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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

Hagit Ofran

Former Yesha Council chairman and head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council in the West Bank David Elhayani at a protest tent outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 21, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2021, 12:39 pm
Lambasting ‘inciter’ Trump, settler leader expresses relief president on way out
‘It is easier to stand up to someone who is seen as a foe, as opposed to someone who’s seen as a friend,’ says David Elhayani, citing the Trump plan for a Palestinian state
By Jacob Magid
Screen capture of the Knesset building in Jerusalem as seen on Google Earth. (Google Earth)
July 6, 2020, 7:44 pm
Israeli official sounds alarm over sharper satellite imaging of country
Head of Defense Ministry’s space program says Israel apparently not consulted before US agency granted permission for commercial companies to provide higher resolution photos
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A new housing complex, where former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee laid bricks at a housing complex in the West Bank settlement of Efrat on August 1, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel/File)
May 14, 2019, 5:22 pm
Trump’s election appears to have boosted Israeli settlement construction
Finance Ministry data shows that during US president’s first year in office, spending on roads, schools and public buildings across West Bank increased by 39%
By Agencies
Police forces arrest protesters in the illegal outpost of Amona, on February 1, 2017, during the settlement's evacuation. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 26, 2018, 4:40 pm
Far-right activist convicted of inciting violence during Amona evacuation
Panel of judges overturns initial acquittal of Dor Oved, 27, after deeming as credible threats he made in WhatsApp group of demonstrators at outpost razing
By Jacob Magid
Construction in the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, near the West Bank city of Hebron, on April 2, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
April 7, 2017, 9:51 am
Billed as self-restraint, Netanyahu’s ‘settlement curb’ actually allows for massive building
As past talks over West Bank construction have shown, it is difficult to enforce limitations when terms like ‘footprint’ and ‘construction line’ remain undefined
By Raphael Ahren
A partial view taken on March 31, 2017, shows dismantled caravans from the Amona outpost placed in the West Bank settlement of Shiloh. (AFP/ Thomas Coex)
April 3, 2017, 6:57 pm
Planned Amona 2.0 might not house West Bank settlers for 3 years
While some rushed to condemn Israel’s decision to build the Geulat Zion settlement, hawks and doves agree that red tape and US pressure could yet stymie the process
By Raphael Ahren
Amona, an Israeli outpost in the West Bank, east of the Palestinian town of Ramallah, May 18, 2016 (AP/Oded Balilty)
August 12, 2016, 12:22 pm
NGO: Government ‘started process’ to relocate Amona outpost
Israeli authorities place ad in Palestinian newspaper declaring patch of land near West Bank settlement liable for seizure; US ‘deeply concerned’ by move
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of an Israeli settlement (CC BY-Trocaire, Flickr)
October 31, 2015, 1:45 am
Israel legalizes hundreds of West Bank settler homes
Move retroactively authorizes structures already built in several Jewish towns across Green Line
By AFP and ToI Staff
View of the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumin, in the West Bank. February 13, 2014. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 22, 2015, 11:10 pm
Over 900 settlement units to be okayed, for first time in year
Defense minister to reportedly grant permits for 906 new and existing homes in West Bank as compensation for evacuation of Beit El neighborhood
By Eric Cortellessa
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, September 15, 2010 (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
May 9, 2015, 10:28 am
Report: US, EU pressing for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
Senior official in Ramallah says Western diplomats pushing for urgent meeting between Netanyahu and Abbas
By ToI Staff
Bird's-eye view of Ramat Shlomo, March 1, 2013 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 8, 2015, 2:54 am
New E. J’lem homes ‘damaging, disappointing,’ US says
As new Israeli government takes shape, State Department concerned about green light for building 900 units in Ramat Shlomo
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a construction site in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, December 2012 (AP/Dan Balilty)
May 7, 2015, 3:11 pm
Israel okays 900 East Jerusalem homes, peace group says
District planning committee said to authorize project in ultra-Orthodox neighborhood; Interior Ministry plays down report
By AFP and ToI Staff
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
November 3, 2014, 11:18 pm
Erekat: Approval of 500 East Jerusalem homes a ‘slap in the face’
State Department says plan contradicts Israel’s commitment to two-state solution; Palestinian negotiator says PM choosing settlements over talks
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
The Givat Hamatos neighborhood, Jerusalem (photo credit: Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)
October 3, 2014, 6:39 am
Awkwardly timed settlement announcement, part two
Why does the government risk rounds of bitter criticism for building over the pre-1967 line — as with the 2,610 apartments in Givat Hamatos this week — when the bulldozers are silent?
By Raphael Ahren
Dror Etkes, left, and Herzl, along the Green Line (photo credit: Matti Friedman/Times of Israel)
May 20, 2013, 7:19 pm
Houses, fences and fruit trees: A decade of watching settlements grow
A trip through the West Bank with Dror Etkes, who tracks how Israel’s settlements are altering the physical, political and human landscape in one of the world’s most complicated pieces of land
By Matti Friedman
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