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החווה של נריה בן פזי ליד כוכב השחר. "תופסים שטח אסטרטגי"

Netanyahu moves NIS 1 billion settlement funding plan to closed security cabinet debate

The proposal would fund temporary housing, public buildings, roads, water and sewage infrastructure in 61 West Bank settlements, including outposts and neighborhoods the government has moved to authorize

Itamar Eichner | 06.12.26

Report: Israel to approve funding for 61 new West Bank settlements

Plan would fund temporary housing, infrastructure and public services for 61 new settlements in strategic West Bank areas before planning approvals are complete

ynet Global | 06.11.26

הפגנה מפגינים פרו פלסטינים בלפסט צפון אירלנד

Israeli rights group urges US to block Irish settlement goods ban

Shurat HaDin tells Secretary of State Marco Rubio bill amounts to discriminatory 'economic warfare' against Israel; 'Ireland has chosen selective enforcement against the world’s only Jewish state'

ynet Global | 05.27.26

Ireland plans to ban goods from Israeli settlements in West Bank by July

Bill applies only to goods, affecting a handful of West Bank imports such as fruit worth about 200,000 euros a year; PM says expanding it to services neither 'implementable' nor 'viable'

Reuters | 05.26.26

Settler leaders move ahead with plans for new West Bank communities

Bezek and Tamun, approved under a Cabinet decision from December, are part of a broader push to strengthen Israel’s presence in strategic areas overlooking the Jordan Valley before the next election

Elisha Ben Kimon | 05.07.26

IDF reservist fires at paraglider over West Bank settlement after terror scare

Soldier mistakes powered paraglider for possible infiltration threat, no injuries reported; military says aircraft had taken off with approval but strayed from its assigned airspace

Ron Crissy | 05.02.26

Israel plans return to evacuated West Bank settlement this summer

Core group tied to Bnei David academy expected to move to Ganim in northern West Bank, as government and settlement leaders press ahead with broader push to restore former settlements evacuated in 2005 disengagement

Elisha Ben Kimon | 04.23.26

The West Bank is expanding, but at what cost?

The number of new West Bank settlements established by the current government is 103; while the north is desperate for budgets, investment in the territories has reached 19 billion shekels; Palestinian buildings are being demolished, trees uprooted, and in the hills violence has increased

Oded Shalom | 04.20.26

'Killing the Palestinian state idea': Evacuated West Bank settlement Sa-Nur reestablished

Hundreds attend ceremony marking return to Sa-Nur, dismantled in 2005 disengagement; Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calls move a 'historic correction' while Samaria council head says the site will grow into a city

Elisha Ben Kimon | 04.19.26

Knife-wielding terrorist killed in West Bank settlement, IDF says

Army says no injuries reported after assailant neutralized in early morning incident in Negohot after residents ordered to shelter in place

Ilana Curiel | 04.18.26

Cabinet quietly advanced 34 new West Bank settlements during war

Ministers push through broad settlement expansion despite military warnings over IDF manpower shortage; Ben-Gvir the addition of disputed outpost; officials say move stayed low-profile at Washington’s request

Elisha Ben Kimon | 04.09.26

Rising Jewish extremist violence demands more than just words

Opinion: a fringe minority is driving increasingly violent attacks, and condemnations are no longer enough — educators, leaders and society must act to uphold moral values and stop the spread of violence

Moti Shklar | 03.29.26

Security officials warn of escalation in West Bank as Smotrich calls to 'settle our land in all its parts'

While Bezalel Smotrich talks about "blurring borders" in the West Bank, the defense establishment is warning of spillover violence from Jewish rioters, the establishment of outposts in Areas A and B, and escalation during a multi-sector war

Elisha Ben Kimon | 03.29.26

Israel establishes new settlement Ebal in West Bank amid Iran war

The settlement was established by the Samaria Regional Council and the Amana settlement movement after about six months of preparations and planning

Elisha Ben Kimon | 03.11.26

מפה של התוכניות שיאושרו לבנייה מחוץ לקו הירוק

For the first time since 1967: Government moves to expand Jerusalem beyond the Green Line

The Civil Administration is advancing hundreds of homes in Adam, but the move would effectively expand Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov neighborhood and its municipal boundary; critics warn it could deepen tensions and violate commitments to the international community and to Trump

Elisha Ben Kimon | 02.16.26