UK FM, Straw Criticized Israel’s plan to expand WB settlement
In an interview he gave to the Guardian newspaper on Thursday, the British Foreign Minister Jack Straw criticized Israel’s plans of building 1000 more settlers housing units in the West…
Israel to Expand Jordan Valley Settlements
Israeli Agriculture Minister Israel Katz revealed Tuesday plans to expropriate some 31,000 dunams (8,000 Acres) of land to expand Jewish settlements in the Jordan Valley. Katz said he intended to…
Israel Still Dragging Feet on WB Settlements Construction Lines
The Israeli Defense Ministry is considering using an Israeli satellite to take photographs of all settlements in the West Bank to help Israeli teams negotiate with their American counterparts the…
Settlers create territorial contiguity with ‘connecting outposts’
Until a few years ago, the small settlement of Harasha in the western part of the northern West Bank was defined as an outpost. Harasha, on a hill 780 meters…
Hundreds of Settlers Blocked Army Plans to Evacuate 3 Caravans
Army is preparing to remove three caravans placed near the unauthorized West Bank outpost of Givat Assaf, Israel Radio reported. Hundreds of settlers arrived at the site late on Wednesday.…
Who is Cheating Whom?
Israeli News Paper Yodot Ahranot revealed Monday a new plan to build 533 new housing units in West Bank settlements, and that the government increased considerably subsidies allocated to settlements.…
Israel is Building 100 Housing Units in Har Gilo Settlement
Israel has begun building 100 new housing units in the Har Gilo settlement outside Jerusalem, political sources said Monday. They said construction of the new housing at Har Gilo, which…
Israel Issues Tenders for 1,000 Homes in WB Settlements
The Israeli Housing Ministry published Tuesday tenders for the construction of some 1,000 new housing units in West Bank settlements. The tenders include 604 homes in Betar Ilit, 214 in…
WB Settlement Security Officer Dies of Injuries Sustained in Friday’s Shooting Attack
The son of Itamar settlement security coordinator, who was killed on Friday’s shooting incident, lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for planning to allow Palestinian police to carry…
Sharon Raged over Olmert’s Call for Removing More WB Settlements
Olmert: Wide scale evacuation of WB settlements needed; Sharon trembled with rage; Right wing points finger at Sharon as standing behind Olmert’s comments. A source in Israeli Prime Minister Ariel…
Sharon Orders reexamination of Settlements’ tenders; PA calls for Total Freeze
Under direct Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s instructions, the Housing Ministry has temporarily halted and reexamining tenders for the construction of over 1,000 housing units in the Palestinian territories. It…
Israel Still Dragging Feet on Promises to Evacuate outposts
The government of Israel will try to evacuate unauthorized West Bank settler’s outposts before the U.S. presidential elections in November, sources in the PM office said Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister…
Sharon, Once Again promises to Remove Unauthorized Outposts
Sharon told Friday U.S. envoy Eliot Abrams he would keep his promise to remove unauthorized settlers’ outposts. ‘I am steadfast in my promise on the issue of the outposts,’ he…
Dani Ayalon: Ma’aleh Adomim Expansion is not a Violation of Commitments
The Israeli Ambassador to Washington Dani Ayalon said the decision to build the new 600 housing units in Ma’aleh Adomim, east of Jerusalem, is not a violation of previous commitment…
Sharon Meets US Envoys, Promises Removal of Outposts Soon
The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the visiting US envoys on Tuesday that Israel intends to dismantle the unauthorized settlers’ outpost in the West Bank as soon as possible.…
Finally, Israel Handed U.S. List of Unauthorized Settlers’ Outposts
Israel handed Tuesday a list of 28 unauthorized West Bank settler outposts to the U.S. U.S. Ambassador Dan Kurtzer, after a six-week delay. The handover of the list came a…
A Probe over Governmental Funding For Unauthorized Outposts
While the Israeli Defense Ministry was officially supposed to be dismantling unauthorized settler outposts, the Housing Ministry had been financing them through budgets sent to established settlements that would sponsor…
Miftah: `“Settlements aim to diminish chances of building a
