Settlement construction

Goldknopf protests 'exclusion' of haredi West Bank communities from budget in letter to Netanyahu

"How is it possible that the budgets, development, and benefits that reach the other communities never reach the ultra-Orthodox population centers in Judea and Samaria?" Goldknopf asked.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen walking past haredi lawmaker Yitzhak Goldknopf, at the Prime Minister’s Office in 2023.
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

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Approved: New settlement to integrate people with disabilities into the community


Netanyahu angers settlers by only advancing 1,400 homes

“A nationalist government should be expanding construction and not reducing it,” the YESHA Council said.

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Israel to triple size of West Bank settlement Amihai

Since the 1993 Oslo Accords and until the end of the Obama Administration, Israel has largely refrained from creating new settlements.

THE NEWLY built settlement of Amihai seen from the vinyards of Meshek Achiya just north of the Shiloh Valley July 12, 2018

A #throwback to the time when outposts were illegal

His report provided extensive details regarding the collision of government offices with the Binyamin Regional Council in building and providing services to illegal Jewish communities.

PROTESTERS CARRY wooden sticks as they stand on a roof during the evacuation of families from the illegal outpost of Netiv Ha’avot last month.

With Trump as president, why isn’t Netanyahu building more settlements?

“Not one single brick” was Netanyahu’s slogan for whenever settler leaders urged him to approve new construction, a reference to a phrase he heard from Obama in one of their first meetings.

THE NEWLY built settlement of Amihai seen from the vinyards of Meshek Achiya just north of the Shiloh Valley July 12, 2018

Netanyahu delays legalization of 70 settler outposts, politicians charge

Former prime minister Ariel Sharon had promised the international community he would remove the outposts, but Netanyahu has worked to authorize them.

THE OFRA SETTLEMENT is seen from the Amona outpost in the West Bank.

Netanyahu delays legalization of 70 settler outposts, politicians charge

Former prime minister Ariel Sharon had promised the international community he would remove the outposts, but Netanyahu has worked to authorize them.

THE OFRA SETTLEMENT is seen from the Amona outpost in the West Bank.

Ministers approve bill to empower WZO Settlement Division

Peace Now: “This bill is a hint at the government’s direction”

FILE PHOTO: General view shows houses in Shvut Rachel, a West Bank Jewish settlement located close to the Jewish settlement of Shilo, near Ramallah October 6, 2016

Israel to advance plans for 3,900 West Bank settler homes

Liberman: “We promised to advance building in Judea and Samaria and we kept our word.”

Heavy machinery work on a field as they begin construction work of Amichai, a new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers evicted in February from the illegal West Bank settlement of Amona, in the West Bank June 20, 2017.

New housing site approved for 15 Netiv Ha’avot families

The government has stated that it intends to authorize the outpost, which is located within the boundaries of the Elazar settlement in Gush Etzion.

THE OFRA SETTLEMENT is seen from the Amona outpost in the West Bank.

Defense minister: Israel to approve hundreds of new settler homes

Israel is set to approve the construction of nearly 1300 new settler homes in 2018.

Vehicles drive on Highway 443 past the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon