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The Ziv family, who were among those evacuated from the illegal Amona outpost, pose for a photo with their children in their temporary residence in the Ofra settlement on February 10, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Have Amona ‘refugees’ found a recipe for post-evacuation success?
By Jacob Magid and Video by Luke Tress
Despite over 7 months in a cramped Ofra dorm, the 42 families evacuated from an illegal outpost are poised for a better fate than those of past razed settlements
The Ziv family, who were among those evacuated from the illegal Amona outpost, pose for a photo with their children in their temporary residence in the Ofra settlement on February 10, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 18, 2017, 11:03 am
Have Amona ‘refugees’ found a recipe for post-evacuation success?
Despite over 7 months in a cramped Ofra dorm, the 42 families evacuated from an illegal outpost are poised for a better fate than those of past razed settlements
By Jacob Magid and Video by Luke Tress
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, during a visit to the Megilot Regional Council on September 17, 2017. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)
September 17, 2017, 11:37 pm
Defense minister hails the settlements, but cautions the settlers
In a New Year's toast, Avigdor Liberman chides residents who've argued that building numbers aren't high enough
By Jacob Magid
Buildings under construction in the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba outside Hebron, July 6, 2016 (AFP/Hazem Bader)
September 13, 2017, 8:06 pm
Rights group slams Israeli banks for supporting settlements
Human Rights Watch raps banks for giving loans to home buyers, settlement councils, building companies in West Bank; expert dispute its findings
By AP and TOI staff
Illustrative image of an Israeli settlement in the West Bank on October 6, 2016. (Flash90)
September 12, 2017, 10:24 pm
Coca-Cola, Teva on UN blacklist of settlement-friendly firms — report
Channel 2 says Human Rights Council to publish full list in December; other firms named include Egged bus company, largest banks in country
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Graffiti sprayed on a roadblock in the West Bank city of Hebron reads 'Boycott Israel' (AFP Photo/Hazem Bader)
September 12, 2017, 5:26 pm
Israel said mulling penalties for Amnesty for violating Boycott Law
Finance minister reportedly seeking to pull tax breaks for human rights group over its call to boycott settlement goods
By Alexander Fulbright
Construction workers begin work on the new settlement, Amichai, meant to resettle the evacuees of Amona, June 20, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 3, 2017, 5:10 pm
Ministers earmark $15 million to resume construction of new settlement
Interior minister reaches agreement with treasury to release agreed-upon sum of for building of Amichai, to house Amona evacuees
By Jacob Magid
View of homes in the Netiv Ha'avot outpost in the Etzion Bloc. September 2, 2016. (Gerhson Elinson/Flash90)
August 31, 2017, 11:01 pm
Illegal outpost residents ask court to save parts of homes set to be razed
Settlers from Netiv Ha'avot offer to cut off 'problematic parts' of six of the homes found to have been only partially built on private Palestinian land
By Jacob Magid
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan attends a meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, May 17, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2017, 10:24 am
Minister says Israel may cut UN funding over settlement ‘blacklist’
Gilad Erdan's warning comes hours after Nikki Haley said US would hold up funds to Human Rights Council if it publishes list of companies operating over the Green Line
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Building in 2014 at the West Bank settlement of Ariel (Flash90)
August 30, 2017, 11:53 pm
Israel to advance plans for 3,000 settlement homes – report
Committee said to delay vote on new units to avoid giving Palestinians another grievance to air at the UN General Assembly next month
By Jacob Magid
Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends the Arab Foreign Minister's meeting in Cairo to discuss the simmering unrest in Jerusalem on July 27, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
August 29, 2017, 11:48 pm
Arab League chief condemns PM’s pledge to not evacuate settlements
Ahmed Abul Gheit questions Netanyahu's commitment to peace process after PM vowed never to uproot another West Bank community
By Agencies and TOI staff
Yisrael Beytenu leader and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on July 10, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 29, 2017, 8:07 pm
Liberman slams illegal outposts as ‘sabotaging settlement movement’
Defense minister says White House unhappy with amount of construction beyond Green Line, but building will continue
By Jacob Magid
Construction workers begin work on the new settlement, Amichai, meant to resettle the evacuees of Amona, June 20, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 29, 2017, 2:42 am
Palestinians, NGOs file objection that could delay new settlement
Civil Administration petitioned over claim that Amichai, being built for Amona evacuees, will harm neighboring villages
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (r) with settler leader Yossi Dagan at event commemorating 50 years of settlement in the West Bank, August 28, 2017. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
August 28, 2017, 11:16 pm
Netanyahu vows he will never evacuate another settlement
At event celebrating 50 years of settlements in the northern West Bank, thousands cheer PM as he speaks of the area's strategic importance
By Jacob Magid
A view of Efrat, a settlement near Jerusalem (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 23, 2017, 5:35 am
In settler elections, a choice between foreign and domestic
Oded Revivi boasts ability to relate to audiences abroad while Yigal Lahav argues that the next Yesha Council chairman must place greater emphasis on internal dialogue
By Jacob Magid
The alleged head of a Jewish extremist group, Meir Ettinger, appears in court in Upper Nazareth, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 23, 2017, 2:15 am
From jail cells, settler youth call for defiance of administrative orders
While Shin Bet defends tactic as necessary to prevent terror, far-right activists say their legal rights are being trampled
By Jacob Magid
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