Israel announces new settlements

In Biden slight, Netanyahu publishes controversial Givat Hamatos tender

The Israeli right is looking to Netanyahu to solidify Israel's hold on areas over pre-67 lines in the last months of Trump's presidency.

Plans are under way to build new homes in Givat Hamatos, a diplomatically sensitive area of southeast Jerusalem over the Green Line
Jewish youth hold Israeli flags at the beginning of a rally march in the West Bank settlement of Itamar, near Nablus.

Israel deserves better than settlement building in revenge for terror

PARTICIPANTS IN the annual Hebron march show the flag, with the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the background

Israel advancing plans for 4x more settler homes than last year

General view of Ariel

Ariel will always remain part of Israel, Netanyahu vows


Israel advancing 14,000 Palestinian homes in Area C, right-wing warns

The Council and right-wing politicians are concerned the move will allow that territory to become part of a Palestinian state in any final-status agreement for a two-state solution.

A Palestinian laborer works on a construction site in the new Palestinian town dubbed Rawabi or "The Hills", near the West Bank city of Ramallah

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

Government source: Israel not limiting settlement construction to large blocs

Yitzhar, as seen from a neighboring settlement

Obama's last year in office saw 40% rise in settler housing

The ground that was broken on 2,630 new settler homes last year, is the second highest amount of new Jewish construction that has occurred in the West Bank since the year 2,000.

General view of Ariel

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

UNSC debates Israeli advancement of 2,500 settler homes

Just last month, the UNSC passed Resolution 2334 calling on Israel to cease such activity, noting that it was illegal.

A laborer works on an apartment building under construction in the Har Homa quarter in Jerusalem

‘Our present to Obama has to be new settlements’

Israel is fearful that Obama might take some kind of significant decision in regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, thereby making it a difficult time to approve such legislation.

Amona protest

Settler population was 385,900 by end of 2015

The annual growth of 4.1% is slightly more than double the 2% rate in the rest country.

Houses can be seen at the Jewish West Bank settlement of Maale Efrayim in the Jordan Valley

US hints at linkage between military assistance and settlement building

The very harsh tone of the statement has fueled speculation that the US may support an anti-settlement resolution in the UN Security Council.

Shiloh

Netanyahu: We’re looking for a creative solution for Amona

SEVERAL OF THE 40 homes at the Amona outpost, which the High Court has ruled must be removed by December 25.

White House warns against ‘expansion of settlement activity’

179 homes retroactively legalized in Ofarim, plans advanced for 234 units in Elkana • 50 other homes approved.

Efrat settlement, West Bank