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Knesset Finance Committee chair MK Hanoch Milwidsky leads a committee hearing, August 4, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 5, 2026, 5:32 pm
High Court freezes contentious Knesset funds for Haredi schools, Settlements Ministry
Justice Stein issues order due to ‘apparent procedural flaws’ in convening Finance Committee; coalition accuses court of hypocrisy, says similar funds allocated by last government
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative: A Haredi school in the ultra-Orthodox settlement of Beitar Illit, August 27, 2014. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 30, 2026, 6:13 am
Opposition blocks transfer of NIS 392 million in coalition funds for Haredi schools, settlements
Funding now highly unlikely to be approved before the Oct. 27 election, as the opposition must consent to any further consideration of the matter while parliament in recess
By Ariela Karmel
A Palestinian farmer (L) attempts to prevent Israeli settlers from approaching an olive grove being harvested near the Palestinian village of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank, on October 29, 2025. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
July 19, 2026, 8:20 pm
Government document shows 650 youths living in illegal West Bank outposts
Figures come from Settlements Ministry budget allocations for ‘at-risk youth’ in West Bank, providing settlement municipal authorities with NIS 12M for outpost youth residents
By Jeremy Sharon
Settlements and National Missions Minister Orit Strock (second from right) and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (third from left) attend a ceremony at the illegal settlement farming outpost of Meitarim Farm, handing over ATVs to illegal settlements and farming outposts, April 3, 2025. (Freddy Barmi)
April 6, 2025, 8:58 pm
Government gifts state-financed ATVs to illegal settlement outposts for security
Ministers Smotrich and Strock attend handover ceremony at outpost farm in presence of formerly sanctioned settler
By Jeremy Sharon
Orit Strock, national missions and settlements minister, attends a Religious Zionism faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 8, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
January 22, 2024, 8:30 am
Far-right minister claims some fellow cabinet members can’t make ends meet
Settlements Minister Strock tells party insider that some are struggling to get by on NIS 58,000 ($15,000) monthly wage, need parental handouts; average Israeli salary is $3,300
By ToI Staff
Tempers flare during a hearing of the Knesset Finance Committee, December 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 12, 2023, 8:48 pm
Additional budget funds for financing Gaza war approved for final Knesset votes
Opposition MKs fume over huge increases in funding for the settlements ministry which are unconnected to the war effort, including NIS 98 million for the Jewish Identity dept.
By Jeremy Sharon
Labor MK Naama Lazimi (center right) and Yesh Atid MK Vladimir Beliak (center left) speak out against amendments to the 2023 budget, in the Knesset Finance Committee, December 11, 2023. (Noam Moskowitz/ Knesset Spokesperson's Department)
December 11, 2023, 10:58 pm
Opposition slams fourfold budget hike for settlements ministry amid war in Gaza
Labor, Yesh Atid say increased funding, political earmarks come at expense of war effort, social needs; Finance Minister Smotrich claims increases are for settlement security needs
By Jeremy Sharon
Tzipi Hotovely at her office in Jerusalem, February 19, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 4, 2020, 11:37 am
Incoming ambassador to UK Tzipi Hotovely arrives in London
Former minister for settlement affairs, currently self-quarantined in her new residence, now waiting for date to present her letter of credence to Queen Elizabeth II
By Raphael Ahren
Tzipi Hotovely at her office in Jerusalem, February 19, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 2, 2020, 3:24 pm
Cabinet confirms Likud’s Tzipi Hotovely as new ambassador to London
Tzachi Hanegbi to replace her as settlements minister; outgoing envoy to UK Mark Regev, formerly Netanyahu’s spokesperson for foreign press, expected to return to his old position
By Raphael Ahren
Tzipi Hotovely at her office in Jerusalem, February 19, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 11, 2020, 12:36 pm
Settlements minister confirms she’ll be Israel’s new ambassador to the UK
Likud’s Tzipi Hotovely, opponent of two-state solution and advocate of unilateral West Bank annexation, to replace Netanyahu’s ex-spokesperson Mark Regev in London this summer
By Raphael Ahren
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