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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich visits the illegal farming outpost of Mishkenot Harel in the central West Bank on December 29, 2024 (Office of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich)
March 6, 2025, 6:18 pm
West Bank illegal outposts, land appropriation hit record high in 2024 — watchdog
Left-wing Peace Now says government has completed groundwork for ‘de facto annexation of West Bank,’ after key administrative powers are transferred from IDF to civilian official
By Jeremy Sharon
View of Efrat and its surroundings on a winter day, in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank on January 18, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
February 17, 2025, 11:06 am
Watchdog says plans advancing for nearly 1,000 more settler homes in West Bank
Peace Now accuses government of operating ‘on steroids’ to establish facts on the ground even as hostages languish in captivity in Gaza
By AP and ToI Staff
View of the Israeli outpost of Shvut Rachel, in the West Bank, January 30, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/ Flash90)
February 4, 2025, 10:08 pm
High Court orders police to investigate assistance to illegal settlement outposts
Ruling responds to seven-year-old petition alleging settlement municipal authorities provide substantive, unlawful support for construction of outposts
By Jeremy Sharon
A Palestinian home in Area B whose residents were said to have been expelled and replaced by settlers, east of the settlement of Tekoa, in an undated image (Courtesy Peace Now)
December 22, 2024, 7:02 pm
7 illegal settlements said built in West Bank area under Palestinian civil control
Peace Now alleges settlers moved into homes of Palestinians who fled the area for fear of settler violence, warns against returning to ‘full military rule’ across entire West Bank
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
View of houses in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, south of Jerusalem. October 25, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
July 4, 2024, 10:08 pm
Israel recognizes 3 illegal West Bank outposts, advances construction of 5,295 homes
Move comes one day after government announced largest appropriation of land since Oslo Accords; five illegal outposts were recognized last week
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Radical settler activist Neriya Ben Pazi pictured with his family at his illegal farming outpost HaMahoch in the West Bank. Another of Ben Pazi's farms, the Rimonim Farm, has received state funds through the Agriculture Ministry (Courtesy: Honenu legal aid organization)
June 17, 2024, 4:16 pm
Agriculture Ministry funding illegal farming outposts, US-sanctioned settlers – report
Anti-settlement group says unauthorized West Bank farms got NIS 1.66 million in 2017-2023; some of them were founded by Israelis the US accuses of undermining West Bank stability
By Jeremy Sharon
Family and friends attend a memorial service for peace activist and Women Wage Peace founder Vivian Silver at Kibbutz Gezer, November 16, 2023. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
December 8, 2023, 6:44 am
Peace activists in a traumatized Israel remain hopeful for a two-state solution
Advocates and left-wing politicians are committed to a long-term diplomatic solution with Palestinians, although general support for a two-state solution dips in October 7 aftermath
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
MK Ram Ben Barak attends a discussion at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
November 14, 2023, 11:24 pm
Centrist MK says call on European countries to take Gaza refugees was misunderstood
Ram Ben Barak says he believes Gazans should have right to choose whether they stay in enclave or leave, after proposal was lauded by far-right minister, panned by dovish watchdog
By ToI Staff
A view of the southern West Bank outpost of Avigayil. (Miriam Alster/Flash90, file)
September 8, 2023, 1:10 am
US slams legalization of 3 West Bank outposts ‘previously illegal under Israeli law’
State Department says move undermines two-state solution, which the US is working to advance through talks with Saudi Arabia about normalizing relations with Israel
By Jacob Magid
View of the illegal West Bank outpost of Asahel, in the South Hebron Mountains region, 2012. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 7, 2023, 2:00 pm
Israel legalizes three West Bank outposts
Head of IDF Central Command approves new municipal boundaries for the West Bank settlements of Avigayil, Asahel, and Beit Hoglah
By Jeremy Sharon
Left-wing activists marching toward Homesh, July 7, 2023, holding a sign reading 'Until Homesh is dismantled' in Hebrew and Arabic. (Courtesy Peace Now)
July 7, 2023, 3:25 pm
Gov’t acknowledges allowing wildcat construction in order to legalize Homesh outpost
State defends move by arguing yeshiva was moved off private land; troops hurl stun grenade at left-wing activists trying to reach site, setting Palestinian farmland on fire
By ToI Staff
Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the PLO Hussein al-Sheikh at his office in Ramallah, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/ Nasser Nasser)
June 18, 2023, 5:19 pm
Palestinians to boycott economic summit with Israel following settlement move
After far-right minister Smotrich is given full control over West Bank settlement planning, Jordan condemns ‘flagrant violation of international law,’ as settlers hail step
By ToI Staff
The unauthorized West Bank settlement outpost of Homesh, November 17, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
January 2, 2023, 4:36 pm
High Court demands government explain refusal to demolish Homesh outpost
Justices issue injunction after state tells court that new coalition intends to legalize wildcat settlement, repeal clause in 2005 law mandating its evacuation
By Jeremy Sharon
Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks with Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich at the swearing-in ceremony of the 25th Knesset in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 24, 2022, 8:28 pm
Peace Now group: Smotrich’s demand could lead to ‘de facto annexation’ of West Bank
Religious Zionism party is insisting that the Civil Administration, which controls civilian life in West Bank’s Area C, be transferred to the Finance Ministry under leader Smotrich
By Jeremy Sharon
Settlers are seen assaulting a woman near the West Bank town of Kisan, October 18, 2022. (WAFA)
October 19, 2022, 6:22 pm
Several injured as Palestinian olive harvesters, settlers clash in West Bank
Three Israeli men hurt by stones hurled near settlement of Ma’ale Amos, with both sides claiming they were attacked during annual harvest
By Emanuel Fabian
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