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Two decades after Gaza disengagement, first kindergarten opens in Homesh settlement

Samaria Council opened a kindergarten in Homesh 20 years after its evacuation under Israel’s disengagement plan; Leaders hailed it as a victory for Zionism as settlers push for more resettlement in West Bank

Elisha Ben Kimon | 09.01.25

This is the West Bank sovereignty plan settler leaders want Netanyahu to adopt

With France moving toward recognizing a Palestinian state, settler leaders urge Prime Minister Netanyahu to declare sovereignty over all areas without Palestinian residents; Smotrich pushes to act before global moves

Elisha Ben Kimon | 08.28.25

תושבי כרמל הציבו מבנים בשטח בו נורה הפלסטיני עודה אלהדאלין באום אל חיר

Settlers set up outpost at fatal shooting site in South Hebron Hills

New outpost expands settlement of Carmel at site where Palestinian teacher fatally shot; settler leaders vow further growth, while human rights group warn 90 Palestinian communities displaced by nearby outposts

Elisha Ben Kimon | 08.27.25

21 countries condemn Israel’s West Bank settlement expansion, UK summons ambassador

Britain, France, Canada and other Western nations denounce Israel’s E1 settlement plan, warning it undermines a two-state solution and fuels instability; London summons Israel’s ambassador, citing a breach of international law

Itamar Eichner, Reuters | 08.21.25

'Death knell for Palestinian state': Israel approves controversial E1 West Bank settlement plan

Civil Administration approves contentious E1 West Bank plan, adding 3,400 housing units in Ma’ale Adumim and new settlement in Asahael; critics warn it undermines Palestinian state, while Smotrich says it strengthens Jewish hold on central Israel

Itamar Eichner | 08.20.25

Netanyahu visits Ofra settlement, comes under pressure to apply sovereignty

Marks 50th year of the West Bank settlement and faces pressure to claim ownership before declaration of a Palestinian state: 'sovereignty first, and then there will be nothing left to declare'; Netanyahu: 'We will deepen our hold on the Land of Israel'

Idan Bloemhof, Itamar Eichner | 08.18.25

Germany tells Israeli government to stop West Bank settlement construction

further restrict the mobility of the Palestinian population in the West Bank by splitting it in half and cutting the area off from East Jerusalem, a German Foreign Ministry spokesperson says

Reuters | 08.15.25

בצלאל סמוטריץ' ומשפחות גרעין השיבה בביקור בשא-נור

Smotrich poses next to 'death to Arabs' graffiti in West Bank settlement minister says was unaware

Ministry disavows graffiti after Finance minister visits the reestablished West Bank settlement of Sa-Nur to celebrate its official recognition by the cabinet; vows to restore communities evacuated by the government in 2005 disengagement

Elisha Ben Kimon | 08.07.25

'They created an alternate judicial system': Public defenders reflect on rights violations during Gaza Disengagement

Nearly two decades later, Advs. Inbal Rubinstein and David Witztum revisit how courts and law enforcement overreached in prosecuting teenage protestors during 2005 Gaza Disengagement, creating what they call a parallel justice system that failed to uphold basic procedural rights

Netael Bandel | 08.05.25

'I thought, "To hell with it, why abandon this?"': Eyeing rebuilding Homesh, 20 years after disengagement

Two decades after Homesh was evacuated in Israel’s disengagement, the northern West Bank settlement is flourishing anew; Settlement activists reclaimed it sooner than expected under a right‑wing government advancing annexation legislation

Elisha Ben Kimon | 08.04.25

תיעוד של מחבלי חמאס חמושים בוזזים את הסיוע ההומניטרי

Smotrich says Hamas will not reach aid, hints at plan for Jewish settlements in Gaza

Minister explains remaining in coalition by 'great things' to come, says there is more opportunity than in the areas left by Israel in 2005; despite claiming aid would not reach Hamas, IDF posts images of armed terrorists taking over aid truck, threatening Gazans

Yoav Zitun, Nina Fox, Itamar Eichner | 07.29.25

Red states move to use 'Judea and Samaria' instead of 'West Bank' in official documents

State legislators from Utah, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Idaho, Iowa and Oklahoma to follow Arkansas in passing new laws favoring biblical name as settlement leader pushes for U.S. support for annexation

Itamar Eichner | 07.20.25

Moshe Zar, a central figure in the settlement movement, dies at 88

Many West Bank settlements are built on land he purchased from Palestinians; he survived an assassination attempt by an Arab land dealerin 1983 and was a member of the Jewish terrror group that planted the bomb that targeted the mayor of Nablus in 1980

Idan Blumhof | 07.13.25

What's the truth about 'settler violence'?

Regavim’s Naomi Kahn told the ILTV News Podcast that most of the international data on “settler violence” is unreliable.

Maayan Hoffman, ILTV | 07.06.25

Israel's new settlements plan, a response to European push for two-state solution

Analysis: Government approves 11 new communities and 11 legalized outposts in the West Bank, expanding territorial control by 40% since 2022; move timed ahead of Macron’s pro-two-state summit and framed as a message to Hamas

Elisha Ben Kimon | 05.29.25

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