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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)
November 18, 2019, 11:13 pm
Settler leaders call for West Bank annexation after US shifts stance
Politicians and others say Trump administration’s pivot away from 1978 decision that found settlements inconsistent with international law gives Israel cover to lay claim to land
By Michael Bachner and Jacob Magid
Citizens cast their ballots at a voting station in Jerusalem, during the Knesset elections, on April 9, 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 13, 2019, 9:52 am
LISTEN: ‘People of the Pod’ takes on Israeli elections 2019, part deux
Episode #3: Just before the vote, host Seffi Kogen holds lightning-round conversations with Israeli influencers from Left, Right and Center, and TOI’s political correspondent
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurates a new promenade in the West Bank settlement of Efrat on July 31, 2019, alongside Efrat Mayor Oded Revevi. (Igur Osdetchi)
July 31, 2019, 12:44 pm
After okaying Palestinian homes, Netanyahu vows Jewish settlements are ‘forever’
PM inaugurates new promenade in Efrat, whose mayor was one of the few settler leaders not to knock building plans; rival Gantz says he won’t give up Jordan Valley in peace deal
By TOI staff
Yesha chief foreign envoy Oded Revivi speaks at the umbrella council's event in Washington, DC in support of the settlement movement on March 5, 2018. (Courtesy: Yesha Council)
March 12, 2019, 12:00 pm
In first, settler leader to address upcoming AIPAC conference
Yesha Council chief foreign envoy Oded Revivi to take part in panel discussion; US Israel lobby reiterates support for two-state solution, takes no position on settlements
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (c) meets with settler leaders in his office on February 25, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
December 30, 2018, 2:00 pm
The PM is again warning settlers of a ‘real threat.’ This time it may not work
Like in 2015, Netanyahu insists that only Likud can safeguard their homes — even if it won’t build more — but a new generation of farther-right West Bank leaders isn’t so sure
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets settler leaders in Jerusalem, December 26, 2018 (Haim Zach/GPO)
December 26, 2018, 12:39 pm
The left is recruiting the media to oust my government, PM tells settler leaders
Netanyahu warns West Bank council heads that if the left is victorious, all his hard work getting Washington to agree to recent settlement expansion will be ‘immediately reversed’
By Jacob Magid
Yossi Dagan, the head of Shomron Regional Council, addresses the 14th annual B'Sheva Jerusalem Conference on February 12, 2017. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 26, 2018, 11:20 am
3 settler leaders boycott PM meeting, saying ‘we’re being given the runaround’
Samaria, Binyamin, Kiryat Arba council heads ‘see no value’ in confab while their demands for substantial settlement building, return of West Bank roadblocks are ignored
By Jacob Magid
People gather outside a house that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, on November 13, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 13, 2018, 6:32 pm
As some families flee Gaza border area, municipalities look to help
Sha’ar Hanegev council, Efrat mayor among those urging residents of the north and center of the country to host rocket-battered southern residents
By TOI staff
Israeli settlers arrive at the Eitam hilltop near Efrat on September 17, 2018 to establish a new neighborhood in response to the murder of Ari Fuld (Eliyahiv Kamchi)
September 26, 2018, 6:30 am
Why some settler leaders oppose building as a direct response to terror attacks
There is lingering concern that calls for construction as a tit-for-tat against terrorism — while politically expedient — imply expansion is less legitimate on other days
By Jacob Magid
An Israeli teen wrapped in an LGBT Pride flag near the settlement of Efrat, June 3, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
June 8, 2018, 6:40 am
Gently breaking taboos, a settlement bloc moves gingerly toward LGBT acceptance
In first gathering of its kind in a religious community on either side of Green Line, Efrat event takes unambiguous stance against notion that homosexuality is a matter of choice
By Jacob Magid
Tali Muskal (center) speaks about her brother Refanel at a Memorial Day event in Efrat on April 15, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
April 18, 2018, 5:57 am
At salon Memorial Day event, bereaved sister tries to convey the unimaginable
Dozens of residents of West Bank Efrat settlement file into living room to hear Tali Muskal speak about her brother, who was killed in the Second Lebanon War
By Jacob Magid
Hundreds of AIPAC policy conference delegates attend a Yesha event, away from the main conference, in Washington, DC in support of the settlement movement on March 5, 2018. (Courtesy: Yesha Council)
March 7, 2018, 5:19 am
As AIPAC is out-hawked by Trump, settlers reevaluate ties to pro-Israel lobby
The US group’s support for two states exposes discord among West Bank Israelis, with one rogue council head garnering Likud support by going on the offensive
By Jacob Magid
Ofra resident Esther Brot. (Courtesy)
November 4, 2017, 7:27 pm
Settler pulls out of speaking at Rabin memorial, citing ‘incitement’ against her
Ofra resident Esther Brot blames campaign against her by ‘extremist leftists,’ who portrayed her as ‘a lawbreaker who harms democracy’
By Jacob Magid
Kedumim Mayor Hananel Dorani (C) visits a the protest tent set up by Beit El residents outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 2, 2017, 10:54 pm
Settler leader bemoans ‘putsch’ as Kedumim mayor named Yesha chief
Hananel Dorani, who submitted candidacy hours before vote was to be held, gets nod to lead umbrella organization
By Jacob Magid
Pinchas Wallerstein poses for a picture near the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, November 29, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 26, 2017, 5:38 pm
State taps settler leader to head body that legalizes outposts
Former Yesha Council director Pinchas Wallerstein tasked with generating legal solutions to unauthorized West Bank construction
By Jacob Magid
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