Amona as residents wait on government to begin construction

In the agreement the government would allocate a nearby plot, that was considered abandoned property, in order to construct a new Amona settlement.

JANUARY 6, 2017ByNOAM AMIR/MAARIV, JPOST.COM STAFF
‘THERE WILL be war over Amona,’ the graffiti reads at the outpost in the Binyamin region of Samaria in the West Bank

Shaked: We want to annex Ma'ale Adumim

DECEMBER 31, 2016ByJEREMY SHARON
Maaleh Adumim

Elkin to 'Jpost': Joe Biden told Ukrainians to vote against Israel

Biden's office said in response that, "this is not accurate, he hasn't made any calls."

DECEMBER 26, 2016ByGIL HOFFMAN, MICHAEL WILNER
US Vice President Joe Biden addresses the AIPAC 2016 Policy Conference on March 20, 2016 in Washington, DC.

Activist indicted for Amona incitement

Due to free speech issues involving the indictment filed by the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office, Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit personally approved the indictment.

DECEMBER 26, 2016ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
‘THERE WILL be war over Amona,’ the graffiti reads at the outpost in the Binyamin region of Samaria in the West Bank