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From The Wine Cellar / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Triumph Among the Vines

By Rachel Cohen

Like Esther before her, Tura Winery co-owner Vered Ben Sa’adon is a modern-day example of a strong woman advocating for her people.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Arabs Uproot Grove Planted in Memory of Terror Victim Ori Ansbacher

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Arab vandalism of Israeli-owned agricultural endeavors is a common occurrence, and Israeli vineyards in Judea and Samaria have been repeatedly targeted by Arab sabotage.

Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Fatah Official to Gush Etzion Arabs: Ignore Israeli Employers, Continue Provocations

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

While some Arab family members take over land illegally and carry out provocations, other family members make their living by working in the Israeli communities.

Headline / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Israeli Employers to Arabs: Want to Work for US? Don't Work With Anarchists

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli employers have decided to step up their struggle against the phenomenon of illegal land grabs that endanger the security and future of their communities.

Antisemitism / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Netanyahu Hints that TIPH Mandate in Hebron Won't be Extended

By Israel Hayom

Temporary International Presence in Hebron is accused of anti-Israel bias, violence, and overstepping its mandate as a neutral observer.

US / Boycott / BDS / Judea & Samaria / Interfaith Relations / Settlements

Top US Evangelical Leaders Slam Airbnb’s Boycott on Israel

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Leaders of American national Evangelical organizations sent a letter to Airbnb strongly condemning its decision to “discriminate against the State of Israel” by removing Israeli-owned listings in Judea and Samaria, charing that Airbnb’s actions were “not only discriminatory but anti-Semitic in nature.” The company announced its decision to delist some 200 homes in November because […]

IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Shin Bet: Detained Israeli Youths Suspected of Killing Arab Woman

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The suspects’ attorneys state the detainees have been subjected to harsh and improper forms of interrogation.

Video of the Day / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Deputy Minister Michael Oren Visits Efrat's Eitam Hill and Gush Etzion

By Video of the Day

Deputy Minister Oren was impressed with the Jewish pioneers that are building up a barren hillside in memory of Ari Fuld.

Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Court Awards Disputed Gush Etzion Land to Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arabs claimed the 522 dunams of land next to the Kibbutz belonged to them.

US / Antisemitism / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Calls For Counter-Boycott of Airbnb

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Airbnb’s policy is the very definition of anti-Semitism.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Cornerstone Laid for New Neighborhood in Migron

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"We are here, first and foremost, thanks to the families of Migron that did not give up."

Politics / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / European Union

Israeli Frankincense Farmer Faces Hostility in Europe and Next Door

By JNi.Media

Location, Location, Location, in this case, adds a touch of frustration and sadness to what otherwise is yet another story of Israeli ingenuity offering amazing goods to the world.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Watch: IDF Raids Yata Home of Ari Fuld's Murderer

By JNi.Media

The force carried out measurements of the terrorist's home in anticipation of an order to demolish it.

IDF & Security / Government / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Obituaries

Netanyahu, Bennett, at Ari Fuld's Shiva

By JNi.Media

"The only point of light is that Ari did not go like a sheep to slaughter, he saved others."

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

2-Year Old Discovers Fire Balloon that Landed in Efrat

By JNi.Media

The first terrorist incendiary balloon in Judea and Samaria was launched in late June.

Headline / Politics / UK / Antisemitism / Boycott / BDS / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Israeli Academic Leading Call to Boycott Ariel University Conference

By JNi.Media

"If the academic code of ethics was created for any purpose at all, it was to combat academic boycotts of Israel."

Politics / Gaza / Government / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education / Settlements

Netanyahu Celebrates New School Year with Gush Katif Refugees

By JNi.Media

A month and a half ago, many residents of Yad Binyamin marked the 13th anniversary of their expulsion from Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip.

Headline / IDF & Security / Politics / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

15 Leftwing Activists Provoked Settlers in Southern Hebron Hills, 4 Hospitalized

By JNi.Media

"The activists went up to the settlement in order to provoke the residents, and friction developed between them and the settlers living in the area."

