Settlements

'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.

A Palestinian woman walks past a mural in the Silwan neighborhood of east Jerusalem on January 21, 2026.
Chief of Staff, Lt. Col. Eyal Zamir conducts a situation assessment as part of an operation in the Hebron region

IDF carries out anti-terrorism operation in Hebron, seizes illegal weapons, arrests wanted suspects

An employee adjusts the Canadian flag next to the Israeli one, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, October 31, 2018

Canadian Jews support war in Gaza, condemn settlement expansion, Diaspora survey finds

 SELF-PORTRAIT of Pinchas Shaar (1923-1996).

Israel's ‘palace’ of art and architecture in Ma’aleh Adumim marks 15 years


Journalist says the IDF needs haredim to safeguard West Bank settlements

Reporter and military commentator Yossi Yehoshua spoke with Ben Caspit and Prof. Aryeh Eldad about IDF Central Command Maj.-Gen. Yehuda Fox's plan to recruit ultra-Orthodox.

 Recruiting ultra-Orthodox members of the Jewish Community in Tel Hashomer

Israeli minister launches attack on Netanyahu, calls to resettle Gaza

Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf claimed that "total victory" over Hamas would require Jewish resettlement in the Gaza Strip.

 Negev and the Galilee Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf attends a lobby to strengthen the Galilee at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, June 26, 2023.

Your taxes: claiming VAT back on war security expenses

Israeli settlements can now claim back VAT on two-thirds of war security expenses, based on new tax guidance.

 The Hezbollah outpost oversees the northern settlements.

Goldknopf: Response to terrorism - building homes in Binyamin

Minister of Construction Yitzhak Goldknopf aims to counter terrorism by fast-tracking a new settlement with thousands of homes near the attack site, following government approval.

 Israeli security forces at the scene of a suspected terror attack near Elazar, in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, on March 21, 2024.

EU condemns expansion of 'illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank'

"The European Union firmly condemns the announcement by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that over 800 hectares of land in the occupied Palestinian territory."

European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021

Israeli commander calls to resettle Gaza, reprimanded by IDF

The IDF claims that the "officer expressed remorse" after being reprimanded.

 IDF soldier seen walking between two armored vehicles in Gaza, December 20, 2023.

Israel expands Jordan Valley footprint as Blinken visits Israel

The classification of the additional state land was authorized by Smotrich, through his role in the Defense Ministry with oversight of the Civil Administration.

THE JORDAN VALLEY

Dozens of former US officials urge Biden to take harder line with Israel

The signatories included more than a dozen former ambassadors, as well as other retired State Department officials and former Pentagon, intelligence and White House officials

 Protestors rally for a cease fire in Gaza outside a UAW union hall during a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden in Warren, Michigan, U.S. February 1, 2024.

Rabbi Leo Dee to 'Post': We are all 'settlers' now - opinion

By attacking Israeli kibbutzim and central Israel, Gazans made it clear that they regard all of Israel as their "West Bank" and every Israeli as a settler.

 OCTOBER 7 revealed many misunderstandings in Israeli life, including the mistaken belief that the settler movement was the cause of all the woes of the State of Israel, the writer argues.

Meet Israel's artistic blacksmith

Meir Sharon studied industrial design at Ariel University, but already then, he started his pioneer work in producing original artifacts and home design forging metal.

 Meir Sharon at work.