Israel new settlements

What Britain risks by treating Israeli intelligence as a bargaining chip - comment

London is banning trade with Israeli settlements. The secret Hezbollah case shows how much of the UK-Israel relationship the British public never sees.

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks during Ministerial Statement on Government Direction at the House of Commons in London
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich interacts with a man, on the day of a press conference regarding settlements expansion for the long-frozen E1 settlement, that would split east Jerusalem from the West Bank, near the Israeli settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim, August 14, 2025.

EU foreign ministers condemn Israel's new West Bank E1 settlement plan

 An illustrative image of Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Katz: Lack of settlements led to security deterioration in Samaria

A view of the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank, Jan. 28, 2020.

Israel sets borders for three recently-legalized West Bank outposts


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

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

The resolution, which is non-binding, is the latest instance of Republican support for Israeli territorial claims in the West Bank.

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

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