Legality of israeli settlements

Netherlands to prohibit imports, sales of West Bank settlement products

The ban, which will take effect on September 22, 2026, is more symbolic in value than practical, as it will be challenging to enforce.

Police officers stand next to pro-Palestinian protesters outside the University of Amsterdam during a protest, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 8, 2024
Member of Parliament Abtisam Mohamed looks on on the day Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a ministerial statement on Hamas' October 7 attack anniversary and the Middle East at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, October 7, 2024.

British lawmakers press government for immediate ban on Israeli West Bank settlement imports

 An illustrative image of Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Katz: Lack of settlements led to security deterioration in Samaria

 Settler youth at Hilltop 26 near Kiryat Arba, one of the protest points for outpost settlement, July 21, 2022.

Settlers vow to build more outposts after 7 West Bank encampments razed


Defense Minister Liberman debunks settlement freeze claims

Liberman: No government has done more for the settlement enterprise.

Destruction of building in Beit El settlement, July 29, 2015

Settler leader: Netanyahu says building not limited to blocs

He spoke after a meeting between Netanyahu and a large group of settler leaders that was held in the Prime Minister’s Bureau in Jerusalem for the first time in over a year.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial ceremony honoring the fallen of Israel's Six Day War in Latrun on Monday June 5, 2017.

Have two ministers annexed Area C of the West Bank?

"We're trying to change the legislative reality in the Knesset," Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked offered, but critics slam her suggestion as a move that would create a situation of "apartheid plus."

West Bank outpost.

50 years since 1967: What is the West Bank's real legal status?

Informally but on the ground, Israel has effectively annexed portions of the West Bank without a formal legal announcement.

The Migron outpost near Ramallah in August 2012, just before its evacuation due to claims it was built on private Palestinian land

The hilltop youth – the inevitable result of 50 years of ‘occupation’

Whatever the future political arrangements with the Palestinians will be, we can’t continue to rule over another people.

TWO SETTLERS stand atop a ridge in the West Bank.

Israel's High Court halts building in West Bank outpost

None of the buildings in question have permits, Peace Now said.

KEREM REIM is shown in this aerial view

IDF rescinds demolition orders against four settler structures

The High Court of Justice is adjudicating the legality of the Settlements Law after receiving petitions against it from NGOs including Peace Now and B’Tselem.

The Jewish neighborhood of Neveh Ya’acov with the settlement of Psagot in the background

Israel to limit settlement ‘footprint,’ new homes only inside building lines

No commitment made to restrict construction to large settlement blocs.

BULIDINGS ARE SEEN under construction in the settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim [File]

Security cabinet unanimously approves new settlement, first time in 25 years

Amona families given new homes near Shiloh.

Amona resident with Ofra background

Israeli Minister: The Bible — not Google — gives Israel moral right to land

“Defense is important and security is important but the most important thing is the moral claim of Israel."

Tzachi Hanegbi