Category: Israeli Settlement

Israeli army and police have recently set up a special command to coordinate the activities of selected elite combat units that will take part in the evacuation of settlements under…

The European Union called Thursday on Israel to observe its obligations, to freeze all settlement activity and to dismantle unauthorized settlers’ outposts, an EU statement said. The European Union expressed…

Yonatan Bassi, Disengagement Department head proposed to temporarily allocate the evacuated settlers in Ashkelon until the construction of their permanent residencies is finalized. Bassi met on Tuesday with a number…

Based on post 1948 Egyptian maps, the PA proposes that the northern borders of the Gaza Strip should be at least two kilometers north of where it is now. The…

The Palestinian Authority has presented a plan to American and Israeli officials for coordinating the planed pullout from inside the Gaza Strip and four small settlements in the northern West…

Settlers of Hafat Ma’oun settlement, in the Hebron Mountain area continued their attacks against the Palestinian residents and their farmlands. Resident of villages in the Hebron Mountain area said that…

As the Disengagement plan is moving into the Knesset’s legislative agenda, a number of Mk’s are moving the business and homes to areas slated for evacuation. National Union Party leader…

Settlers protesting the construction of a fence that separates between settlers and Palestinians in the old city of Hebron clashed on Wednesday morning with Israeli security forces. A police officer broke…

Jerusalem’s city engineer Uri Shitrit listed Tuesday three reasons that could prevent establishing contiguity between the settlement of Ma’alee Adumim and Jerusalem. There is no more publicly owned land in…

U.S. President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that he would press Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at their meeting next week to abide by the road map peace plan…

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday the Bush administration will help with the reconstruction of Gaza after Israel’s withdrawal. The Palestinian Authority and International agencies estimate that around…

Representatives of Gush Katif settlements expressed ‘cautious optimism’ Tuesday after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The representatives’ decision to meet Sharon was described as a step that threatens…

Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres said Tuesday he is going to Washington to seek U.S. financial aid for Israel’s intended withdrawal from inside the Gaza Strip and four small West…

Following a Tuesday meeting with U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, Sharon’s top advisor Dov Weissglas said Tuesday that the American-Israeli differences over the grand expansion the largest West bank…

Around 70% of the settlers slated for evacuation under the terms of the disengagement plan will reach agreement with the disengagement administration, Yonatan Bassi, the head of the Disengagement Administration,…

The Israeli border police deployed on Monday, in the northern West Bank Israeli settlement of Yitzhar in an attempt to prevent settler violence against Palestinian residents and security officials. The…

A Letter drafted by two right wing Rabbis called the Israelis for extensive anti disengagement activities in order to prevent what they described as “the expulsion and destruction”, saying that…

If the calls to disobey orders continue, the deputy chairman of the Yesha Council of Settlements, Eliezer Hisdai, will ask army to draft him into the reserves as a volunteer…

Bir Zeit University Environment Health Center reported Friday that tests has revealed that the material settlers threw in quantities in Tiwani region near Hebron last week is toxic and dangerous,…

Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met privately with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Friday and agreed to ease the tension between them ‘for the sake of the unity of…

The Israeli peace bloc “Gush Shalom” said that the Gush Katif Settlers, who are willing to evacuate”, are unable to do so since the Israeli government did not decide yet…

  The Israeli peace bloc “Gush Shalom” said that the Gush Katif Settlers, who are willing to evacuate”, are unable to do so since the Israeli government did not decide…

Israeli Internal security minister, Gideon Ezra, said that police officers and troops participating in settlement evacuation in the Gaza Strip,  will not carry arms. The statements of Ezra came after…

A group of settlers from Keryat Arab’ settlement, in the center of Hebron, attacked a farmer while he was planting his orchard and forced him out of his land. A…

In move described as an escalation of the extreme right wing’s campaign against disengagement, a group of rabbis and far-right activists led by former chief rabbi, Avraham Shapira has urged…

