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PoliticsIsrael Revokes Dutch Diplomatic Status Over Settlement Ban
Dutch foreign minister calls the move unnecessary while defending temporary sanctions on goods from illegal settlements.
West BankIsrael Tenders All 3,401 Units for Controversial E1 Settlement Plan
New bids open October 25 for housing in strategic corridor, raising fears of West Bank fragmentation and isolation of East Jerusalem from its surroundings.
West BankWest Bank Settlement Plans Surge in 2026
Over eighteen thousand units advanced across occupied territories as planning activity intensifies significantly during recent months.
West BankIsrael Expands Settlement Near Jerusalem Amid Western Sanctions
The move confiscates Palestinian land to merge outposts, aiming to split the West Bank and isolate Jerusalem from surrounding territories.
PoliticsUK, Canada, France Sanction Israeli Settlements
London targets settlement goods and firms but excludes state entities, raising doubts about enforcement efficacy.
West BankIsrael Advances 153 Settlement Plans in West Bank During 2026
Palestinian commission reports over 18,000 housing units targeted in occupied territories since January.
PoliticsUK Bans Settlement Trade as KCL Reinstates Activist
Britain targets illegal occupation commerce while London university ends disciplinary action against a prominent pro-Palestine student campaigner.
PoliticsUK Bans Goods From Israeli Settlements in West Bank
Britain joins France and Canada in restricting trade to confront expansion threatening Palestinian statehood.
RightsUN Warns of War Crimes in Syria as Oxfam Pushes UK on Settlements
The UN flags Israeli detentions in Syria while Oxfam urges London to expand its new trade ban on illegal settlements.
PoliticsUK Prepares Trade Ban on Goods From West Bank Settlements
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to present measures targeting illegal settlement expansion and financing to preserve two-state solution prospects.
West BankIsrael Seizes Land in Qabatia for Military Road
Order targets plots near Noa outpost, raising fears of annexation through infrastructure.
West BankAmnesty: Israel Seizes West Bank Land to Link Settlements
Confiscation orders in Jenin target Area A, aiming to connect planned settlements and isolate Palestinian communities from neighboring governorates.
West BankIsraeli Forces Abduct Dozens Across West Bank Amid Escalating Raids
Soldiers detain Palestinians in multiple governorates while colonizers attack property and inaugurate a new settlement south of Bethlehem.
West Bank37.5 dunams seized at Beitunia to enlarge an army site
The land falls in basins where registration was never completed, and possession of it passes to an Israeli defence ministry official for 60 days.
West BankIsrael approves 18 new settlement zones in the West Bank
The orders set the ground over which four newly approved settlements and four outposts will hold municipal powers, and push Efrat's boundary toward Khirbet al-Nahla.
WorldIsrael expels Dutch officials from the Gaza coordination centre
Gideon Saar said the delegation must leave the centre at Kiryat Gat at once and Israel within a week, after the Netherlands moved to ban imports from settlements.
West BankSettler attacks rise 63 percent over seven months of 2026
The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission counted 4,113 attacks between January and July against 2,524 in the same months last year, and said not one month came in below its counterpart.
West BankSettlements and outposts in the West Bank reach 592 by end of July
The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission counts 192 settlements against 400 outposts, and puts the settler population at close to 780,000. Israeli control reaches 91 percent of the Jordan Valley.
West BankSettlers have killed 25 Palestinians in 2026, a record year
Two governorates, Ramallah and Nablus, account for 71 percent of the deaths counted since 2019, and three in five of those killed were under 30.
West BankSettler attacks have displaced 107 West Bank communities since 2023
Human Rights Watch says the violence is backed by the state rather than merely tolerated by it, and that the pattern may amount to forcible transfer. UN figures put settler attacks at an average of 6.6 a day.
West BankIsrael puts 1,234 settlement units in E1 out to tender
Three Israeli organisations petitioning against the plan say the state had undertaken to warn them before any E1 tender, and told them in July that none was due for two to three months.
WorldNetanyahu attacks Britain as London considers a settlement goods ban
The measures under discussion reach settlement trade, not the 203 military export licences that were still running in February.