The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue, Mifath, said that the continuous increase of settlements aims to diminish any opportunity to establish a Palestinian viable independent state in…
NIS 300M Approved for Expanding and Fortifying West Bank Settlements
Netanyahu have authorized on Monday a new budget of NIS 300 millionIMEMC & Agencies, June 15, 2004 Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have authorized on…
New Plan to Create Unbroken Settlement Sequence South of Jerusalem
the Palestinian village of Walajah south of Jerusalem was submittedIMEMC Staff & agencies, June 11, 2004 A private plan to build a new settlement on 2000 dunams of land near…
Considerable Rise in Settler Attacks on Palestinians
Israeli police reported Wednesday that during the year 2004, settlers’ attacks against Palestinian residents, especially in the northern West Bank and Hebron areas, increased considerably. Since January 2004, there has…
Army Dismantle Structure at W. B. Outpost
by settlers at the site of the unauthorized Hazon David outpost nearGhassan Andoni-IMEMC & Agencies, May 25,2004 Army and border police dismantled Tuesday morning a structure built by settlers at…
Israel Failed to Submit List of Unauthorized Settlers’ Outposts to
Israel failed to submit a list of unauthorized settlement outpostsU.S. IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 17, 2004 Israel failed to submit a list of unauthorized settlement outposts on the West…
Settlers Blocked Dismantling Outpost, Clashed with Soldiers
list of the unauthorized settlers’ outposts to the U.S.IMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 17, 2004 Following the published news over the failure of Israel to submit a list of the…
Peace Now: Unauthorized Outposts Strengthened in 2004
outposts, a Peace Now report released Monday, based on a study theyIMEMC Staff & Agencies, May 10, 2004 In the midst of talks around evacuating unauthorized settlers’ outposts, a Peace…
Israeli MHC Funneled Millions for Settlements
be used to build outposts in the West Bank.IMEMC Staff, May 5, 2004 17:20 The Israeli Housing and Construction Ministry has released money to be used to build outposts in…
Israel Will Expand the WB Settlement
West Bank Settlement blocs, said sources close to the Israeli PrimeIMEMC & Agencies, April 17, 2004 After the visit to Washington, ‘Israel is planning to expand the West Bank Settlement…
Sharon: Major WB Settlements Will Be Permanently Kept and Developed
Tuesday morning for talks over his disengagement plan with U.S.IMEMC Staff & Agencies, April 13, 2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon departed for Washington early Tuesday morning for talks over…
For the Third Time, Same Settlement Slated for Removal
Sharon and his Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz decided to evacuate 5IMEMC Staff & Agencies, April 13, 2004 Army Radio reported Tuesday that the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his…
Settlers Backed Out of Committing to Avoid Violence
sign a document of principles that sets the ground rules for theIMEMC & Agencies, April 9, 2004 The Yesha Council of Settlements has backed out of an agreement to sign…
Settlers Clash with Army at Illegal Outpost
demolished an illegal settlement Wednesday morning, near theIMEMC & Agencies, March 31, 2004 Settlers and Boarder police clashed after some 300 Israeli soldiers demolished an illegal settlement Wednesday morning, near…
Settlers Prevented removal of mobile house at West Bank outpost
prevented the army and the police from removing a mobile house setupMEMC & Agencies, February 21, 2004 The Israeli Radio reported that Hundreds of Israeli settlers prevented the army and…
More Money for Settlements
The Financial Committee of the Israeli Knesset, Monday, approved theMore Money for Settlements IMEMC Staff & Agencies The Financial Committee of the Israeli Knesset, Monday, approved the transfer of around…
U.S. Opposes Expansion of WB Settlements
recent conversations with Israeli officials that the U.S.IMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 16, 2004 According to Israeli sources, Senior U.S. Officials made it clear in recent conversations with Israeli officials…
US Opposes Expansion of WB Settlements
West Bank and will strongly oppose expansion of any West BankIMEMC Staff & Agencies, February 9, 2004 US officials objected to the transferring of Gaza settlers to the West Bank…
Settlers erect illegal outpost less than 24 hours after being