A group of armed settlers from Yitzhar attacked Tuesday night Palestinian shepherds near the village of Aqraba in the nablus region and stole four horses. Mohamed Mayadma, the owner of…

Palestinians in Israel, West Bank organized several activities commemorating the 29th anniversary of the Land Day. In Bethlehem city, hundreds of Palestinians, and International Peace Activists marched towards the houses…

Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser Al-Qidwa, criticized the American position concerning settlement blocs in the West Bank, and welcomed its position rejecting settlement expansion. After his meeting with the Foreign Minister…

Sources close to Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Wednesday Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon with attempting to appoint ministers and deputy ministers for “improper reasons”. “The hand that gives…

Internal Security Minister in Israel, Gideon Ezra, said that he is considering disarming the settlers slatted for evacuation. Ezra said that a Yesha Council member initiated the idea during a…

Yehoda Glek, the previous spokesperson of the recruitment department in Israel, told the Israeli TV channel 2 after the Knesset voted down the public poll on disengagement, that “those who…

The fatal flaw in most analyses of the Israel-Palestine conflict is the assumption that if the Palestinians can just get a state of their own, then all will be fine.…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met with Likud rebels on Tuesday in an attempt to avoid a rift within the party after the Knesset overwhelmingly rejected the referendum bill. Coalition…

The Israeli Online daily Yedioth Ahronoth revealed on Wednesday that right-wing MK Effie Eitam suggested to disarm settlers before implementing the Gaza pullout. Eitam well knows for his apposition to…

The Knesset passed Tuesday late in the night the 2005 state budget bill by 58 to 36, marking Shron’s second victory over disengagement opponents in less than 48 hours. The…

The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei criticized the ‘conflicting’ American positions on the settlements Israel is building and expanding in the West Bank. ‘We have heard two conflicting positions by…

Israeli police has arrested 3 Israelis, including a soldier, on suspicions of attempting to sell weapons to right wing activists to be used in hostile operations with the aim of…

‘Sharon has ruined chances of bringing the disengagement plan to the people for a decision and thus prevent a violent confrontation and a civil war,’ the Yesha settlers’ Council said…

Aides of Israeli finance minister Benjamin Netanyahu broke few days silence, fired back, accusing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his aides with using “mafia style”, in silencing anyone who…

35 settler families from the Nissanit settlement in the Gaza Strip signed an agreement with the Israeli Disengagement Department, in order to move to Karmia area behind the Green Line,…

Israeli housing ministry has ordered around 600 familes, who recently moved into Gaza Strip settlements to protest the disengagement plan, to leave the Palestinian strip. In recent weeks a total…

The National Office for Land Defense revealed that Israel annexed during the months of February and March 93132.5 Dunams, and approved constructing 10291 homes for settlers in the West Bank.…

‘We can’t expect to receive explicit American agreement to build freely in the settlements,’ Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said at Sunday’s cabinet meeting. The large blocs of settlement in the…

As expected, the Knesset plenum on Monday afternoon rejected the bill on the disengagement referendum by a vote of 72 to 39. The overwhelming majority represents a sound victory for…

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, demanded Israel to announce a truce and to halt all settlement activities. “We agreed to the cease fire, and we demand Israel to calm the situation…

Sunday, Israeli soldiers handed on dozens of residents of Nahhalin, west of Bethlehem, military orders to evacuate from their lands within 45 days. The Popular Committee Against the Wall reported…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Saturday that the American assurances on the major West Bank settlement blocs stands firm.  ‘There is nothing to worry about regarding the blocs. There…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Shinui leaders Yosef Lapid and Avraham Poraz arrived at an agreement by which the secular party will vote in favor of the 2005 state…

Rashid Sbeih, a resident of Aqraba east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus stated that the residents are suffering of continuous attacks carried out settlers groups from a…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that all Israeli settlement built on Palestinian territories occupied during the 1967 war are illegal. ‘We have accepted to establish our state within the…

