Category: Israeli Settlement

A report issued this week by Israeli defense ministry estimated the cost of destroying settlers’ homes, including the cost of removing the rubble, at NIS 200 million.  The report also…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Thursday evening that settlers attacked two Palestinian villages near the northern West Bank city of Nablus and Tulkarem, and burnt two fields in the…

In a move seen as provocative, Israeli settlers entered two Palestinian villages on Thursday and refused to leave when ordered to do so by Israeli army, Israel media sources reported.…

Israeli president Moshe Katsav said Wednesday that Israelis should realize that the international community will not be satisfied with the planned disengagement plan, and will demand further Israeli withdrawals from…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Wednesday that Israel’s security will improve gradually with time after it withdraws from the Gaza Strip this summer. Mofaz also said he ‘unequivocally’ opposes…

Settlers, who have relatives buried in the cemetery of the Gaza Strip settlement of Neveh Dekalim proposed to keep the cemetery in place and provide them with a free passage…

At least 12 Israeli ministers expressed objection to demolishing settlers houses after the intended pullout from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements, Israeli media sources reported. Yedioth Ahronot,…

The Knesset Finance Committee approved Tuesday the allocation of around NIS 100 million for expenses related to the disengagement plan. The NIS 63 million allocated to provide temporary housing for…

Israeli Minister of Internal security Gideon Ezra stated on Monday that the arrest of the far-right-wing activist Neria Ofen was based on his intentions to carry out terrorist attacks, not…

The results of upcoming Palestinian legislative elections will not affect Israel’s unilateral disengagement plan, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Tuesday. Political Sources: Pullout to go ahead in any event…

The Israeli army and settler leaders from Gush Katif settlement are formulating a code of conduct ahead of the evacuation of settlements in the summer, army source said on Monday. …

The Israeli army completed exercises for removing settler groups who are expected to barricade themselves in their homes during the implementation of disengagement.  The Israeli army will allocate five soldiers…

Israeli Army is planning to hold some far right-wing Israeli settlers under preventive arrest ahead of the intended evacuation of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media sources reported…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is in favor of demolishing the homes of the settlers who will be evacuated from the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli cabinet sources. The decision…

On Friday, the forum of rabbis of the Gush Katif Gaza Strip settlement bloc took a large step closer to coming to terms with pullout plan. For the first time,…

There is no doubt that Israeli cabinet approval of turning Ariel settlement’ College into a university will be a springboard for the development of nearby unauthorized settlers’ outposts, which Israel…

  An extremist settlers group of the Ramat Yeshai illegal outpost in Hebron attacked a group of residents in Tal Rmeida neighborhood, and hurled stones and empty bottles at dozens…

A forum of senior Israeli ministers met Tuesday to discuss the fate of the homes left behind by settlers evacuated from the Gaza Strip. The cabinet is expected to make…

Israeli Police arrested Tuesday morning three West Bank settlers on suspicions of planning to block highways with burning vehicles in protest against the disengagement plan. According to a police source,…

Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres told the Israeli Radio on Tuesday morning that he rejects leveling settlers’ homes in the settlements slated for evacuation in the Gaza Strip. Peres said…

In a surprising development, the government of Israel informed Settler representatives on Monday night that it intends to meet almost all their demands concerning relocation to Nitzanim dunes. Israeli Justice…

Minister of Diaspora Affairs Natan Sharansky submitted his resignation to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday in protest over the disengagement plan, Israeli Army Radio reported. ‘We are standing…

Settlers’ representatives and the ministerial panel headed Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni have failed to arrive at an agreement on moving a group of Gaza settlers en masse to the…

Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Mohammad Dahlan said Sunday that the Palestinian Authority will prevent the looting or destruction of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip after the Israel pullout. ‘The…

The Israeli authorities issued a new plan to construct a new settlement road which carries Nr. 55, south of the Separation Wall area near Qalqilia. The planned road will cross…

