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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

settlement freeze

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked arrives to a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 4, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 23, 2021, 5:36 pm
Shaked says she’d torpedo coalition if it agreed to settlement freeze
Yamina No. 2 tells newspaper her ‘red line’ is the government doing something she is ideologically opposed to, but such a move seems unlikely under coalition agreement
By ToI Staff
Palestinian protesters use laser torches during a demonstration against the Israeli settlers' outpost of Evyatarin the West Bankon July 1, 2021. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
July 2, 2021, 2:39 am
Palestinians clash with soldiers outside West Bank outpost on eve of evacuation
Red Crescent says 61 hurt, including six hit by rubber-tipped bullets; under agreement with government, settlers to leave site by 4 p.m. Friday
By ToI Staff
Settlers seen at the illegal outpost of Evyatar in the West Bank on June 29, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
July 1, 2021, 1:38 am
In compromise, settlers to leave illegal Evyatar outpost by 4 p.m. Friday
Under agreement, military will review status of West Bank land and if found to belong to state, a yeshiva and dorms will be established; army to set up base there in meantime
By ToI Staff
Illegal Evyatar outpost in northern West Bank on May 25, 2021. ('Evyatar - new town in Samaria'/Facebook)
June 30, 2021, 8:22 pm
‘Illegal even under Israeli law’: US pans establishment of new Evyatar outpost
Asked to comment on wildcat West Bank community that gov’t has agreed to leave intact for now, State Dept. says it’s critical to refrain from steps that harm two-state solution
By Jacob Magid
A view of a road in the West Bank, south of Jerusalem, November 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
December 7, 2020, 6:02 pm
Matrix of new highways could pave way for massive settlement growth
Rights groups say expansion of road, tunnel and overpass network pushed by Transportation Ministry sets stage for huge increase in West Bank settler population
By Joseph Krauss
People seated whle awaiting the start of a ceremony for the signing of agreements between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2020. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
September 15, 2020, 6:27 pm
Israel inking historic accords with UAE, Bahrain at White House ceremony
Hundreds gather at festive event on South Lawn as Netanyahu formalizes relations with two Gulf nations, in Jerusalem’s first accords with Arab countries in over a quarter century
By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and AP
A demonstrator walks on pictures laid out on the ground depicting X-marks over the faces of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, during a protest against the United Arab Emirates' and Bahrain's decisions to normalize relations with Israel, in Gaza City on September 15, 2020. (Mohammed ABED / AFP)
September 15, 2020, 5:30 pm
UAE, Bahrain back Arab Peace Initiative after spurning it to ally with Israel
Proposal endorsed by Arab League had resolved to only establish ties with Israel after a two-state solution; Kushner says agreements are ‘beginning of end to Israel-Arab conflict’
By Jacob Magid and Raphael Ahren
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, shortly after the announcement of Bahrain's decision to normalize ties with Israel, September 11, 2020. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
September 15, 2020, 5:30 am
White House peace confab to aim for social distancing, but masks won’t be forced
Senior US official says documents to be signed at ceremony won’t mention Temple Mount access for Muslims, insists F-35s won’t be sold to UAE unless Israeli military edge maintained
By Jacob Magid
The flags of the U.S., United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain seen on the side of a road in the city of Netanya, September 14, 2020. (Flash90)
September 14, 2020, 6:32 pm
700 due at White House Israel-UAE-Bahrain signing; Netanyahu to meet Trump first
Hours before ceremony, wording of UAE ‘peace treaty’ and Bahrain ‘peace declaration’ still not published; PM’s office says UAE deal will be valid only when Knesset gives okay
By Jacob Magid and Raoul Wootliff
Palestinian laborers work at the construction site of a new housing project in the Israeli settlement of Ariel near the West Bank city of Nablus on January 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
July 11, 2018, 7:19 pm
Looming strike at Defense Ministry body could freeze settlement approvals
Settler leaders call on government to intervene to end Civil Administration labor action that would set back West Bank building
By Jacob Magid
View of caravans in the Givat Hamatos neighborhood of Jerusalem, on July 5, 2016. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
October 16, 2017, 3:11 am
Construction equipment arrives at site of East Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood
Some 1,600 apartments to be built in Givat Hamatos, over the Green Line; project was previously frozen amid tensions with Obama administration
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa in East Jerusalem on March 16, 2015, the day before general elections. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 12, 2017, 9:11 am
Under Trump, settlements are no longer the obsessive center of attention
Obama bet everything on Israel ceasing settlement expansion, but the current White House has made it just one of many issues, leaving Ramallah no choice but to acquiesce
By Raphael Ahren
US President Donald Trump, left, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas shake hands during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
June 8, 2017, 2:09 pm
Abbas said ready to drop settlement freeze precondition for talks
Top economic adviser says PA president also willing to back off of war crimes prosecutions and reduce pressure at UN to give US a chance to restart negotiations
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Palestinian chief negotiator and Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat (R) is greeted by Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi upon his arrival at the Foreign Ministry in the Jordanian capital Amman on May 14, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Khalil MAZRAAWI)
May 14, 2017, 9:03 pm
Palestinians hope for settlement curb if peace talks resume
In Jordan, Erekat stops short of making building freeze a condition for negotiations with Israel
By AP
Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Ze'ev Elkin arrives for the weekly government meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem, June 19, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
May 4, 2017, 11:30 am
Minister: Peace talks likely, but ‘cool the excitement’ on deal
Citing PA president’s past refusal to accept Israeli offers, Ze’ev Elkin says Abbas walked away from ‘dream’ concessions
By Jacob Magid
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