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Yaakov Katz (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 20, 2018, 1:12 am
Settler leader says settlement population grew rapidly in 2017
Ya’akov Katz believes growth will surge under Trump, who he claims has given a ‘green light’ to build
By Josef Federman
Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in a new housing project in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem, February 7, 2017. (AP/Oded Balilty, File)
March 27, 2017, 1:32 pm
Settler population leaped by 80,000 since 2012, leader says
Citing unpublished Interior Ministry numbers, Yaakov Katz says 23% rise in Israelis living in West Bank makes idea of two-state solution history
By AP and ToI Staff
Donald Trump and attorney David Friedman exit the Federal Building, following an appearance in US Bankruptcy Court on February 25, 2010, in Camden, New Jersey. (Bradley C. Bower/Bloomberg News, via Getty Images/JTA)
December 18, 2016, 7:08 pm
Trump donated $10,000 to West Bank settlement of Beit El, founder says
Former MK Yaakov Katz says 2003 gift was made in honor of David Friedman, who was just tapped as envoy to Israel
By Tamar Pileggi
July 26, 2012, 1:29 pm
Settlers celebrate passing 350,000 mark; Peace Now says figures are inflated
If current growth rate continues, there will be a million Jews in Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem by 2016, right-wing MK Yaakov Katz cheers. ‘Then the revolution will be completed’
By Raphael Ahren
Construction work on the area to which the Ulpana outpost will apparently be relocated. (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
June 4, 2012, 8:05 pm
Netanyahu reveals plan to build 280 housing units in Beit El
Attorney general reportedly approves of construction, which is part of PM’s idea for resolving dispute over five illegal buildings in the settlement
By Michal Shmulovich
The hunger-strikers' camp just below the Supreme Court in Jerusalem (Photo credit: Mitch Ginsburg)
June 4, 2012, 6:18 am
Hunger-striking settlers battle for far more than five disputed Ulpana buildings
Protesters and their supporters say the fate of the settlement movement hangs in the balance ahead of Wednesday’s Knesset vote
By Mitch Ginsburg
Right-wing activists take part in a protest on Sunday outside the Prime Minister's Office (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
June 3, 2012, 1:49 pm
PM presents 3-point solution to thorny Ulpana problem
Bill to circumvent High Court ruling to be submitted Wednesday despite Netanyahu’s opposition
By Hillary Zaken
Hundreds of people visiting Givat Ulpana in May. (photo credit: Flash90)
June 3, 2012, 1:34 am
Ulpana residents: Attempt to raze outpost will lead to violent clashes
Settlers join right-wing MKs in pushing back against Netanyahu for plan to evacuate homes in neighborhood
By Joshua Davidovich
The Givat Ulpana outpost (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/ Flash90)
June 2, 2012, 10:05 pm
PM: Ulpana homes to be evacuated, rebuilt elsewhere in Beit El
Netanyahu indicates he will comply with Supreme Court demolition order for five buildings on private Palestinian land; ‘For every house evacuated, we will build 10,’ he vows
By Yifa Yaakov
MK Zevulun Orlev (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 23, 2012, 3:11 pm
PM blocks two bills to bypass Supreme Court on Ulpana demolition
Two MKs evicted in stormy Knesset session; Zevulun Orlev believes his proposal will pass in two weeks’ time
By Mitch Ginsburg and Aaron Kalman
MK Zevulun Orlev (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 23, 2012, 1:00 pm
PM pushes off bill to bypass Supreme Court on Ulpana demolition
Zevulun Orlev believes his proposal will pass in two weeks’ time
By Aaron Kalman
A prayer service held Monday outside the Ulpana neighborhood houses slated for demolition (Photo credit: Flash 90)
May 23, 2012, 12:16 am
Two bills Wednesday force coalition to choose between settlements and judiciary
Proposals aim to ‘regularize’ status of 9,000 West Bank homes and avert court-ordered demolition of Ulpana neighborhood
By Mitch Ginsburg
Beit El's Ulpana neighborhood is at the heart of the controversy surrounding illegal West Bank outposts. (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
May 21, 2012, 8:54 pm
Netanyahu, Mofaz to oppose bill that would limit Palestinian claims to land
Legislation to be raised Wednesday aims at circumventing Supreme Court decision on outpost
By Michal Shmulovich
Illustrative photo of an Israeli train (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
March 26, 2012, 1:27 pm
Trains, complaints and canceled deals
Trains will soon stop chugging commuters home, and settlers will soon stop living in Migron
By Joshua Davidovich
French Ambassador to Israel Christophe Bigot at the Knesset. (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
March 19, 2012, 4:22 pm
French ambassador: School shooting a ‘crime against humanity’
Christophe Bigot condemns attack, but says that calls for mass French aliya are misplaced
By Raphael Ahren
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