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Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot (right) together with Samaria District Council Chairman Yossi Dagan during a tour by Eisenkot of settlements in the Samaria district of the northern West Bank, April 15, 2026. (Arik Mirmour)
April 16, 2026, 4:43 pm
Eisenkot visits illegal settlement outpost, site of severe assault against Israeli lawyer
Yashar party chief and former IDF chief of staff visits Shuvael as part of a tour of northern West Bank settlements; Peace Now urges him not to turn a blind eye to settler violence
By Jeremy Sharon
A view of a home in the settler outpost of Esh Kodesh in the West Bank, on July 20, 2015. (Garrett Mills/Flash90)
December 13, 2025, 1:32 pm
Cabinet legalizes 19 West Bank outposts, including 2 vacated in 2005 disengagement
Move unanimously approved, US was notified ahead of time, report says; PA slams ‘annexation, apartheid and complete Judaization of Palestinian land’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu answers a question, as US President Donald Trump looks on, during a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on July 7, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP)
September 29, 2025, 1:26 pm
US signals optimism on Gaza deal, as Netanyahu meets Witkoff, Kushner before Trump
Smotrich sets ‘red lines,’ at odds with demands of PA, Arab states; settlers fret West Bank annexation fading; hostages’ families urge Trump to ‘stand firm’; Hamas says it’s received no proposal
By Jacob Magid, Sam Sokol and Agencies
L: MK Avi Maoz in the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); C: MK Dan Illouz in the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); R: MK Zvi Sukkot in Moshav Avivim, December 1, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
September 26, 2025, 1:21 pm
After Trump rejects West Bank annexation, right-wing MKs urge PM to do it anyway
Far-right office-holders say US leader is a friend to Israel, but call on Netanyahu to defy him and ‘apply full sovereignty’ in response to nations recognizing Palestinian state
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Boaz Bismuth (right) and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan on August 19, 2025, in the northern West Bank. (Courtesy of Dagan's office)
August 19, 2025, 4:27 pm
Member of Netanyahu’s party says West Bank ‘sovereignty’ trumps Saudi normalization
Despite Riyadh long conditioning establishment of Israel ties on progress toward Palestinian state, MK Boaz Bismuth says annexation step necessary to achieve ‘victory’ in war
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Shaked Gez (second from right) addresses Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan (third from left) at her sister Tzeela's funeral in Jerusalem, May 15, 2025. (Screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 16, 2025, 3:59 am
‘I don’t want politics’: Sister of terror victim cuts off settler leader’s eulogy
Manhunt continues for terrorist who killed 30-year-old pregnant woman Tzeela Gez; child delivered in emergency C-section still in serious condition
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump's adviser on Arab affairs Massad Boulos (L) meets with Samaria Regional Council chair Yossi Dagan in Washington on March 9, 2024. (Screen capture/X)
March 10, 2025, 11:36 pm
Trump Arab aide meets with settler leader in bid to lift his standing with Israeli right
Arab and Mideast affairs adviser Massad Boulos expresses hopes for peace in meeting with Samaria Regional Council head, who says, ‘God sent us to work together’
By Jacob Magid
Mike Huckabee takes questions from the media, prior to laying a brick at a new housing complex in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, Aug. 1, 2018. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
November 12, 2024, 10:40 pm
Trump picks settlement backer Mike Huckabee as next US ambassador to Israel
Ex-Arkansas governor has visited Israel often since 1973; slammed Biden’s pressure on Israel to moderate war in Gaza, opposes Palestinian nationalism; Steven Witkoff named Mideast envoy
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant delivers a statement to the press at the Kirya base in Tel Aviv, May 15, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 22, 2024, 6:17 pm
Gallant lifts order barring access to evacuated settlements in northern West Bank
Defense minister declares ‘historic move’ as settler leaders hope to reverse 2005 evacuation, but IDF swiftly closes off sites over security concerns around Jenin
By ToI Staff
File: View of structures in a former Jewish settlement, part of the former Gush Katif settlement bloc in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 27, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
January 25, 2024, 12:15 pm
Thousands of right-wing activists are getting ready to resettle Gaza after war
‘Gaza City will be Jewish’ says one leader; core groups of potential residents being assembled; MKs from all parties in Netanyahu-led bloc support the burgeoning movement
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Police and Civil Administration official take apart an illegally construction memorial and lookout point near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar, September 4, 2023. (Courtesy)
September 4, 2023, 12:55 pm
Police demolish illegal settler structures, prompting outrage from coalition members
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, also responsible for much of West Bank settlement activity, comes under fire as memorial to teenager slain in terror attack is removed
By Stuart Winer
Left to right: Israeli Ambassador to Romania Reuven Azar, AUR party leader George Simion and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan meet at the Romanian parliament in Bucharest, August 28, 2023. (Courtesy: AUR)
August 28, 2023, 8:10 pm
Israeli envoy meets head of Romanian party accused of antisemitism, drawing rebuke
Foreign Ministry lifts ban on AUR party, which issues statement partly walking back glorification of fascists and objection to Holocaust studies; Yad Vashem: We weren’t consulted
By Michael Bachner and Lazar Berman
Gush Eztion Regional Council head Shlomo Ne'eman (center) speaks during a press conference with Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan (right) and Binyamin Regional Council head Yisrael Gantz, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, August 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 22, 2023, 2:17 pm
Settler leaders protest outside PM’s office, demand West Bank op to fight terror
Regional council head urges deadly reprisals for attacks, following the example of early left-wing governments; Border Police officer lightly hurt in settler riot
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A screenshot of video from the northern West Bank village of Burqa shows a fire, amid clashes between Palestinians and settlers, May 24, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 24, 2023, 10:20 pm
Settlers clash with Palestinians near Homesh after EU officials tour West Bank site
Yesh Din says extremist settlers attacked Palestinians in nearby village of Burqa, harming several, while local council head says Palestinians threw rocks, hurting one settler
By Emanuel Fabian
Settlers at the illegal West Bank outpost Evyatar before evacuating it as part of a deal with the government, July 2, 2021 (Courtesy)
January 4, 2023, 6:08 pm
New coalition stance emboldens settlers, who plan to reestablish flashpoint outposts
Thousands intend to spend Seder night in Homesh and Evyatar this Passover and then stay on, taking advantage of the hardline government’s policy reversal they see as a watershed
By Shalom Yerushalmi
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