Outposts

IDF dismantles illegal West Bank outposts amid rise in nationalist violence

Security officials sharply criticized what they described as the courts' failure to impose meaningful penalties, arguing that judges were reluctant to issue punishments that could deter offenders.

Israeli military forces fire tear gas and disperse Palestinian farmers, preventing them from continuing the olive harvest as they attempt to cross an iron gate erected by the Israeli army in the village of Salem, east of Nablus in the West Bank, October 17, 2026.
Settlers from the Nahala movement build an outpost near the Gaza border, October 15, 2026.

IDF blocks roads leading to Gaza border after Nahala settlers attempt to build outpost overnight

IDF soldiers in the West Bank.

Transferring West Bank enforcement from IDF to police is a mistake without a plan - editorial

Israeli settlers are evacuated from illegal outpost Givat Or Yehuda, in the southern Hebron hills, on August 17, 2026.

IDF, COGAT evacuate illegal outpost near Hebron three months after residents attack police - report


Evyatar outpost eviction can take place after seven days, IDF says

The outpost was illegally built in May in the aftermath of a terror attack at the Tapuah Junction which claimed the life of 19-year-old Yehuda Guetta.

View of the Illegal Evyatar outpost, in northern West Bank, on June 16, 2021.

Palestinian teenager killed in West Bank protests, riots continue in Acre

Some 400 protesters threw rocks and fireworks at police near Evyatar; dozens of Arabs were arrested in Acre; Three suspects arrested after Temple Mount prayers.

Israeli Police arrest a Palestinian protesterfollowing Right-wing politician Itamar Ben Gvir press conference on June 10, 2021.

Netanyahu has no authority to halt Evyatar outpost demolition, Gantz says

The outpost was built last month by the Nahala movement near the Tapuach junction in the aftermath of the shooting death of Yehuda Guetta.

NETANYAHU AND Gantz – can they put their animosity aside and serve the public?

Knesset green lights votes to repeal Disengagement, authorize outposts

The Knesset Arrangements Committee agreed Tuesday evening in a 19-13 vote to fast-track the private members' bills.

New Hope MK Ze'ev Elkin is seen at a meeting of the Knesset Arrangements Committee.

Netanyahu pledges to legalize West Bank settler outposts if re-elected

"I swear to you: If I create a strong right-wing government without a rotation, I will take care of the settlements and the authorization of the young settlements [outposts]."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the Givat Harel outpost in Binyamin region of the West Bank, March 14, 2021

Religious Zionist Party: We won't enter gov't unless outposts legalized

Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich promised to place legalization of the outposts into the text of any coalition agreement his party would sign should it enter the government.

MK BEZALEL SMOTRICH speaks during a Knesset plenary session on August 24.

Gantz: Wide-scale settler outpost legalization 'irresponsible'

The defense minister spoke amid a push by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to place the issue on the government's agenda.

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan on his way to the hospital after fainting from hunger while protesting the government's failure to legalize the outposts, January 19, 2020

Netanyahu: I hope to resolve West Bank settler outpost issues within days

At issue is whether Israel would make a major policy declaration in favor of expanding its settlement footprint in Area C of the West Bank.


Bennett: If Netanyahu doesn't legalize outposts I'll do it when I'm PM

Bennett's visit and his statement marked the few times he has spoken out on behalf on the settlement movement since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Naftali Bennett (second from left) is seen at the outpost protest encampment.

Gantz meeting with settlers has not led to outpost legalization

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud ministers and the settlers have charged that Gantz has prevented the placement of the outpost issue on the agenda.

Tzachi Hanegbi at a protest tent erected by the Yesha Council and Young Settlements Forum outside Netanyahu’s Jerusalem office.