Eight settlers were arrested in Friday after attacking eight Palestinians near the northern West Bank city of Nablus; one Israeli field commander was also injured by the settlers. The Israeli…

{mosimage}Israel has bought 300 dunams of land near the southern Israel town of Nitsan to build 450 housing units designated to house Niveh Dikalim settlers after the evacuation of the…

An Israeli army officer was wounded while cashing settlers, who earlier were spotted throwing stones at Palestinians near the West Bank city of Nablus, eight settlers has been so far…

An extremist settler group attacked and a group of residents in Hebron and al-Ramdeen area near the city, three residents were injured. A medical source at the Hebron governmental hospital…

Israeli police arrested on Thursday at least 20 Israeli right wing activists planning to block a major high way in the Tel Aviv area. Police stopped a bus that had…

A group of settlers from Efrat settlement, south of Bethlehem, attacked dozens of residents working in their farmlands in Wadi al-Bayar area, west of al-Khader near Bethlehem. A local source…

Israeli media sources reported that a home-made Qassam shell fell in the Gush Katif settlement bloc where settlers are preparing a mass rally against the withdrawal from Gaza Strip.  one…

Around 15,000 people attended an anti-pullout rally in the slated for evacuation West Bank settlement of Homesh on Thursday. During the rally, the police confiscated leaflets calling on Israeli soldiers…

A delegation from Rabbis for Human Rights joined Monday Palestinian farmers from Beit Furik, near the West Bank city of Nablus, to prune their trees in fileds close to the…

Contrary to Israeli housing minister Isaac Herzog’s assuraces, the Israeli Housing Ministry is continuing to work on expanding the West Bank settlement of Ma’alee Adumim towards Jerusalem. The labor housing…

Less than 100 days prior to pulling out of the Gaza Strip, Israel has decided to deploy a large number of troops at the Gaza-Egyptian borders. Israel says to deal…

An elderly man was seriously injured when a group of settlers of Alon Moreh settlement hurled stones at him and severely beat him as he was herding his sheep on…

Israel’s chief rabbis, Yonah Metzger and Shlomo Amar, said Sunday they are against the disengagement plan, but also said that soldiers must obey orders to evacuate settlements. Several rabbis have…

Palestinian Civil Affairs Minister Mohammed Dahlan demanded Sunday that Israel coordinate with the Palestinian Authority the line to which it will withdraw under the Gaza Strip disengagement plan. The demand…

Palestinian Minister Mohammed Dahlan said that Israel must transfer control over all border crossing in Gaza to the Palestinian Authority as part of the upcoming Israeli withdrawal. Dahlan added that…

Sunday afternoon, Israeli soldiers annexed eight Dunams which belongs to residents east of Hebron. The WAFA news agency reported that the annexed orchards located near an illegal settlement outpost. The…

Palestinian Minister Mohammed Dahlan listed Saturday the Palestinian Authority conditions to cooperate with Israel in the implementation of the disengagement plan, saying it should be complete, part of road map,…

Upon political directives, Israeli security has allowed Israeli citizens to arrive into Gaza settlements during the Jewish Holydays and join settlers’ protests against the disengagement plan. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel…

The Palestinian Minister of civil affairs, Mohammad Dahlan and the Israeli defense Minister Shaul Mofaz agreed Thursday night to form ‘coordination mechanisms’ in preparation to Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet again soon, Sharon’s office said on Friday. Israeli official sources expect the meeting to take place before Abbas’…

A public poll conducted in Israel revealed that the majority of Jewish Israelis support disengagement and believe that the tension between Jews and Arabs in Israel a grave threat to…

In an interview with Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon affirmed that his cabinet continue to expand West Bank settlements, despite international objections. ‘There, we are building 1,000…

Palestinians, assisted by mayors from the area as well as private businessmen, have been conducting a comprehensive survey of the buildings in the settlements in order to decide which to…

Israeli army began moving equipment out of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, in preparation to implementing the unilateral disengagement plan, Israeli sources reported. An army spokesman said, around 20 containers…

