Israeli settlement

Netherlands to prohibit imports, sales of West Bank settlement products

The ban, which will take effect on September 22, 2026, is more symbolic in value than practical, as it will be challenging to enforce.

Police officers stand next to pro-Palestinian protesters outside the University of Amsterdam during a protest, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 8, 2024
Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli border with Syria in northern Israel, February 28, 2026.

IDF nearly strikes right-wing Israeli activists mistaken for terrorists near Syrian border - report

Member of Parliament Abtisam Mohamed looks on on the day Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a ministerial statement on Hamas' October 7 attack anniversary and the Middle East at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, October 7, 2024.

British lawmakers press government for immediate ban on Israeli West Bank settlement imports

View of the settlement of Sa-Nur in the West Bank, April 19, 2026.

Are Israeli ‘settlements’ illegal? - opinion


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.

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

PA warns Israeli cabinet decisions will lead to further tensions, escalations

The Security Cabinet has also decided to reinforce police units and expand security operations against inciters and supporters of terrorism in Jerusalem.

 Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces during a protest in the village of Beit Dajan, near the West Bank city of Nablus on December 10, 2021.

Gallant overrides Smotrich to evacuate West Bank outpost, shaking gov't

The move violated coalition agreements and sparked an immediate political crisis for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech withIsraelis who set up new illegal West Bank outpost in memory of Rabbi Drukman

Settler leaders call for IDF to launch ‘Operation Defensive Shield 2’

Judea and Samaria councils to go on strike Thursday to protest Palestinian terrorism.

 Religious Zionists head MK Bezalel Smotrich is seen amongst other settler leaders praying outside of Nablus, West Bank

Israel could lose legal control in West Bank if settlement bill falls

Failure to pass the bill by the end of June could bring civilian life in the settlements to a grinding halt.

 Ra'am head Mansour Abbas at the Knesset plenum, December 15, 2021.

Settlement construction should not be used only as terror response - editorial

The government’s approach until now has been to avoid collective punishment against Palestinian civilians. There are now calls on the government to change its tactics.

 A Palestinian man walks down the stairs of a building as the Israeli settlement of Dolev is seen, near Ramallah in the West Bank January 26, 2020. Picture taken January 26, 2020.

Left-wing Jewish American orgs. blast Biden admin. for serving wine from Israeli settlement

"This mistake came about because of policy. Specifically, the Trump administration policy which erased the Green Line," wrote the Americans for Peace Now CEO.

 US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris listen as former US President Barack Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid at the White House in Washington, US, April 5, 2022.

Israel won't build settlements that'll prevent two-states - Lapid

FM Yair Lapid says Israel won't build anything that will prevent a future two-state solution, but homes will be built in existing settlements.

 Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, February 10, 2022.

West Bank needs armed UN peacekeeping force - opinion

With the absence of a desire for peace by the Israeli occupiers, the only remaining solution is a neutral armed force that will ensure that the Jewish settlers stop their violence.

Israeli soldiers stand guard between Jewish settlers and Palestinians from the West Bank village of Burqah on December 23, 2021.