Israeli settlement

'Don’t threaten us with sanctions': Katz visits West Bank as new settlements approved

Katz also criticized French President Emmanuel Macron and others who support the recognition of a Palestinian state, saying such efforts would be meaningless.

 An illustrative image of Defense Minister Israel Katz.
A Palestinian man looks at Israeli flags placed over a demolished Palestinian house in Bruqin, in the West Bank, May 23, 2025

Jews, Arabs clash near Jenin as rioters reportedly set fire to West Bank homes

 Israeli security members stand next to a settlement outpost established in the area, near Duma in Nablus, in the West Bank, March 14, 2025.

Israeli settlers attack West Bank village, residents say - report

 A construction site for new housing in the Jewish settlement of Shiloh, in the West Bank, on June 21, 2023.

New settlement Nahal Heletz approved, connecting Gush Etzion to Jerusalem


US State Department announces new sanctions against Israeli settler organization, individual

In response to an uptick in settler violence, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller announced new sanctions on Hashomer Yosh and Yitzak Levy Filant.

People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017.

The hypocrisy of Australia: Condemning Israeli 'settlers' while settling Aboriginal land - opinion

I call on Australia to hold the perpetrators of the October 7 terrorist attacks to account and to cease settling Australians in Aboriginal territory, which only inflames tensions.

 LAST WEEK, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong issued a statement about the sanctions on Israelis saying: ‘We call on Israel to hold perpetrators of settler violence to account and to cease its ongoing settlement activity.’

Britain sanctions Israeli groups for violence in West Bank

This is the second UK sanction package targeting individuals in the West Bank, with the first being announced by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in mid-February.

 British Foreign Secretary David Cameron visits Kibbutz Be’eri in November. So far, the new British Middle East policy pays off, building bridges of trust with the Israeli side, the writer maintains.

'Campaign of lies': Smotrich blasts Biden order against Jewish settler violence

The order was set to be released later Thursday, according to the documents and the US official, and is expected to include sanctions against the settlers, the news outlet reported.

 People overlook the Jewish settlement of Kokhav Hashahar, in the West Bank during a scouting mission to find new hilltops to settle, November 6, 2022.

Settlers aim for 1 million Israelis living in West Bank's Samaria by 2050

Should this plan come to fruition there would be at least 25 cities in Samaria by 2050, compared to Samaria’s one settler city of Ariel.

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

IDF, defense heads meet settlers to smooth over terror wave tensions

IDF Central Commander Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs has been a regular verbal punching bag for some Religious Zionist party and local West Bank political officials.

 Israeli security forces seen at the entrance to the West Bank city of Hebron, after the deadly shooting attack on Route 60, August 21, 2023

UN removes 15 companies from blacklist for halting settlement activity

The UN list was limited in scope due to budget restrictions and the rights office was only able to review the original list of 112 companies.

 SETTLERS HURL stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season, near the settlement of Yitzhar in 2020.

Israel creates fast track for settlement building, Palestinians cancel meeting

Israeli prime ministers and defense ministers have kept a tight hold on the process to avoid diplomatic and security crises that might arise.

Construction near Efrat in the West Bank

Netanyahu calls for unity in gov't as budget quarrels continue

Judicial reform, Khan al-Ahmar evacuation, settlements aren’t just us ‘on a high horse,’ Ben-Gvir says.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a discussion and a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 15, 2023

Letters to the Editor February 22, 2023: Collecting dust

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Over 1,000 trees uprooted near Shilo in 3rd recent West Bank evacuation

Netanyahu ordered to halt the uprooting of the last few remaining trees at the site, after Smotrich wrote him a letter demanding the freeze.

 An area around Shilo in Israel's West Bank is fenced off amid a freeze on uprooting olive trees, on February 15, 2023.