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 


Knesset hawks prepare for showdown on controversial outpost bill

Coalition chairman David Bitan obtained Kulanu’s support for the bill in its preliminary reading last Wednesday by promising that clauses seen as defying the court would be removed.

Amona

Bayit Yehudi to Liberman: Stick to killing Hamas leaders, don't talk about settlements

Advising Liberman to stick to his portfolio, Bayit Yehudi said he should "focus on the elimination of (Hamas leader Ismail) Haniyeh, instead of establishing a Palestinian state along Route 6."

Avigdor Liberman.

Settlers vow resistance against demolition of homes

“We’ll stand here like a bulwark!” Amona spokesman Avihai Boaron promised.

ISRAELI POLICEMEN gather in 2006 to remove the outpost of Amona.

Bennett: Trump brings opportunity for 'different approach' to Arab-Israeli conflict

Minister defends Amona bill; 2016 hi tech investment to top $6 billion.

Education Minister Naftali Bennett announces small classroom reform

Analysis: Settlements bill puts Israel on collision course with Obama

Should proposed legislation pass, it could transform dozens of West Bank outposts into new legal settlements, a move that is a red line for the US and the international community.

US President Barack Obama

Herzog calls Amona families 'virus, dangerous to democracy'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Herzog to apologize, saying he "can't believe he used the term 'virus' to describe settlers."

Zionist Union head Isaac Herzog speaks to the press

Ministers oppose Netanyahu on bill to authorize settler homes

"Legislation’s passage is inevitable," say MKs Kisch and Smotrich.

Construction in Amona settlement

Hamas calls Trump 'deluded' for his Middle East outlook

"We say to Trump, there will not be stability in the region without Palestinian rights," said Khaled Mashaal.

Meshaal : une elimination ratee

‘Our present to Obama has to be new settlements’

Israel is fearful that Obama might take some kind of significant decision in regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, thereby making it a difficult time to approve such legislation.

Amona protest

B’Tselem, Peace Now to speak to UNSC against settlements

The two NGOs are set to address an informal session of the UNSC in New York on Friday, as it debates the question of whether West Bank settlements are a stumbling block to peace.

Left - wing protesters hold placards during a demonstration in Tel Aviv