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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at an event in Sa-Nur in the West Bank on April 19, 2026. (Courtesy Bezalel Smotrich)
April 19, 2026, 6:35 pm
Smotrich urges PM to order the IDF to ‘prepare for the full occupation’ of Gaza
Far-right minister repeats call for rebuilding settlements in Strip; Likud minister calls reestablishment of West Bank settlement evacuated in 2005 ‘a moment of historical justice’
By Sam Sokol
An inauguration ceremony for the repopulated West Bank settlement of Homesh, more than 20 years after it was evacuated in the 2005 disengagement, March 12, 2026, in a photo distributed by the Samaria Regional Council. (Roy Hadi)
March 12, 2026, 6:45 pm
Government officials mark repopulation of Homesh settlement in West Bank
More than 20 years after disengagement, Settlements Minister Orit Strock calls return of residents atonement for ‘sins’ of 2005, as Likud MK Yuli Edelstein vows ‘Homesh will be just the beginning’
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative: Workers tend to daily tasks on a farm in the Galilee. (Yossi Zamir /Flash90)
March 9, 2026, 3:15 pm
Nature society calls to freeze ‘land grab’ retroactively legalizing Galilee farm buildings
SPNI says Agriculture Ministry plan to legitimize illegal structures on lands equivalent in size to Tel Aviv-Jaffa includes areas in nature reserves, national parks, forests
By Sue Surkes
US President Donald Trump (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a joint press conference at the Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
December 30, 2025, 11:46 am
Trump, top aides express concern over Israel’s West Bank policies in meeting with PM
Asked about settler violence, US president says he and Netanyahu don’t ‘100%’ agree on West Bank, but he believes premier will ‘do the right thing’; US said to fear PA collapse
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich gestures toward a map of the West Bank during a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 11, 2025, 10:42 pm
Poll: Plurality of Israelis oppose $841 million Smotrich plan to expand settlements
Plan, part of state budget, would expand construction, infrastructure in settlements, legalize outposts; survey finds PM’s coalition would win 52 of the 120 Knesset seats in election
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, right, attends a Knesset conference discussing Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 22, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 22, 2025, 8:03 pm
Smotrich: Gaza will be ‘inseparable part of Israel,’ IDF chief favors ‘security annexation’
At Knesset conference on ‘Gaza Riviera,’ whose name and focus play off Trump announcement, far-right finance minister touts ‘tremendous opportunity’ to reestablish settlements in Strip
By Ariela Karmel
Debris from the ruined homes of Bedouins in the Ein Samia community east of Ramallah, May 2023. (Oren Ziv/+972 Magazine).
April 25, 2025, 1:51 pm
‘No future here’: Bedouin hamlets are erased as residents flee settler harassment
Over 1,000 residents of herding communities in West Bank have been displaced in 2 years; they say they face campaign of theft and violence that authorities either ignore or abet
By Nurit Yohanan
Arbel Zak, a senior Nachala leader, holds a map of envisioned settlements inside Gaza, at the Nahal Oz soldiers memorial overlooking Gaza, April 15, 2025. (Deborah Danan via JTA)
April 19, 2025, 9:30 am
Eyeing an opportunity, settlers move to border towns so they’re ready to return to Gaza
Activist says some 30 families living at temporary sites, but 800 have signed up to move to 6 potential settlements in Strip; group holds Passover seder in border area in symbolic call
By Deborah Danan
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
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