It just took some hours after the army demolished the illegaldemolished by Israeli troops IMEMC & Agencies, January 21, 2004 It just took some hours after the army demolished the…
Expanding settlers’ Outpost Slated for Dismantling
Moshe Kiblanski signed an order to dismantle a settlers’ outpostIMEMC Staff & Agencies, Jan, 3 2004 The Israeli Military Commander of the middle region in the West Bank Moshe Kiblanski…
Settlers Warn DM against Removing Outposts
his planned attempt to remove a dozen of settler’s “unauthorizedâ€ÂIMEMC Staff & Agencies,November 5, 2003 Settlers warned Tuesday Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz against his planned attempt to remove a…
Tenders to Build More Homes in WB Settlements
construction of more than 300 new apartments in west bankIMEMC Staff & Agencies, October 24, 2003 Israeli housing ministry issued a tender Thursday for the construction of more than 300…
600 More Housing Units in West Bank Settlements
central section of the separation wall, Israel issued tenders forIMEMC Staff, October 3, 2003 One day after the cabinet decided to go ahead with building the central section of the…
Burns Warns Israel Against Continuing With Settlement
Wiliams Burns, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near EastActivities in The WB IMEMC Staff, September 30, 2003 Wiliams Burns, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East affairs warned…
Israeli Settlers Convicted for Attempted Terror Attack of
Three settlers from the Israeli settlement of Bat Ayin in the WestPalestinian School IMEMC & Agencies, September 18, 2003 Three settlers from the Israeli settlement of Bat Ayin in the…
Sharon Signs For NIS 150 Million More, For Settler’s By-Pass Roads
Million to build three new roads that connect settlements in theIMEMC, August 11, 2003 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved a budget of NIS 150 Million to build three new…
Israeli DM, to Evacuate 6 West Bank Settler’s Outposts
six illegal settlement outposts in the Palestinian West Bank. Yet,IMEMC & Agencies, August 2, 2003 Israeli Defense Ministry ordered Friday the immediate evacuation of six illegal settlement outposts in the…
U.S Official, Settlement Freeze Means no Expansion or Growth
units in a Gaza Strip settlement, U.S. official said Thursday thatIMEMC Staff, Agencies, August 1, 2003 Following Israel’s decision to issue a tender to build 22 housing units in a…
Israeli PM, No Intentions to Deal with Settlement Issue Now
to continue dismantling illegal settlement outposts by a majority ofGhassan Andoni – IMEMC 10:07 The Knesset on Monday approved the Israeli Prime Minister’s proposal to continue dismantling illegal settlement outposts…
More Settler Outposts Established Than Removed
to residents of the Palestinian village of Salem east of Nablus. TheGhassan Andoni – IMEMC 08:47 Israeli settlers established a new settler outpost on land belonging to residents of the…
The Best Show in Town
perfect show. Television viewers all over the world saw heroicBy: Uri Avnery – IMEMC June 23 2003 The most talented director could not have done better. It was a perfect…
New US: Israeli Agreement Leaves Settlements Issue Outside
According to Israel’s Channel One news Tuesday evening IsraeliRoad Map Alison Keefe, IMEMC, June 11, 08:52 According to Israel’s Channel One news Tuesday evening Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has…
While Palestinians call it a symbolic act, evacuating unauthorized
Israeli army forces began on Monday began dismantling unpopulatedoutposts is creating uproar in settler’s circles Ghassan Andoni and Alison Keefe, IMEMC, June 10, 09:02 Israeli army forces began on Monday…
Settlement outposts: evacuation may start as early as Monday
At a meeting 11am Monday between Central Command chiefnight Alison Keefe, IMEMC, June 9, 10:14 At a meeting 11am Monday between Central Command chief Major-General Moshe Kaplinski, military commander of…
Evacuating unauthorized settlers’ outposts
immediate removal of unauthorized settlers’ outposts can trigger settlersGhassan Andoni – IMEMC, June 5, 2003 The implementation of the Israeli prime Minster’s declaration on the immediate removal of unauthorized settlers’…
Aqaba Declaration: Sharon Will Dismantle Illegal Outposts
that Israel is prepared to evacuate some illegal settlements. HeBy Alison Keefe, Tuesday, June 2, 2003 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is set to announce at the Aqaba summit that Israel…