Hamas cited the expansion of West Bank settlements as one of its justifications for the Oct. 7 attack into southern Israel, in which Palestinians killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and ...

This map shows the expansion of settlements and outposts from 1967 until now. Half a century of settlements Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war.

Two of the settlements, Homesh and Sa-Nur, are particularly symbolic. Located in the north of the West Bank, they are actually resettlements, having been evacuated in 2005 as part of Israel's ...

Seven illegal Israeli settlement outposts have been established in recent months inside Area B of the West Bank, where the Palestinian Authority is supposed to have civilian control, the Peace Now ...

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Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization. Neighboring Jordan ...

Israel tried on Wednesday to calm international concern over its amending of a law that had ordered the 2005 evacuation of settlers from an area of the occupied West Bank, saying it had no ...

The Israeli government says it will establish 22 illegal settlements on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, including the legalisation of some so-called “outposts” already built ...

The Jewish settlement of Esh Kodesh was established in the occupied West Bank decades ago. Israel has since built more residential communities on the land Palestinians want for a country of their own.

In total over the past year, 52 outposts were established across the West Bank, Peace Now said, adding that the settlements in Area B constituted approximately 13.5% of the total.