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


Pompeo’s pushback

The November 21 letter was signed by 46% of the 233 Democrats in the House of Representatives, urging Pompeo to rescind his comments on Israeli settlements

Secretary Mike Pompeo in Jerusalem

Construction permits, investment in settlements dramatically up

Increased settlement activity comes as Jordan Valley launches political campaign to get Blue and White Party to join effort to annex West Bank region

A general view shows the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the West Bank April 7, 2019

Netanyahu approves 300 new housing units in Dolev in response to attack

"We will take root and cripple our enemies," Netanyahu said. "We will continue to strengthen and develop the settlement."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Efrat settlement located in the Gush Etzion region just outside of Jerusalem

113,000 settler units in West Bank will solve housing crisis, says Yemina

If the plan was put it place, it would mark the most rapid period of growth ever in the history of the settlement movement.

The Yemina party, and leaders Ayelet Shaked, Bezalel Smotrich, Naftali Bennett and Rafi Peretz, hold a press conference in Elkana, August 21, 2019.

Netanyahu: No uprooting of settlements in any peace plan

“I will not allow the uprooting of any settlement or any settler,” Netanyahu said as he stood under strobe lights on a temporary stage set up on an empty lot in the Revava settlement.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the North of Israel with US Ambassador David Friedman and National Security Advisor John Bolton, June 23, 2019

Bezalel Smotrich calls on Netanyahu to debate PA 'takeover' of Area C

Residents of Area C claim that the Palestinian construction in Area B to create agricultural roads for Palestinian farmers is getting dangerously close to their borders.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and MK Bezalel Smotrich

Netanyahu claims Gantz will uproot 90,000 settlers, visits Ettinger family

“[MK Yair] Lapid and Gantz are hostage to the idea that the only way to ensure the nation’s future is to [reduce its territory] by uprooting 80,000-90,000 Jews,” Netanyahu said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu (L) visits the shiva house of Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger, March 19th, 2019

Senior Israeli leaders pledge: 2 million Jews in the West Bank - report

Dozens of senior ministers and Knesset members from Likud and other right-of-center parties signed a declaration overnight to support the “Nahal” movement.

A general view shows the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba in Hebron, in the West Bank September 11, 2018. Picture taken September 11, 2018

Settler population growth rate at lowest point in over 23 years

Settler leaders published the data as Netanyahu is in the midst of a heated campaign for the pro-settler vote, vying for it against other right-wing parties.

Settlements

Politicians turn violence in Amona into political soapbox

Labor leader: “This group of extremists – on the hilltops and in the Knesset – have grown accustomed to... [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s government succumbing to their demands."

Border Police evacuate the illegal Amona outpost