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IDF troops at Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, July 7, 2026. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
July 24, 2026, 6:35 pm
UNESCO lists Israeli-controlled heritage sites in Lebanon, West Bank as in danger
Cultural agency says Beaufort Castle has sustained damage and faced ongoing threats since IDF takeover amid fight against Hezbollah; Israel blasts Sebastia’s classification as Palestinian
By AFP and ToI Staff
View of the ancient archaeological site of Sebastia, near the West Bank city of Nablus, May 12, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
November 20, 2025, 4:04 pm
Israel begins seizing 1,800 dunams of West Bank land to develop archaeological site
Civil Administration says development legal, taking place amid ‘neglect’ of site by Palestinians; Peace Now: ‘Government’s lust for dispossession and annexation is insatiable’
By Emanuel Fabian
Attorney Harel Arnon discusses the legal issues of Israeli presence in the West Bank at a conference in New York on August 12, 2014. (Screen capture/YouTube)
May 8, 2017, 9:56 pm
Lawyer defending outpost law is ‘illegally building home’
Report reveals attorney Harel Arnon’s home is being built on West Bank land designated solely for military use
By Jacob Magid
In this Monday, January 1, 2017 photo, Maryam Abdel-Kareem, an 82-year-old Palestinian, points to land held by the Jewish settlement of Amona, an unauthorized outpost in the West Bank, near the village of Silwad. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
February 1, 2017, 7:08 pm
Palestinians rejoice as Amona outpost evacuated
‘We struggled for 20 years to get our land back,’ says mayor of nearby Palestinian town. ‘Our feeling is indescribable’
By AP and ToI Staff
The West Bank settlement of Alfei Menashe (Wikimedia Commons/Jonathan Schilling/CC BY-SA 3.0)
November 17, 2016, 6:32 pm
Palestinian villagers lose appeal against land confiscation
Court rules ‘no proof of ownership,’ says road to be built on land near Alfei Menashe settlement will serve Palestinians and Israelis
By Sue Surkes
A Palestinian encampment outside the village of Beit Iksa, near central Jerusalem (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash 90)
November 11, 2014, 2:42 pm
IDF denies new West Bank confiscation order
Palestinians had said they received order to vacate over 3,000 acres of land north of Jerusalem by the end of 2017
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian encampment outside the village of Beit Iksa, near central Jerusalem (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash 90)
November 9, 2014, 2:12 am
Israel reportedly set to take 3,000 acres of Palestinian village land near Jerusalem
Residents of West Bank’s Beit Iksa say they received orders giving them until 2017 to leave land; IDF has no comment
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative: The Beit Aryeh settlement in the West Bank, January 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 5, 2014, 11:59 am
Israel publishes tender for 283 settlement homes
Land Authority announces expansion of Elkana in West Bank, days after land appropriation move
By AFP and ToI Staff
An outpost established in the Etzion Bloc after the killing of three Israeli teens in June (photo credit: Gush Etzion Regional Council)
September 1, 2014, 6:22 pm
Britain condemns Israel’s ‘ill-judged’ West Bank land grab
UK foreign secretary says appropriation of nearly 1,000 acres near Bethlehem is ‘an obstacle to peace’
By ToI Staff
Then opposition MK and current Justice Minister Tzipi Livni visiting the Gvaot settlement in December 2012. (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
September 1, 2014, 3:35 pm
West Bank land appropriation harming Israel, Livni says
Justice minister says decision to seize about 1,000 acres will tarnish country’s reputation
By ToI Staff
A panoramic view of the Etzion Bloc region of the West Bank (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 1, 2014, 1:51 am
US urges Israel to reverse West Bank land seizure
American official says decision to expand Gvaot settlement in wake of three Jewish teens’ killing is harmful to peace process
By Lazar Berman and Stuart Winer
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
August 31, 2014, 5:43 pm
Palestinians pan Israeli West Bank land appropriation
Top PA negotiator calls for diplomatic action over move to expand Gvaot settlement in wake of three Jewish teens’ killing
By Lazar Berman and Stuart Winer
Then opposition MK and current Justice Minister Tzipi Livni visiting the Gvaot settlement in December 2012. (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
August 31, 2014, 2:39 pm
State seizes 1,000 acres in West Bank
Peace Now says move near spot where three teens were abducted is a ‘stab in the back’ for moderates in the Palestinian Authority
By Stuart Winer
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