Featured / Eye on "Palestine" / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Sovereignty

Ha'aretz Pundit: 'The Settlers Have Won, We Have Lost'

By JNi.Media

Levy repeats the mantra that only the complete return of Judea and Samaria to the Arabs would guarantee the desired, long-lasting peace.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Settlements

Gaza Expulsion Day – What Did Israeli Pols Predict 13 Years Ago?

By JNi.Media

Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz: "We will be in of control of the envelope around the fence, and the level of terror will drop in the Gaza Strip, as pragmatic forces will rise."

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Gush Etzion: This Was Just a Drill

By Jewish Press News Desk

The rocket alert siren will be tested throughout the week in Gush Etzion.

Featured / Headline / Politics / Government / The Courts / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements / European Union

High Court Calls on State to Provide Alternative Housing for Khan al-Ahmar Squatters

By JNi.Media

During the hearing, the squatters' attorneys made it clear that their clients were not willing to move too far from the current location of their shantytown, at most "a hundred or two hundred meters."

US / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Republican Leader Mike Huckabee Visits Efrat, Promotes Judea and Samaria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Huckabee: President Trump is naturally a builder and he would be proud to see what is going on here in Efrat.

Terrorism / US / Settlements

Ambassador David Friedman Pays Shiva Call To Ovadia Family in Adam

By Jewish Press News Desk

Friedman said that words are insufficient to describe the evil and barbarity of the terrorist act.

Featured / IDF & Security / The Courts / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / European Union

High Court of Justice to Hear Petitions on Illegal Bedouin Settlement

By JNi.Media

In the case of Khan al Ahmar, the High Court has displayed a disturbing "flexibility," extending a legal process which, by the Court's own admission, has been plagued by intolerable stalling.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

Wounded Adam Victim Released from Hospital

By Jewish Press News Desk

The man was stabbed by a terrorist on Thursday evening.

Headline / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

PM Netanyahu Summons TIPH Commander After More TIPH Violence Against Jews Exposed

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two incidents of violence and vandalism by TIPH observers against Jews were exposed on video in the past week.

Featured / Terrorism / Police and Crime / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / European Union

First Foreign Working Arrangement Europol Signs Is with Israel Police

By JNi.Media

The agreement was brought to a vote at the Europol headquarters and was unanimously approved by 28 representatives of the member states.

UK / Antisemitism / Europe / Boycott / BDS / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Liberman: Israel Should Close Embassy in Dublin, Ireland

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Liberman slammed the Irish Senate for ratifying a first reading of a bill which would make it an offense to trade goods, services and natural resources from Judea and Samaria.

Video of the Day / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Leftwing Machsom Watch Activist Exposed and Surprised in Undercover Visit to Yitzhar

By Video of the Day

Hana Berg's tour guide began by telling her the story of Hana Berg, the Machsom Watch activist who cursed a soldier moments before he was murdered.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Settlements

Shooting at Migdal Oz

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arab terrorists shot at the southern entrance to Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion on Sunday afternoon.

Settlements

Evacuation and Destruction of Tapuach West has Begun

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hundred of Israeli Border Police have begun gathering to evacuate the neighborhood of Tapuch West (Tel Binyamin), in the Shomron.

Featured / Headline / IDF & Security / The Knesset / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Defense Ministry, Civil Administration, Reject Bill Transferring Arab Land Appeals to Civilian Courts

By JNi.Media

Attorney Marganit Levy, representing the Justice Ministry, told the committee: "The Administrative Affairs Court has more ability than the High Court of Justice to clarify factual matters."

Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Fragile Calm And Anger At High Court As Netiv Ha’Avot Prepares For Demolition

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The families being evacuated are committed to non-violence as the police throw them out of their homes.

Headline / Video of the Day / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Live Video Streams from Netiv Ha'Avot

By Video of the Day

Live feeds from from Ari Fuld, Sara Haetzni-Cohen, Josh Hasten, and others in Netiv Ha'Avot.

