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Katz: Lack of settlements led to security deterioration in Samaria

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan referred to Judea and Samaria as “Israel’s bulletproof vest.”

 An illustrative image of Defense Minister Israel Katz.
A view of the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank, Jan. 28, 2020.

Israel sets borders for three recently-legalized West Bank outposts

Construction near Efrat in the West Bank

Israel creates fast track for settlement building, Palestinians cancel meeting

 A construction site of a new residential neighborhood at the mixed religious-secular Jewish settlement in the West Bank Kfar Adumim, March 9, 2023.

Arkansas legislature names ‘Judea and Samaria’ as ‘Israel’s biblical heartland’ in resolution


Israel advances plans for 4,600 West Bank settler homes

Israel advanced plans for 4,600 settler homes on Wednesday, despite a stern warning from the international community that it must stop activity that expands its footprint in Area C of the West Bank.

 Jewish settlers look on during a march near Hebron in the West Bank, June 21, 2021

Which outposts have now become nine new West Bank settlements? - explainer

Though these outposts have only officially become settlements recently, they have been around for much longer.

Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech withIsraelis who set up new illegal West Bank outpost in memory of Rabbi Drukman

Legalizing outposts is last nail in the coffin of Trump's annexation map

Analysis: The Right has gotten bolder under Netanyahu in laying claim to settler land in Area C, which makes up 60% of the West Bank.

Then Minister of Defense Naftali Bennett visits new housing projects in Judea and Samaria

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

Settler housing starts drop 50% under COVID-19

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan has called on Netanyahu to immediately open up the bottleneck on settler building plans.

People work at a construction site in the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah in the West Bank July 1, 2020.

EU warns Israel’s Har Homa, Givat Hamatos building harms 2-states

Building in these areas would undermine the viability of a future Palestinian state, the EU and Ireland, Germany, France and Italy say.

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

Israel advances E1 settlement project, opens new West Bank road

The road will relieve traffic congestion east of Jerusalem and provide a new security checkpoint on the way to the city.

Wednesday's ceremony opening new West Bank road

Settlers to Trump: Thousands more homes needed

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee spoke in favor of the settlements from behind a podium with a red and white sign which read, “Build Israel Great Again.”

HOUSES IN the Jewish community of Efrat

High Court to hear petitions vs. Settlements Regulations Law on Sunday

The High Court has currently frozen the law, which is perhaps another indicator for a decreased likelihood in the law’s survival.

 building cranes in the Beitar Illit settlement August 17

Netanyahu mulling plan to build 800 settler homes in Har Bracha

“We must be strong in the face of terrorism that afflicts the entire world.”

Relatives and friends carry the body of Itamar Ben Gal during his funeral in the Jewish settlement of Har Bracha in the West Bank, February 6, 2018.

Israel deserves better than settlement building in revenge for terror

Israel should not set its settlement policy based on a terrorist attack and the tragic outcome. It should decide what it wants based on what is in the country’s best interest.

Jewish youth hold Israeli flags at the beginning of a rally march in the West Bank settlement of Itamar, near Nablus.