Settlement construction

Southern District Committee approves plan submission for new settlement, named after Oct. 7 soldier

The settlement will be located east of Kibbutz Sa’ad in the Gaza Envelope and will fall under the jurisdiction of the Sdot Negev Regional Council.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A view of the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank, Jan. 28, 2020.
A Palestinian woman walks past a mural in the Silwan neighborhood of east Jerusalem on January 21, 2026.

'People will live in the streets': Israel steps up evictions of Palestinians from east Jerusalem

Palestinians seek east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Six-Day War, for a future state and say that leaving their homes there could put an end to their hopes forever.

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Approved: New settlement to integrate people with disabilities into the community

The Northern District Committee: Shibolet settlement in Lower Galilee to integrate people with disabilities. About 350 housing units will be built, with 70 for disabled individuals and their families

|ByOFER PETERSBURG
Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, April 30, 2024.

Israel must take six punitive measures against PA, Smotrich says

The government, Smotrich said, should agree that three new settlements will be approved for every country that recognizes Palestinian statehood.

|ByELIAV BREUER, TOVAH LAZAROFF

Israeli construction plans for West Bank raise tensions with Europe

Relations with UN also frosty over lack of visas for employees of human rights commissioner.

OCTOBER 19, 2020ByJOSHUA SHUMAN/THE MEDIA LINE
People work at a construction site in the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah in the West Bank July 1, 2020.

Israel advances plans for 3,122 settler homes on day of Israel-UAE vote

The approvals took place as the Knesset passed a historical peace deal with the United Arab Emirates, which had required Israel to suspend West Bank annexation.

OCTOBER 15, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
The settlement of Kfar Eldad as seen from above.

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.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
People work at a construction site in the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah in the West Bank July 1, 2020.

Gantz promotes building 5,000 new homes in Judea and Samaria

Gantz has asked Netanyahu to convene the building council to approve new housing units in Judea and Samaria after six-month freeze.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE KNESSET’S Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee subgroup on Judea and Samaria observes Palestinian villages along Route 1 yesterday, near Ma’aleh Adumim

Netanyahu promises to act to prevent demolition of Mitzpe Kramim outpost

The court set a time line of 36 months for the evacuation, and ordered the state to find alternative housing for the families.

AUGUST 28, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
The Mitzpe Kramim outpost. Picture taken March 25, 2015

15 European countries formally complain about E1 building

"Settlements are illegal under International Humanitarian Law," the French Embassy in Israel tweeted.

AUGUST 1, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV
A view shows the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank February 25, 2020.

Illegal building at Einot Anar must be razed after Settlement Law voided

In light of that annulment the state informed the court on June 24, that it would now demand the dismantlement of the illegal construction within 90 days.

JUNE 28, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Settlements

Peace Now: Tender issued for 1,077 homes in Givat Hamatos

Peace now warned that the settlement would “sever” the territorial contiguity of a Palestinian Jerusalem-Bethlehem metropolitan area.

FEBRUARY 25, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A view of Jerusalm is seen from the disputed Givat Hamatos neighborhood

Pompeo’s pushback

The November 21 letter was signed by 46% of the 233 Democrats in the House of Representatives, urging Pompeo to rescind his comments on Israeli settlements

DECEMBER 17, 2019ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Secretary Mike Pompeo in Jerusalem

Construction permits, investment in settlements dramatically up

Increased settlement activity comes as Jordan Valley launches political campaign to get Blue and White Party to join effort to annex West Bank region

DECEMBER 4, 2019ByJEREMY SHARON
A general view shows the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the West Bank April 7, 2019