Illegal israeli settlements

Three female soldiers wounded by settlers while clearing illegal West Bank outpost

Security forces arrived at the outpost adjacent to Ma’aleh Amos during the night, where they announced that the area was a closed military zone and demanded that all civilians disperse.

JEWISH SETTLERS are seen at the unauthorized Beit Anot outpost in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank after being informed of an expected evacuation, June 1, 2026.
An IDF soldier stands guard during an evacuation of illegal West Bank outposts, December 7, 2025.

Border Police, IDF evacuate four illegal outposts across West Bank

Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

WATCH: Hilltop Youth, security forces clash during demolition of illegal settlement extension

 Jewish settlers at the illegal West Bank settlement outpost of Ramat Migron, on September 8, 2023.

Organizations petition High Court to evict Moshe Sharvit's West Bank outpost amid int'l sanctions


Is Israel on the verge of freezing the isolated settlements?

Stating where settler building can occur and where it cannot would effectively create a gold list and a blacklist of Israeli settlements, a prospect the current government is loathed to consider.

Protesters against Jewish settlement activity in the Silwan neighbourhood, outside the old city in Jerusalem hold a skull and bones flag

Over 3 weeks after Amona evacuation, violent protesters remain free

Thirteen protesters were arrested during the evacuation and charged with disturbing the peace.

Evacuation of Amona

The Settlements Law sanctions a brazen robbery after the fact

Netanyahu and Liberman know the law pushes Israel into the abyss of countries that don't respect international law, but this hasn't stopped them from voting for it in order to pander to the Right.

The West Bank Jewish settlement of Ofra is photographed as seen from the former Jewish settler outpost of Amona.

A continuation of land theft by other means

The Regulation Bill will remove the final protection for Palestinian landowners in the West Bank

Palestinian labourers work at a construction site in Efrat

Anger in Amona as residents wait on government to begin construction

In the agreement the government would allocate a nearby plot, that was considered abandoned property, in order to construct a new Amona settlement.

‘THERE WILL be war over Amona,’ the graffiti reads at the outpost in the Binyamin region of Samaria in the West Bank

Shaked: We want to annex Ma'ale Adumim

Maaleh Adumim

Elkin to 'Jpost': Joe Biden told Ukrainians to vote against Israel

Biden's office said in response that, "this is not accurate, he hasn't made any calls."

US Vice President Joe Biden addresses the AIPAC 2016 Policy Conference on March 20, 2016 in Washington, DC.

Activist indicted for Amona incitement

Due to free speech issues involving the indictment filed by the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office, Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit personally approved the indictment.

‘THERE WILL be war over Amona,’ the graffiti reads at the outpost in the Binyamin region of Samaria in the West Bank

Will the UN resolution bring down a full ICC war crimes probe on Israel?

Israel lost a significant battle on Friday. But the war over the ICC is still in play.

The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague

Analysis: US consistent against settlements — and against UN as appropriate venue

Every US president in the last five decades has characterized Israel’s settlement enterprise as a lamentable project damaging its long term prospects for peace.

US President Barack Obama gestures during a meeting with American Jewish leaders