Israeli settlers attacked Friday with wooden sticks Rahmah Howari, 50, while standing near her home in the village of Einyabous south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Howari, who…

Settlers from Yitzhar attacked once again in 48 hours the village of Asira al-Kabaliya. a group of armed settlers broke into the village on Saturday night opened fire at homes…

The United States will release a statement on U.S. policy regarding Israel’s construction plans in West Bank settlements as early as today, Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Danny Ayalon told…

The Israeli civil administration in the northern West Bank area revealed plans to expropriate some 224 Dunams, (60 acres) in the village of Kufur Thulth and many other villages east…

A Palestinian medical source in Hebron reported that a settler woman of the illegal outpost of ‘Ramat Yeshai’ in Hebron attacked and stoned a 9-year-old child, while the soldiers, present…

Senior aides of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon expressed Thursday concerns that the government might fail to muster a Knesset majority for the budget, leaving the country with one choice;…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Shinui chairman Yosef Lapid were slated to meet Saturday evening to discuss the 2005 state budget Cracks in Likud widen, Olmert slams Netanyahu Israeli…

Two senior U.S. envoys met with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday to ask pointed questions about plans to expand the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in violation of the…

The Israeli Knesset Finance Committee passed the State Budget and the Economic Arrangements bill Wednesday night by a majority of ten to nine. The Israeli government so far lacks majority…

Israeli Police detained Tuesday evening 66 settlers at the Glilot junction north of Tel Aviv. Police believes were in way to block traffic in an unauthorized protest against the disengagement…

The members of the Israeli Knesset’s Law, Justice and Constitution Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow a national referendum on the disengagement plan.  The bill passed by…

Tuesday morning, residents of the southern Mount Hebron area reported that Jewish settlers attempted to poison flocks of sheep owned by local shepherds. The settlers reportedly dispersed contaminated seed over…

An Israeli security source reported on Tuesday that the military intends to dismantle a village protected by the army in the southern Gaza Strip, and move Palestinian and Egyptian collaborators…

Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed confidence Tuesday that the state budget would be approved by the Knesset next week.  Netanyahu also said the Likud would remain united, despite the…

Israeli security sources said Monday that the plan to establish two new settlements between Ma’ale Adumim and Jerusalem will be completed within a few weeks.  Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz…

A group of Gush Katif settlers have handed the Israeli security service a list of names of Israeli right wing extremists, demanding moving them out of their settlement. The Settlers…

The Israeli Defense Ministry has completed a widespread aerial photography operation revealing extensive building in West Bank settlements and unauthorized outposts in recent months.  The operation was ordered following a…

About 10,000 people attended a rally in support of disengagement Saturday night at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv.  The rally was organized by the Coalition of the Majority, the umbrella…

Despite an Israel army decree barring Israelis from relocating to the Gaza Strip, MK Effi Eitam (Religious Zionism) and his family announced Saturday that they would be moving from the…

Thursday, nearly 10000 settlers rallied at Naveh Dekalim settlement in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc against the disengagement plan; the settlers at the rally were divided between supporters of an…

A group of extremist settlers from Sousa settlements, east of Yatta in the south of Hebron , barred dozens of residents form reaching their fields, while the Israeli police, did…

Settlers in Hebron struck a Palestinian wall building with big hammers, causing the roof to collapse. Israeli police arrested two of the attackers.   The settlers also threw stones, eggs and…

Israeli army radio reported on Tuesday that the higher command of the Israeli army issued direct orders against Israeli soldiers who refuse to evacuate settlements under disengagement plan. Major General…

Israeli soldiers arrested Monday two West Bank settlers suspected of opening fire in the Palestinian village of Akid, west of the settlement of Ariel.  Local source in the Palestinian village…

Pullout opponents stepped up campaign against the disengagement plan, sending SMS messages asking Israelis to change residency address to Gush Katif settlement Bloc. The email, which is sent through the cellular network, urges…

