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Eyeing a new opportunity, Jewish settlers are positioning themselves on the Gaza border

Around 30 such families signed up to move to Gaza weeks after Oct. 7, but a further 800 have signed up to move to six would-be Gaza settlements down the road.

 Arbel Zak, a senior Nachala leader, holds a map of envisioned settlements inside Gaza, at the Nachal Oz soldiers memorial overlooking Gaza, April 15, 2025.
 An illustrative image of Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Katz: Lack of settlements led to security deterioration in Samaria

 Settler youth at Hilltop 26 near Kiryat Arba, one of the protest points for outpost settlement, July 21, 2022.

Settlers vow to build more outposts after 7 West Bank encampments razed

Unveiling the new settlement of Amichai

In pictures: A settlement is born


Cabinet to approve relocation funding for settler families

“There are still families that have no place to go.”

Jerusalem demonstration outside the PMO's office, against the demolition of 15 homes in the Netiv Haavot.

Municipality approves 176 housing units in east Jerusalem

Nof Zion will become the largest Jewish neighborhood in predominantly Arab areas of east Jerusalem.

Jabel Mukaber, east Jerusalem

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.

Israel to advance plans for 3,000 homes in the West Bank

Netanyahu has also promised that in September he would give the go-ahead for marketing 300 homes for the Beit El settlement.

BULIDINGS ARE SEEN under construction in the settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim [File]

Plan to okay 1,048 homes on private Palestinian land frozen

The High Court has persistently upheld the state’s position in the past that constructions on private Palestinian property must be removed.

BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION as seen in Modi’in Illit, northwest of Jerusalem, in March

Politicians challenge Netanyahu to rebuild destroyed settlements

The four West Bank settlements were dismantled during the 2005 Disengagement plan.

On the ruins of the former Sa-Nur settlement.

Netanyahu: 'We’re connecting the Beitar Illit settlement to Jerusalem'

“There is no government that does more for the settlement in the land of Israel, then this government under my leadership," says Netanyahu.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speeks at Beitar Illit August 3, 2017.

Analysis: Is Netanyahu softening on annexation?

Since he was elected to the premiership in 2009 and declared his support for a Palestinian state, Netanyahu has walked a careful diplomatic tightrope.

THE SETTLEMENT of Efrat in Gush Etzion. Nothing can change the Obama administration’s mind that settlements are the primary cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the author argues.

Netanyahu vetoes bill for 300 homes in Beit El settlement

Netanyahu had promised he would build the homes in exchange for the peaceful evacuation in 2012 of 30 families from the Ulpana outpost on the outskirts of Beit El.

Homes in the Beit El settlement, West Bank

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.

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