Photo of the Day / Settlements

Thousands Rally for Netiv Ha'Avot

By Photo of the Day

Thousands gathered for a quiet rally on Monday evening ahead of the destruction of the neighborhood of Netiv Ha'Avot.

Settlements

Rabbis Urge Citizens to Protest Destruction of Netiv Ha’avot Neighborhood

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Make it clear to all those opposed to the settlement enterprise: For every home that will be destroyed or threatened with destruction, many others will be built.”

The Courts / Settlements

Settlers Say High Court Left-Wing Bias Means Regulations Law Case is ‘Fixed’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Palestinian Authority law and social norms today put Arab lives at risk if they directly sell land to Jews.

Headline / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / Government / Settlements / Sovereignty

Israel to Build New Gaza Belt Town After Hamas Aggression

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The establishment of a new community is a message of Zionism and strength in the face of terrorism,” says Housing Minister Yoav Gallant.

Headline / Politics / Government / Business and Economy / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Zoning Committee Approves 250 Housing Units in Mt. Hebron Settlement

By JNi.Media

"Today, twenty years since the civilian settlement was established at an important strategic point, we are advancing one more step towards normalization and equal rights for the citizens of Judea and Samaria."

Headline / Politics / The Knesset / Settlements / Sovereignty

Senior Labor MK Calling on Party to 'Sober Up,' Impose Sovereignty on Settlements

By JNi.Media

"Once a binding definition of the settlement blocs has been determined, Israeli law must be applied to them in full," MK Cabel demands.

Government / The Courts / Bedouin / Settlements / Local

Residents of Unauthorised Negev Village Agree to Move to Permanent City

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"When we (realized we were) out of options, we went for a deal that would be good for our next generation.”

Featured / Holidays & Observances / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Holiday Happening Celebrates Hilltop Youth, their Parents

By JNi.Media

Hundreds of guests arrived at the Kumi Uri hill near Yitzhar in Samaria for a festive celebration of the Hilltop Youths.

Featured / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Media / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Settlements

Arab Media: Dozens of Settlers Stormed Al Aqsa Mosque

By JNi.Media

All of which can only mean one thing: rush to the mikvah, folks, get dressed modestly and go visit the Temple Mount this Chol Ha'Moed, before Israel Police declare that doing that endangers peace in the Middle East.

Featured / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Settlers Leader to Netanyahu, Liberman: Change COGAT to COGAYOSH

By JNi.Media

The head of the Samaria Council claimed that the current name of the unit contains "a political position being taken by the IDF regarding an area in dispute."

Featured / Terrorism / Hamas / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Samaria Rabbi Targeted by Hamas Video: We Continue to Build, Despite your Threats

By Jewish Press Staff

“In every generation they rise up against us to destroy us and God saves us from their hands."

Headline / Terrorism / Police and Crime / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Police Arrest Jew who Fired in the Air After Arabs Invaded his Farm

By JNi.Media

"We're living in a topsy-turvy world. Instead of arresting the Arabs, the Hebron police arrests the victim and confiscates his weapon."

Featured / Politics / Health and Medicine / Settlements / Judaism

Religious Zionists' Spiritual Leader on Vaccination: Listen to Doctors, Don't Be Your Own Physician

By JNi.Media

"We very much value independent and critical thinking, but we also need some common sense and humility."

US / Politics / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Sovereignty

Yesha Council Alternative DC Conference Calling for Israeli Sovereignty

By JNi.Media

Four hundred participants packed the event to support Judea and Samaria in face of delegitimization and boycotts, organized by YESHA Council.

Featured / Terrorism / The Courts / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Fogel Family Suing PA, PLO and PFLP for NIS 400 Million

By Jewish Press News Desk

The terrorists who massacred the family are receiving generous salaries from the Palestinian Authority.

Featured / Politics / The Courts / Arts and Entertainment / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Dancing on the Edge of Demolition in Netiv Ha'Avot

By JNi.Media

"They are wonderful, Israeli mothers. They are raising their families with the values of Torah, Love of Israel and a devotion to the land. Here are their stories."

