Settlement construction

Smotrich claims historic Hebron shift as Israel advances new building plans

This is the first approval of its kind since the signing of the Hebron Agreement in 1997, under which restrictions related to the Jewish community were subject to approval by the Hebron municipality.

AN AERIAL view shows the Cave of the Patriarchs, a site sacred to Jews and Muslims, in the city of Hebron, November 2, 2020.
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen walking past haredi lawmaker Yitzhak Goldknopf, at the Prime Minister’s Office in 2023.

Goldknopf protests 'exclusion' of haredi West Bank communities from budget in letter to Netanyahu

A view of the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank, Jan. 28, 2020.

Southern District Committee approves plan submission for new settlement, named after Oct. 7 soldier

A Palestinian woman walks past a mural in the Silwan neighborhood of east Jerusalem on January 21, 2026.

'People will live in the streets': Israel steps up evictions of Palestinians from east Jerusalem


MK's controversial plan nixes two-state solution, calls for annexation

The proposed plan rules out a Palestinian state and calls for Israel to take immediate steps to prevent a two-state solution, including annexing all of Judea and Samaria.

Bayit Yehudi MK Bezalel Smotrich hopes to use his powers of persuasion, as in this November 2015 photo, to sell a new right-wing diplomatic plan.

Court: Okay for WIZO Settlement Division to build on behalf of state

Two NGOs protested a law that allows WIZO to skirt around pre-existing legislation.

HOUSES IN the Jewish community of Efrat

IDF registers 216 acres of Jewish land in the West Bank

The fall of the four Gush Etzion kibbutzim and the Arab Legion massacre of 157 residents of the original Kfar Etzion, has become ensconced in the Zionist ideology and is one of foundations for the Jewish return to Judea and Samaria in the last 50 years.

A view from Gush Etzion

Friedman to 'Post': US, Israel of 'same mind' on stopping Iran in Syria

US envoy says Netanyahu and Trump enjoy a "phenomenal" relationship.

US Ambassador David Friedman at the knesset

Settlements Law could authorize 10,000 illegal Palestinian homes

Liberman, who opposes the new law, said “it causes tremendous damage” to the settlement movement because the legislation can also be applied to illegal Palestinian homes.

Avigdor Liberman

Amid constant clashes, wall to be built around Beit El settlement

Israel claims the move is a necessary security measure given regular clashes in nearby Palestinian refugee camp.

Homes in the Beit El settlement, West Bank

Netanyahu bars IDF from evacuating settlers from Hebron home

The left-wing organization Peace Now called on the government to immediately order the Hebron families removal.

IDF soldiers outside of Beit Hamachpela building in Hebron.

Settlers: ‘Don’t demolish our homes without a solution’

The West Bank hilltop community of Netiv Ha'avot is slated to be demolished by March.

NETIV HA’AVOT residents demonstrate yesterday in front of the Knesset

Israeli settlers to lobby right-wing MKs over marketing freeze

“The fight now moves to inside the Knesset,” Beit El Council head Shai Elon said on Sunday at a press conference in a protest tent settlers set up last week outside the Knesset.

YESHA COUNCIL HEAD Avi Ro’eh speaks during a press conference at the protest tent of Beit El residents in Jerusalem yesterday.

PM reportedly orders renewed Jerusalem construction despite recent freeze

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has already slammed the premier following the announcement, saying it was a violation of international law and “deliberate sabotage” of a two-state solution.

A laborer works on an apartment building under construction in the Har Homa neighborhood of Jerusalem