The Israel Lands Authority, which manages most of the lands in Israel, on Tuesday announced it would market to contractors and entrepreneurs the first 1,400 housing units of E1 (“East 1”), a strategically significant area in Judea and Samaria. Contractors who win the bids will construct the units. The importance of E1 lies in its […]

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is preparing a broad operational overhaul of policing in Judea and Samaria once enforcement powers, Border Police command and administrative-order authorities are transferred from the defense establishment to the Israel Police. According to a report by Channel 14 military correspondent Hallel Bitton Rosen, Ben Gvir’s plan includes immediate administrative […]

Finance Minister and Minister in the Defense Ministry Bezalel Smotrich called Sunday for Israel to fully conquer the Gaza Strip, establish a military government there, renew Jewish settlement and encourage voluntary emigration by Gazans who wish to leave. Smotrich said full Israeli control was necessary to fulfill what he described as the central war aim […]

Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US administration officials and members of the Board of Peace Monday, an Israeli political source said that “it was agreed that there would be no withdrawal without Hamas disarming.” In other words, the first condition for any future move in Gaza will be the disarmament of Hamas, effectively […]