Headline / US / Government / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Sovereignty

Elkin: Applying Israeli Sovereignty More Important than Relations with America

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“Today, nobody remembers President Reagan’s sanctions, but we are left with full Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.”

Headline / Politics / Government / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Netanyahu Trying to Quash Next Week's Sovereignty Vote

By JNi.Media

On Wednesday and Thursday, the PM's office has reportedly been applying severe pressure on Kisch to take his bill off the committee's agenda for Sunday.

Government / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education / Settlements

Bennett Says Etzion Bloc to Be Under Israeli Sovereignty 'By Graduation Time'

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The minister made the remark Monday at the opening of a new elementary school in the Jewish community of Neve Daniel, located across the road from Efrat.

Featured / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Judaism

Rav Druckman Makes a Rare Blessing at Havat Gilad

By Jewish Press News Desk

Blessed are you Hashem our God, King of the Universe, Who restores the widow's boundary line.

Headline / Government / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Cabinet Approves Havat Gilad as Recognized Community

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu: Whoever thinks that through the reprehensible murder of a resident of Havat Gilad, a father of six, that he can break our spirit and weaken us, is making a bitter mistake.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Rapid-Response Team and IDF Capture Terror Suspect Near Perimeter of Efrat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Efrat's rapid-response counter-terrorist unit was immediately mobilized when the suspect began to approach the town.

Featured / US / Palestinian Authority / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Geneva UN Group Recommends 240 Things Israel Must Repair

By JNi.Media

Even the “State of Palestine” had ten recommendations for Israel, to which Israel responded by suggesting to entity by that name does not “satisfy the criteria for statehood under international law.”

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Community CTU Units to Get New Ceramic Tactical Vests

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF will be upgrading the tactical vests for community-based counter terrorist units in Judea and Samaria.

Government / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Intifada

Widow of Rabbi Raziel Shevach, z'l: Our Consolation is Building the Land of Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“I ask the prime minister to break the silence and adopt the proposal of the defense minister to legalize Havat Gilad. This is our consolation."

Featured / Headline / Government / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Report: Defense Ministry Working on Plan to Legalize 70 Outposts in Judea and Samaria

By JNi.Media

At the top of the list is the Asa'el outpost in the Mount Hebron Regional Council, where 46 families live.

Headline / Government / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Intifada

Netanyahu Orders Defense Ministry to Connect Havat Gilad to Electric Grid

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“This is a first step and I thank the prime minister. We expect the government to recognize Havat Gilad as a legitimate town in Judea and Samaria."

Headline / Government / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Intifada

Terror Victim Rabbi Raziel Shevach, z'l, Laid to Rest in Havat Gilad

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“Dear Raziel, you were nothing but praise for God – as your named indicated. We are at war and you are a victim of that war."

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Uri Ariel: Time Has Come For Palestinians to Pay Price for Terror Attacks

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"This is the time for sticks – perhaps if we’d been using them, this wouldn’t have happened.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Raziel Shevach to be Buried in Havat Gilad, Civil Administration Says No

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"We will honor his request and bury him in the town he loved so much,” said Yael Shevach.

Featured / Politics / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Likud Central Committee Unanimously Approves Sovereignty in Judea, Samaria

By JNi.Media

One leftwing editorial suggested the Likud is beginning to prepare for life after Netanyahu.

Settlements

Overcoming The Challenges Against All Odds

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Just a few hundred meters from the Egyptian border, Yedidya Harush stands a top of a sand dune overlooking what less than a decade ago was a vast, inhospitable, empty expanse, stretching as far as the eye can see...

News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Elkanah Pushes Back Against Shomron City Plan

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

An Interior Ministry committee believes combining four Shomron communities together makes sense economically.

Headline / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Building Collapses in Beitar Illit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Five people were injured. Rescue teams are searching for more victims.

