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The Bedouin Palestinian village of Sussiya in the southern West Bank. (Har Hebron Regional Council)
June 19, 2018, 12:23 pm
PM delays razing of West Bank Bedouin village ‘following international pressure’
Settler leaders outraged after Netanyahu reportedly postpones indefinitely the scheduled demolition of Sussiya ahead of Kushner and Greenblatt's visit to Israel
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
Police officers trying to evacuate an illegally built home in the West Bank outpost of Tapuah West, June 17, 2018. (Courtesy)
June 17, 2018, 4:19 pm
Zionist Union head decries PM, ministers over ‘silence’ on settler violence
After youths injure 11 officers during evacuation of illegally built homes in West Bank outpost, Avi Gabbay says those who harm police should go to jail
By TOI staff
Far-right youths protest the court-ordered demolition of 17 buildings in the illegal outpost of Tapuah West. (Israel Police)
June 17, 2018, 11:18 am
Police, settler youth clash during clearing of illegal West Bank outpost
11 officers injured as demonstrators hurl objects at troops; far-right activists claim cops used excessive force evacuating 10 structures in Tapuah West
By Jacob Magid
A picture taken on February 8, 2017 from the Palestinian West Bank village of Yasuf shows the Israeli wildcat outpost of Kfar Tapuah West, located near the settlement of Kfar Tapuah. (AFP Photo/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
June 17, 2018, 3:23 am
Hundreds of police deployed to West Bank outpost ahead of evacuation
Settler youth reportedly throw stones at officers ahead of planned razing of at least 13 structures in West Tapuah, south of Nablus
By TOI staff
People seen near a home slated for demolition in the illegal Jewish neighborhood of Netiv Ha'avot on June 11, 2018. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
June 11, 2018, 6:18 pm
As bulldozers near, outpost residents vow they’ll be back, and they may be right
15 families in Nativ Ha'avot neighborhood in settlement bloc south of Jerusalem feel imminent razing will ultimately strengthen their claim to hilltop
By Jacob Magid
An Israeli teen wrapped in a Gay Pride flag near the settlement of Efrat, June 3, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
June 8, 2018, 6:40 am
Gently breaking taboos, a settlement bloc moves gingerly toward LGBT acceptance
In first gathering of its kind in a religious community on either side of Green Line, Efrat event takes unambiguous stance against notion that homosexuality is a matter of choice
By Jacob Magid
A horse stable located on private Palestinian land seized by the state for security purposes in the West Bank settlement of Beit El. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
June 1, 2018, 8:48 am
Rein in illegal Israeli horse farms in West Bank? State signals nay
Supported by state healthcare providers, some settlers are using swaths of Palestinian land seized for security purposes to build dozens of stables
By Jacob Magid
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman in a Times of Israel interview at the US Embassy, Jerusalem, May 30, 2018 (Matty Stern, U.S. Embassy Jerusalem)
May 31, 2018, 11:53 pm
J Street urges Senate to probe Friedman over comments on settlements, Democrats
Liberal Mideast advocacy group demands investigation of US envoy after he tells Times of Israel West Bank communities not illegal and Republicans support Israel more than Democrats
By Eric Cortellessa
A young boy in the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
May 31, 2018, 11:46 pm
EU blasts new West Bank settlement homes, upcoming demolition of Bedouin village
Israeli decisions 'will only further entrench a one-state reality of unequal rights, perpetual occupation, and conflict,' European bloc says
By AFP and TOI staff
Israeli soldiers survey the border with Syria from a military post in the Golan Heights, following a series of aerial clashes with Syrian and Iranian forces in Syria, on February 10, 2018. (Flash90)
May 31, 2018, 1:56 pm
Israel: ‘Even if it takes time, Iranian threat from Syria will be lifted’
Moscow said to tell Jerusalem it seeks a coordinated and quick return of Assad regime forces to Syrian side of Golan Heights
By TOI staff
Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut at a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on January 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 31, 2018, 11:21 am
High Court walks back position allowing seizing Palestinian land for settler use
Chief justice says 2017 ruling by colleague Salim Joubran contradicts previous legal precedents on matters of West Bank land disputes
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House on March 5, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
May 30, 2018, 9:04 pm
US avoids condemning Israel after 2,000 settlement homes approved
National Security Council says it 'welcomes' Jerusalem's willingness to take Washington's concerns about West Bank construction into consideration
By Jacob Magid and Raphael Ahren
A view of construction in the West Bank settlement of Efrat on January 26, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
May 30, 2018, 6:31 pm
Israel green-lights 2,000 settlement homes; half are outside blocs
Among the 1,957 houses advanced, 696 gain final approval; over 1,000 more expected to be marketed by Housing Ministry in coming weeks
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House on March 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
May 30, 2018, 2:13 pm
White House says Israel to hold back on settlements over Trump’s ‘concerns’
After 2,000 new West Bank homes advanced on Wednesday, US says it remains 'firmly committed to pursuing a comprehensive peace between Israelis and Palestinians'
By TOI staff
File: The settlement of Har Bracha in the northern West Bank in September 2014.
May 29, 2018, 8:16 am
One Palestinian shot, another flees, after breaking into settlement home
Soldiers open fire after the two break into empty house in the West Bank settlement of Har Bracha
By TOI staff
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