Construction on Settlements outposts in some locations in the West Bank continues despite the latest report by attorney Talia Sasson on government involvement in building and funding ‘unauthorized’ outposts, Israeli…

According to Arabs48 electronic news site, Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon intends to propose to his ministers, in the Sunday’s cabinet meeting, moving the activities of the ‘settlement section’ of…

Following a request by the Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, the evacuation of Gaza Strip settlements and four West Bank ones, will last for three to four weeks only. The original…

A group of extremist settlers of Halmesh, north of Ramallah, attempted to annex several farmlands owned by residents of the villages of Nabi Saleh and Dir Nitham. Hussein Ali Tameemy, a…

Five municipalities of West Bank settlements transferred approximately NIS 12 million to the budget of the Council of Jewish Settlements (Yesha Council), which were used for the anti-disengagement campaign. Israeli…

Rabis, Jewish figures and activists from the United States are expected in Israel in the coming weeks to “express support” for settlers of the Gush Katif settlement Bloc in the…

Former Israeli Minster of Housing Effi Itam, stated on Wednesday that building unauthorized outposts in the West Bank was an organized policy in the Ministry of Housing even prior to…

Several dozen female settlers from the West Bank blocked a main road in the Gaza Strip and clashed Wednesday afternoon with police officers and Israel army soldiers.  Settlers, who were…

The Israeli Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee is set to meet on March 21 to vote on the first reading of a bill that would mandate a referendum on…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is likely to announce Wednesday that he will implement the principles of the Sasson Report, which calls for the dismantling of unauthorized settlers’ outposts.   Israeli…

The Likud Central Committee approved a resolution Thursday urging the party’s MKs to work for enacting legislation to allow a referendum on the disengagement plan. The resolution was passed with…

The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that it intends to annex 10677 Dunams of Palestinian family farmlands in the villages of Al-Sammoua’, Yatta, and Al-Thaheriyya “near the southern West Bank…

Leaders of Settlements Council in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip met on Tuesday evening with the Israeli Minister of Interior, and Police chiefs in Tel Aviv. The settlers…

Half of the Israeli settler families living in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip have expressed readiness to leave the settlement and negotiate with the government for…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Likud Central Committee chairman Tzachi Hanegbi on Tuesday that he would agree to let Likud members to work toward requiring a referendum on the…

A Druze soldier asked Tuesday Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz to respond to reports that rabbis issued a halakhic ruling permitting live fire on Druze and Bedouin soldiers and police…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to consider the decision to remove the structures from the settlements after the intended pullout from the Gaza Strip settlements and the four northern…

Sunday, the Israeli police reported in a press conference, that a Jewish company known as “Hemnota” forged documents of Palestinian land ownership and sold it to the Kerin Kayemit, “The…

The Israeli army developed a cannon shell which produces the sound of a normal tank shell, but when fired it does not use explosive charges; army officials said that it…

Kerin Kayemit (The Permanent Israeli Fund) has prepared a plan to expand Israeli settlements in the West Bank ; the plan includes building 6391 new flats and legalizing 120 illegal…

Israeli chief of staff of the air force, Eliezer Shkedi said that when Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip next summer, its apaches, unmanned planes, and other military sensors will…

The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, said that the Israeli government is planning more settlements in the West Bank, in violation to assurances given to the U.S. and to the Palestinian Authority. Gush Shalom revealed…

29 Likud MKs and ministers, including both opponents and supporters of the disengagement plan, are demanding a referendum on the plan before it is implemented. All have signed a letter…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz Thursday ordered senior defense ministry officials to prepare a shortened timetable for implementing the disengagement plan. The current timetable requires 8 weeks for evacuating all…

Israel army Chief of Staff Moshe Ya’alon approved this week guidelines for dealing with soldiers who refuse to evacuate settlements. He also decided that units slated to take part in…