As the Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz visited on Tuesday, Naveh Dkalim settlement, in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc, dozens of settlers called him a traitor and urged him to…

The American Administration has agreed to give Israel a 3 billion-dollar financial guarantee until 2008 to assist the implementation of the disengagement plan, Israel Radio said Wednesday. Israeli delegates met…

http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/headlin2-041905.mp369ze72.mp3 High court orders a halt to the construction of the Israeli annexation wall section near Ariel settlement, but approves wall construction near Bethlehem Israel has halted the construction of…

http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/headlin1-041905.mp3    Israeli issued monday tenders seeking bids for the construction of 50 new houses in the Wet Bank settlement of Elkana near Salfit, The Palestinian Authority complained to the…

Representatives of the northern west bank settlement Homesh ended a Tuesday meeting with Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon, saying “if disengagement takes place, we want to move together” The settlement…

Settlers in Ganim and Kadim settlements in the northern West Bank expressed readiness to leave move en masse to Afula if they get a good compensation. They told Yonatan Bassi,…

Member of the PLO executive committee Yasser Abed Rabbo warned that Israel seeks to obstruct the Palestinian legislative elections slated for July 17. The statements of Abed-Rabbu came during his…

Israel has halted the construction of the wall around the settlement of Ariel in the northern West Bank, following injunctions issued by the High Court of Justice, in response to…

In an interview with Israel Radio, Israeli infra-structure minister Benjamin Ben Eliazer (Labor) called Saturday for starting the pullout two weeks ahead of the originally set date. Eland strongly objects…

In addition to raising the risk of new tension with the United States an Israeli government decision to issue tenders seeking bids for construction of 50 new houses in the…

The northern Gaza Strip settlements – Alei Sinai, Dugit and Nisanit – will be the first to be evacuated in the first week of the implementation of the disengagement plan,…

The Israeli Minister of Finance, Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday against allowing Egypt to deploy more troops on its Borders with the Gaza Strip by the Philadelphi route. ‘Bringing Egyptian…

Israeli news sources said the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is considering a request by the chief of the disengagement administration, in the weekly cabinet session, to postpone the evacuation…

Israeli soldiers and police on Sunday night removed three unauthorized outposts put by settlers near Hebron earlier in the evening. Two outposts were set up near the settlement of Kiryat…

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who is paying a visit to Egypt, said Sunday he is ready to coordinate fully with Israel in the implementation of the disengagement plan. Abbas…

Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved a plan for temporary homes for settlers who will be evacuated from the Gaza Strip. A sub-ministerial committee was set up to provide temporary homes…

Palestinian Housing Minister Mohammed Shteiah expressed Saturday hopes that Israel demolish settlers’ homes and clean the resulting rubble, to help the PA replace them with high rise buildings as a…

Leaders of the Gaza Strip Gush Katif settlers Saturday canceled a meeting scheduled for Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The move indicates strong differences around the proposed entire…

Local sources reported Friday that Israeli military authorities informed Aboud’s  village council that a decision was made to expropriate 6000 dunams of the village farmland, which represents one third of…

The Israeli army decided on Friday evening to grab 6000 Dunams which belongs to residents of Aboud, west of Ramallah. An Israeli military source reported that the lands will be…

Khaleel Al-Tafakjy, a Palestinian expert in estates, said that the World Bank estimated settlers’ estates in Gaza Strip settlements by 500 million US Dollars. This estimation was made after evaluating…

A settler family from the Gush Katif settlement Bloc received compensation from the Israeli government in accordance with the disengagement plan from the Gaza Strip; the family is considered the…

The Bush administration announced Thursday that James Wolfensohn, the retiring president of the World Bank, will become a special coordinator to help in the economic and political aspects of the…

Israeli Prime Minister Office denied Friday news published by Yodout Ahranot that the premier is considering another unilateral disengagement.   Sources close to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hinted Friday that…

