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Illustrative: Workers tend to daily tasks on a farm in the Galilee. (Yossi Zamir /Flash90)
March 9, 2026, 3:15 pm
Nature society calls to freeze ‘land grab’ retroactively legalizing Galilee farm buildings
SPNI says Agriculture Ministry plan to legitimize illegal structures on lands equivalent in size to Tel Aviv-Jaffa includes areas in nature reserves, national parks, forests
By Sue Surkes
A settler looks on as Israeli forces dismantled structures in the illegal outpost of Nof HaMishkan, in the northern West Bank, overnight between March 4 and March 5, 2026. (Screen capture: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 5, 2026, 10:39 pm
Israeli forces dismantle West Bank outpost near where 2 Palestinians said shot dead
Civil Administration says Nof HaMishkan structures were built on private Palestinian land, dismantled by order of IDF Central Command after ‘violent incidents’ originating in area
By Noam Lehmann
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir addresses the Knesset plenum, July 24, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
July 25, 2024, 3:23 pm
In late-night session, Knesset hands Ben Gvir authority over building violations
Giving the far-right minister such power means ‘more demolitions, more murders, more lawlessness in Arab society,’ asserts Ra’am MK Waleed Alhawashla
By Sam Sokol
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads a meeting of his far-right Otzma Yehudit party at the Knesset, on March 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 8, 2024, 2:33 pm
Ben Gvir’s ministry takes over enforcing building violations, sparking racism charges
Activists protest wording that mentions ‘criminality’ in Arab society; Arab Israelis claim they face often insurmountable obstacles to legal construction
By Canaan Lidor
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a discussion about the state budget, during a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset, July 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 20, 2023, 1:16 pm
Smotrich said pushing for demolishing Palestinian construction in W. Bank areas A, B
Finance minister says Netanyahu backs move, which marks a sharp shift in Israeli policy and a violation of Oslo Accords
By ToI Staff
Israeli machinery demolishes a Palestinian house in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on May 10, 2022. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 14, 2023, 12:44 pm
‘Voices raised’: Ben Gvir said to clash with PM, cops on East Jerusalem demolitions
Far-right minister shrugs off Netanyahu’s concerns over international pressure, says he’s tired of ‘policy of appeasement,’ orders call-up of 3 reserve Border Police companies
By ToI Staff
View of the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar, in the West Bank on January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 7, 2023, 9:35 pm
Court rebukes government for seeking to again put off Khan al-Ahmar demolition
Judge rejects request for four-month postponement, forces state to respond to right-wing group’s demand that West Bank Bedouin hamlet be razed as soon as possible
By Jeremy Sharon
A Border Police officer serves Eilisha Yered, the spokesman of an Otzma Yehudit MK, with an eviction order from his home at the illegal West Bank outpost Ramat Migron, hours after the new government is sworn in, December 29, 2022 (Screenshot via Twitter; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 30, 2022, 9:15 am
Otzma Yehudit MK’s spokesman returns from Knesset to hear outpost home closed by IDF
Elisha Yered comes back from government swearing-in to illegal outpost Ramat Migron, where Border Police officer serves him with an eviction order
By ToI Staff
Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the opposition Religious Zionism Party, outside the Knesset, on July 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 4, 2022, 11:36 pm
Opposition parties boycott Knesset over fast-tracking of Electricity Bill
Statement claims move to skip debate over legislation that would connect illegally built homes to the power grid ‘severely damages Israeli democracy’
By ToI Staff
Illegal electrical cables hang over a neighborhood in Wadi Ara on November 9, 2021. (courtesy)
November 16, 2021, 9:00 pm
Long deprived of power in illegally built homes, Arabs hope change finally near
Around 130,000 are estimated to live in houses connected illicitly to the national grid. Everyone agrees something must be done, but not on what
By Aaron Boxerman
Settlers seen in the Illegal Evyatar outpost, in the northern West Bank, on June 16, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
June 21, 2021, 8:29 am
IDF rejects appeal against plans to raze illegal West Bank outpost
Military says Evyatar was established unlawfully and ‘undermines the IDF’s ability to maintain security in the area’; 4 Palestinians have died in clashes nearby in recent weeks
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli bulldozer demolishes a Palestinian farm shed in the West Bank village of Masafer in Area C, in February 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
January 2, 2021, 9:52 pm
Government to fund settler efforts to monitor illegal Palestinian construction
Settlement Affairs Ministry says it will devote $6 million for new program in Area C, including for patrolmen, vehicles and drones
By ToI Staff
The scene of a suspected car-ramming attack by an extremist settler at the Kumi Ori outpost near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar, November 25, 2020. (Border Police)
November 25, 2020, 10:56 am
Border Police cop injured in alleged car-ramming by settler at extremist outpost
Officials say driver tried to force his way into Kumi Ori in defiance of closed military zone, hit and lightly injured officer, then clashed with troops during his arrest
By ToI Staff
Border police officers during operations to demolish illegal structures at Shevach Ha'aretz outpost in West Bank, August 12, 2020 (Israel Police)
August 12, 2020, 11:24 am
Far-right extremist settlers injure cop in clash at flashpoint West Bank outpost
Dozens of masked so-called ‘hilltop youth’ attack officers during demolition of illegal structures near Yitzhar; rights group: Settlers in area also threw stones at Palestinians
By ToI Staff
Far-right activists clash with Border Police at the Kumi Ori outpost near Yitzhar in the West Bank on July 10, 2020. (Border Police)
July 10, 2020, 10:53 am
Far-right extremists injure 2 Border Police cops in flashpoint West Bank outpost
Rioter arrested after hilltop youth tried to rebuild his home in Kumi Ori near Yitzhar, sought to violently prevent troops from reaching area; settlers allege police violence
By Jacob Magid
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