Featured / US / Police and Crime / The Courts / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Kushner May Fry for Trying to Block Obama's UNSC Betrayal of Israel

By JNi.Media

Kushner could become the first US citizen to have been charged with violating the 1799 Logan Act, and if he did this on behalf of his father-in-law then the Trump presidency is in very deep trouble.

Featured / IDF & Security / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Defense Minister Reveals Ambitious Plan to Crisscross Judea, Samaria, with Major Highways

By JNi.Media

A new, spacious highway connecting Jerusalem and the Israeli city smack at the center of the "west bank" will spell the end of the PA's hopes for a contiguous Palestinian State.

Headline / Politics / Government / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

State to High Court: Arab Land Obtained in Good Faith May Be Used by Settlers

By JNi.Media

Israel wishes to use the legal concept of "market regulation" for the first time since 1967 in regard to Israeli settlers who purchased private Arab land in Judea and Samaria.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Egged and Gush Etzion Development Company Sign Cooperation Agreement

By Jewish Press News Desk

The GECD will be providing local bus service on behalf of Egged in Efrat and Gush Etzion.

Headline / US / Politics / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Diaspora / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Camp Ramah Still Safe for Zionists, Director Rejects Ha'aretz Insinuations

By JNi.Media

According to Ha'aretz, Camp Ramah has incorporated the curriculum of a group called IfNotNow to teach Jewish Children about the evils of Israeli occupation. So we made a phone call.

Featured / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Watch: Prof. Kontorovich Urging Congress Not to Capitulate to PA on Embassy Move

By JNi.Media

'Never has there been a national independence movement that has refused an independence offer on the grounds that it does not include all the territory the movement seeks.'

Featured / Jewish / Politics / Government / The Courts / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

High Court: Jewish Settlers Part of Local Judea, Samaria, Population

By JNi.Media

Retiring Justice Salim Joubran ruled that according to International Law it is permissible to impound lands in favor of the Israeli population in Judea and Samaria, provided it is done reasonably.

Featured / IDF & Security / Politics / The Courts / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Setting the Record Straight: IDF to Translate from Turkish 100,000 Judea & Samaria Land Ownership Documents

By JNi.Media

"The fact that the Judea and Samaria land registry is still written in the original Turkish illustrates more than anything else that the area of real estate [in the Civil Administration] is lagging a generation behind."

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Terror Attack Foiled in Efrat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Released for Publication: The Efrat counter-terrorist unit was called out before Yom Kippur after security cameras noticed a suspicious man approaching the town from the fields.

Featured / Politics / History / The Courts / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Report: Orthodox Justice Defied Supreme Court's Directive, Participated in Gush Etzion Liberation Ceremony

By JNi.Media

Recently retired Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, also an Orthodox Jew, told Army Radio he saw no problem in his former colleague's attending the ceremony as a private person.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Terror Cell Planting Bomb Captured Near Kibbutz Migdal Oz

By Jewish Press News Desk

It is suspected that the terror cell also blew up a bomb in Gush Etzion while the Prime Minister was visiting this week.

Featured / Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Anti-Israel NGOs / Settlements

Border Police: Leftwing Activists Shamed Terror Victim Moments Before Murder

By Jewish Press News Desk

Machsom Watch women exchanged words with Solomon Gaviriya moments before the terrorist opened fire in Har Adar, killing him.

Featured / Jewish / Politics / Government / The Knesset / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Man of the Year

Jewish Man and Woman of the Year 5777: Bezalel Smotrich and Ayelet Shaked

By JNi.Media

Both Smotrich and Shaked have shown their ability to mobilize considerable political might in the pursuit of their ideas

Featured / Headline / IDF & Security / Politics / The Courts / Religious & Secular in Israel / Chabad / Religion / Settlements

Chabad Rabbi on Trial for Incitement: Soldiers Are Forbidden to Evacuate Settlements

By JNi.Media

Rabbi Wolpo said in his testimony that according to Jewish law the evacuation of settlements in the Land of Israel is a worse sin than eating pork on Yom Kippur, since it endangers the lives of millions of Jews.

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Getzlight – Chapter VI

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