Despite the United States objections to the settlement expansion, Israeli authorities continue the construction in Ma’ale Adumim settlement east of Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses reported seeing Israeli vehicles building new roads around…

Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz instructed Thursday army officers to collect all weapons, settlers received from the army, prior to the implementation of the disengagement plan. The directive did not…

For the second time in less that three weeks, settlers poisoned on Thursday, large areas of grazing land near Yasuf and Iskaka, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.…

Settlers of Ramat Yeshai illegal outpost in Tel Rmeida neighborhood, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, attacked a Palestinian man and six children, marking a new wave of…

Mahmoud Al-Zahar, a prominent leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip said the Israeli withdrawal from the strip will be a ‘victory for the fighters,’ media sources reported on Thursday.…

The Israeli army plans to build roads parallel to the existing main roads used by Israeli traffic in the Gaza Strip, prior to the implementation of the disengagement, Israeli sources…

A group of ‘pragmatic’ settlers from Gush Katif, acting as an ‘alternative leadership,’ are pushing for a deal that allows a quite pullout in exchange to moving en bloc to…

100 days away from the starting day for implementing the disengagement plan, there is no coordination between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, PA source.   The Palestinian ministerial committee for…

Ex Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday that the government of Israel and the U.S. Administration are investing efforts to downplay their major differences concerning West Bank settlement blocks,…

Gaza settlers have begun preparations for building camps in Gush Katif to accommodate tens of thousands of people who are expected to come to help them resist the evacuation. Settlers…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was quoted Wednesday as saying that Israel would be ready to reconsider destroying settlers’ homes if the pullout is coordinated with the Palestinian Authority. ‘The…

A report released by Jerusalem Center for Social and economic rights revealed that the Israeli government is planning to erect a chain of small Jewish neighborhoods in the east of…

The Israeli army reported on Tuesday that the Knesset is weighing the possibility of conducting amendments to some articles in the peace agreements which were singed between Israel and Egypt…

The Israeli Finance and Housing Ministries agreed on budget to absorb evacuated settlers from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank in July in parks built in the Western Negev…

Israeli army intends to disarm Jewish settlers in four West Bank settlements two week prior to evacuating the West Bank settlements, Israeli military officials said Monday. Settlers, however, said they…

As a decent person, I am supposed to feel compassion for the Gush Katif settlers. To embrace them. To shed a tear for their plight. And indeed, there are grounds…

Right wing activists, Opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan blocked the busy Ayalon Highway around Tel Aviv during Sunday morning rush hour, causing massive jams. Protesters blocked…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will depart for the United States on Sunday to meet with U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney at Bush’s ranch in…

Dozens of settlers’ families moved recently into settlements and settlement outposts in Hebron, south of the West Bank. The WAFA news Agency reported that dozens of settlers came to the…

Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army issued written land confiscation memos to some residents of the city of Beit Jala and the villages of Al-Walajeh and Al-Khader. Adnan Al-Atrash,…

Israeli official sources reported on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon leans to accept the recommendation of his defense minister Shaul Mofaz and retreat the cabinet decision to demolish…

Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon toured Friday Nitsanim area, which settlers of Gush Katif proposed to move to in their entirety. Sharon demanded that work starts immediately to build a…

U.S. President George Bush said on Friday he would tell Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that there can be no expansion of Jewish settlements under the U.S.-backed road map for…

The Israeli Peace Bloc “Gush Shalom” said that Sharon is appearing to be obeying the Israeli Supreme Court concerning the route of the Separation Wall; it became clear now that…

Israeli sources said that the new plan for Jerusalem, which would cost around $5 Millions, shows territorial contiguity between Jerusalem and the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim. this linkage annexes wide…

The Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz told senior security officers that he wants the settlers’ houses that will be evacuated in Gush Qatif settlements after the intended Israeli pullout…

Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres met Thursday with U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney, and told him that for the time being Israel is not building new housing units near the…