Amona

Bennett's gov't bent on legalizing Evyatar outpost, Minister says

A deal struck to legalize the yeshiva was born from a defense concern: The government didn't want to see a violent repeat of Amona.

 Settlers and right-wing activists hold a study session at the Evyatar outpost, to demand that the Defense Minister Benny Gantz allow a yeshiva to be opened at the site.
Violence erupts as police evacuate Amona outpost on Thursday, January 3

Netanyahu blames his military advisor for Amona evacuation

Border Police evacuate the illegal Amona outpost

ANALYSIS: Amona’s third fall opens door for West Bank settlement approvals

Hopeful settlers of the Amona settlement

Report: Netanyahu didn’t order Amona evacuation


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Right calls to legalize Amona outpost, Peace Now pushes to demolish it

Regev spoke in support of the outpost when she visited the outskirts of the site to attend a corner laying ceremony.

Cornerstone laying ceremony for the Amona outpost

First 36 homes go up in new Amichai settlement

“After a long battle, we see the light at the end of the tunnel," said activist Avichai Boaron, an Amona evacuee.

The newly established settlement of Amichai in the West Bank. (Courtesy)

Master Chef judge asks settler contestant 'why not return to Israel?'

“What is more Israeli than Amona?” the contestant countered.

THE CONTESTANTS on the VIP season of ‘Master Chef’ this year pose in the show’s kitchen.

Palestinians on new home for Amona Families: 'Why Now?'

"Expanding settlements in the West Bank will not leave any land left for Palestinians to negotiate for and leave no basis for a viable two-state solution," says senior Fatah official.

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 settlement of Amona, in the West Bank June 20, 2017.

Netanyahu: 'We want to advance the establishment of the Amihai settlement'

Budget problems forced the suspension of work on the hilltop outside the Shiloh settlement in the Binyamin region where the new community is slated to be located.

THE AMONA OUTPOST is seen in the Binyamin region of the West Bank

Israel set to approve NIS 55 million budget for new settlement

Palestinians from the nearby village of Jalud who claim ownership to some of the land within the settlement’s boundaries have filed an objection against the plan.

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.

Homeless at home

The Schwartz family struggles to rebuild their lives in Yishuv Hada’at after a traumatic evacuation from Amona.

The Schwartz family now lives in Yishuv Hada’at

UN envoy: Israel is defying UNSC by accelerating settler construction

UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov warned that Israel was not abiding by UN resolutions as Netanyahu boasts of the construction of a new settlement for Amona evacuees.

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.

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Netanyahu says Israel starts construction on new West Bank settlement

"The entire public expects of the prime minister not to allow any hostile element, whether they be leftist groups, judicial or clerical bodies, stop the construction," say residents of Amona.

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.