Israeli settlement

B'Tselem claims 47 Palestinian families at risk of expulsion, IDF says homes built illegally

B'Tselem says water disruptions threaten 47 Palestinian families in the northern Jordan Valley; IDF sources cite security works and illegal construction.

Palestinians use their phones as Israeli settlers and military personnel stand outside a Palestinian home in Qusra, in the West Bank, August 15, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a video.
Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinians as they hold Friday prayers during a protest against Israeli settlement expansion and land confiscation near Bethlehem in the West Bank, July 3, 2026.

IDF veterans tell Trump: Settler violence claims are distorted, ignore terrorism - exclusive

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the 8th General Conference of Fatah in Ramallah in the West Bank, May 14, 2026.

PA's Abbas calls for end to 'systemic' settler violence, requests support from UN, Arab leaders

View of a graffiti painted, in the ancient archeological site of Sebastia, near the West Bank city of Nablus, May 12, 2025.

Israel’s archaeological plans in Sebastia risk ‘heritage apartheid,’ Israeli NGO tells ‘Post’


Israeli enclaves in Palestine – Netanyahu’s proposal to Trump

Netanyahu’s proposal to US President Donald Trump, it must be assumed that first is has to be part of a full, comprehensive peace agreement which will establish an independent Palestinian state.

A MAN sits on a fence in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in North Africa. Those successfully scaling the fence are entitled to apply for asylum.

Haredi MK Gafni recalls party's historic support of evacuating settlements

The letter is dated April 18, 1978, when Begin was negotiating peace with Egypt, which involved returning Sinai to Egypt and evacuating Yamit.

Moshe Gafni

Politicians challenge Netanyahu to rebuild destroyed settlements

The four West Bank settlements were dismantled during the 2005 Disengagement plan.

On the ruins of the former Sa-Nur settlement.

Netanyahu: 'We’re connecting the Beitar Illit settlement to Jerusalem'

“There is no government that does more for the settlement in the land of Israel, then this government under my leadership," says Netanyahu.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speeks at Beitar Illit August 3, 2017.

Netanyahu to attend Beitar Illit ceremony for 1,000 new settler homes

The city, the second largest in the West Bank, is in the midst of developing a new hilltop, for which infrastructure has already been completed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem July 30, 2017.

Analysis: Is Netanyahu softening on annexation?

Since he was elected to the premiership in 2009 and declared his support for a Palestinian state, Netanyahu has walked a careful diplomatic tightrope.

THE SETTLEMENT of Efrat in Gush Etzion. Nothing can change the Obama administration’s mind that settlements are the primary cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the author argues.

Not your ‘typical settler’: Secular settlers speak out

‘Guys with “peyot” and bearded faces are much more photogenic than a guy without a beard who speaks Hebrew that everyone can understand’

Ran Segal

Israel steps up Damascus Gate security following Jerusalem attack

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Damascus Gate both a symbol of terrorism and the fight against it.

BORDER POLICE frisk a Arab man in front of Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate, the scene of much recent violence.

Settler leader: Netanyahu says building not limited to blocs

He spoke after a meeting between Netanyahu and a large group of settler leaders that was held in the Prime Minister’s Bureau in Jerusalem for the first time in over a year.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial ceremony honoring the fallen of Israel's Six Day War in Latrun on Monday June 5, 2017.

Government source: Israel not limiting settlement construction to large blocs

Yitzhar, as seen from a neighboring settlement