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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

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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
Israeli settler activists set up tents in what they claimed is southern Lebanon, which the IDF initially denied, December 7, 2024. (Uri Tzafon Movement)
December 8, 2024, 7:56 pm
Settler group claims to have entered Lebanon and established outpost; IDF denies it
Far-right Uri Tzafon Movement says families set up tents in southern Lebanon, but military says group’s claims are false and that the settler activists never crossed the border
By Jeremy Sharon, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, greets National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the Knesset on May 23, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
December 1, 2024, 4:26 pm
Ben Gvir: Netanyahu showing ‘some openness’ to encouraging Palestinian migration from Gaza
Far-right minister also calls on Israel to intensify fighting in Gaza, says terms of hostage deal being discussed are ‘unacceptable,’ threatens to bolt coalition
By ToI Staff
UTJ's Yitzhak Goldknopf, center, pictured with a map of prospective settlements in Gaza during a tour of the Gaza border area, November 28, 2024. Daniella Weiss is seen on the right. (Courtesy Yitzhak Goldknopf)
November 28, 2024, 5:09 pm
Touring Gaza border region, senior Haredi minister calls to resettle the Strip
‘Jewish settlement here is the answer,’ UTJ’s Goldknopf says during visit with settler leader Daniella Weiss
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 26, 2024, 2:01 am
Smotrich says half of Gazans can be ‘encouraged’ to leave within two years
Once the initiative is ‘successfully’ implemented in the Strip, it can be replicated in the West Bank, far-right minister claims, adding that ‘occupying Gaza is not a dirty word’
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, right, speaks with Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services during a State Memorial Ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on October 27, 2024. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
October 28, 2024, 4:25 am
Smotrich urges ramping up West Bank, Gaza settlements, pushing Palestinians out
At conference, Religious Zionism leader says Palestinians who insist on statehood should be encouraged to emigrate to an Arab state; other coalition members urge Israeli sovereignty from Jordan River to sea
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: Right-wing Jews advocating for resettlement of Gaza gather near the border with the Strip, on the eve of Tisha B'Av, August 12, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
August 15, 2024, 2:30 pm
Police detain 14 as dozens of far-right activists try to breach Gaza border for prayers
Security forces block attempt that comes on 19th anniversary of disengagement from Strip; police also dismantle ‘settlement’ set up near border
By ToI Staff
Israeli tanks stand near the Israel-Gaza border as seen from southern Israel, July 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
August 12, 2024, 2:18 pm
Army broadens closed zone around Gaza ahead of prayer event by pro-settlement activists
Security sources tell media move is a precaution against possible attack on gathering, intended to mark Tisha B’av fast and raise awareness of desire to rebuild Gaza settlements
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a conference hosted by the Makor Rishon newspaper, in Jerusalem, June 30, 2024. (Sindel/Flash90)
July 21, 2024, 6:22 pm
Smotrich slams report of possible US sanctions against himself, Ben Gvir
Finance minister says he’s ‘ready to pay any price’ to prevent Palestinian state, argues potential measure ‘constitutes a mortal blow to Israeli sovereignty and relations’
By Sam Sokol
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
Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu speaks during the funeral of terror victim Matan Elmaliach at the Maale Adumim cemetery, February 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
July 3, 2024, 2:49 pm
‘The nation demands occupation’: Minister shares post calling for conquest of Sinai
Amichai Eliyahu retweets call to buy shirts printed with a map of an expanded Israel — including the West Bank, Gaza and Egypt’s Sinai — emblazoned with the slogan ‘Occupation Now’
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: People at the Evyatar outpost in the West Bank, June 22, 2023. (Flash90)
June 28, 2024, 6:26 pm
Palestinians, Israeli left slam cabinet move to legalize settlement outposts
PLO says steps and punitive measures against PA are part of continued ‘war of genocide’ against the Palestinian people; settler leaders welcome efforts led by Smotrich
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Spanish UN peacekeepers stand on a hill overlooking the Lebanese border villages with Israel in Marjayoun town on January 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
June 16, 2024, 2:48 am
Fringe far-right conference to advocate occupation and settlement of south Lebanon
Uri Tzafon organization sends eviction notices to residents of Israel’s northern neighbor by balloons and drone, says Jewish settlement is ‘only solution to conflict in north’
By Sam Sokol
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads an Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on February 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 21, 2024, 5:16 pm
Backing settlement, Ben Gvir says he’d be ‘very happy to live in Gaza’ after the war
If ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Palestinians leave the Strip, ‘we will be able to bring in more and more people,’ minister says
By Sam Sokol
View of the Jordan Valley from a military post near the West Bank settlement of Hemdat. The Jordanian villages of al-Balawinah and Kuraymah are seen in the distance, November 28. 2022. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
March 22, 2024, 4:17 pm
Israel appropriates 1,976 acres of land in Jordan Valley, declaring it state land
Announcement follows West Bank settlement expansion earlier in March; new status will allow for hundreds of housing units to be constructed in addition to commerce zones
By ToI Staff and AFP
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