Evyatar

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023.(Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Contradicting Ben Gvir, Netanyahu says illegal West Bank land grabs ‘unacceptable’

PM declares government will take ‘strong action’ against those who carry out unauthorized settlement activity; lauds ‘changed equation’ of rare drone strike in West Bank

Public Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (second left) with settlement leaders at the Evyatar outpost in the West Bank, June 24, 2023 (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Visiting Evyatar, Ben Gvir tells settlers to ‘head for the hilltops,’ expand outposts

By ToI Staff

June 25, 2023, 4:26 pm

Contradicting Ben Gvir, Netanyahu says illegal West Bank land grabs ‘unacceptable’

PM declares government will take ‘strong action’ against those who carry out unauthorized settlement activity; lauds ‘changed equation’ of rare drone strike in West Bank

By ToI Staff

June 23, 2023, 8:04 pm

Visiting Evyatar, Ben Gvir tells settlers to ‘head for the hilltops,’ expand outposts

Hardline minister calls for punishing military offensive to kill thousands of ‘terrorists’ alongside wide campaign to settle West Bank; US opposes new settlement activity

By ToI Staff

A field of fire during clashes between Palestinians and settlers near the Palestinian village of Qusra in the West Bank on June 22, 2023. (Flash90)

June 22, 2023, 8:19 pm

IDF spokesman slams settler riots that ‘create terror’; far-right MK: It was a protest

MK Simcha Rothman compares rioters in Turmus Ayya to demonstrators against judicial overhaul

By ToI Staff

Settlement leadership at Evyatar illegal West Bank outpost, June 21, 2023. From left: bereaved father Elisha Guetta, Samaria Council Municipal Chief Rabbi Elyakim Levanon, Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and Tsofia Borovsky, after whose murdered husband Evyatar the settlement is named. (Courtesy Nachala Settlement Movement)

June 22, 2023, 12:56 pm

Daily Briefing June 22: Settlers retake Evyatar as Eli is promised 1,000 more homes

Jeremy Sharon reports on settler rampages after Tuesday’s deadly terror attack, possible government nod to outpost land grab; Sue Surkes on Druze riots over Golan wind turbine farm

By ToI Staff

Settlers seen at the illegal outpost of Evyatar in the West Bank on June 29, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

June 21, 2023, 8:06 am

Settlers mass at Evyatar, vow to reestablish outpost in response to deadly attack

Hundreds ascend West Bank hilltop demanding government make good on its promise to legalize the settlement and expand building in response to Palestinian terror

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

The right-wing march to the Evyatar outpost, near the West Bank city of Nablus, during the Passover holiday, on April 10, 2023. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

April 10, 2023, 1:24 pm

Thousands, including ministers, march to illegal West Bank outpost under heavy guard

The rally, including far-right ministers Ben Gvir and Smotrich, goes to Evyatar settlement in campaign to legalize the outpost, stretching already strained security forces

By Jeremy Sharon

IDF soldiers guard a bus station at the Tapuah Junction next to the West Bank city of Nablus, June 30, 2020. (AP/Oded Balilty)

April 9, 2023, 4:35 pm

Right-wing West Bank march Monday will strain stretched security forces – officials

7 ministers, including Smotrich and Ben Gvir, set to join event setting out from near Huwara, site of recent terror attacks, and heading to Evyatar wildcat outpost

By ToI Staff

Settlers pray as cars and homes burn in the West Bank town of Huwara on February 26, 2023. (Screenshot/Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

March 2, 2023, 1:10 pm

Far-right MK claims most fires in Huwara rampage were caused by Palestinians

Separately, security forces remove Religious Zionism MK who set up ‘parliamentary office’ in evacuated illegal outpost of Evyatar

By ToI Staff

Settlers protest for the return to the Evyatar outspot, near the West Bank city of Nablus, on February 18, 2022 (Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

February 28, 2023, 12:56 pm

Daily Briefing Feb. 28: Outpost sees return of settlers after terror attack

Legal affairs reporter Jeremy Sharon updates us on Evyatar outpost and judicial reform as environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at Jordan River rehabilitation

By ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of security forces evacuating the illegal Evyatar outpost, February 27, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law.)

February 27, 2023, 11:07 am

Security forces begin emptying Evyatar outpost, reoccupied by settlers after attack

Hundreds spend night at hilltop location; National Security Minister Ben Gvir asks Netanyahu to allow them to stay as a response to deadly shooting of two brothers by Palestinian

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Settlers in a building in the outpost of Evyatar, February 26, 2023. (Courtesy: Nachala)

February 27, 2023, 3:37 am

Settlers return to evacuated Evyatar outpost in response to deadly West Bank attack

Hundreds gather on vacated hilltop after Huwara shooting that left Israeli brothers dead, claiming government dragging feet on promise to allow them back after 2021 removal

By ToI Staff

Settlers at the illegal West Bank outpost Evyatar before evacuating it as part of a deal with the government, July 2, 2021 (Courtesy)

January 4, 2023, 6:08 pm

New coalition stance emboldens settlers, who plan to reestablish flashpoint outposts

Thousands intend to spend Seder night in Homesh and Evyatar this Passover and then stay on, taking advantage of the hardline government’s policy reversal they see as a watershed

By Shalom Yerushalmi

People walk by the water tower on the ruins of Homesh, August 27, 2019. (Hillel Meir/Flash90)

May 24, 2022, 1:03 pm

Next coalition crisis? Ahead of High Court debate, Gantz says Homesh to be evacuated

Defense minister says by law, settlers must leave illegal West Bank outpost; issue is point of contention in coalition, but MK says all its members understand Gantz won’t defy law

By ToI Staff

Minister of Defense Benny Gantz with MK Idit Silman during a plenum session at the Knesset, February 28, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 22, 2022, 12:28 am

Gantz said to tell rebel Yamina MK that authorizing illegal outpost may take months

Idit Silman and right-wing backers have been pushing to populate Evyatar quickly; defense minister also notifies lawmaker of plans to raze yeshiva at Homesh outpost

By Jacob Magid

Rayan Yousef Hamayel, 12, who was allegedly seriously injured by IDF fire during a protest against the Evyatar outpost on February 18, 2022. (Courtesy)

February 18, 2022, 8:20 pm

Palestinian boy, 12, said hit in head by IDF fire at protest against illegal outpost

Hundreds take part in riot outside Evyatar, hurling stones and burning tires; 22 other Palestinians reportedly hurt, mostly from tear gas inhalation, as army remains on high alert

By Aaron Boxerman and Jacob Magid