“Less in public view but no less important are the southern Hebron hills. Strategically, these hills dominate the city of Beersheba. Immediately to their west sits Israel’s largest air force base. Demographically, concentrated Palestinian settlement in the southern Hebron hills would create a continuity of Arab settlement stretching from Gaza through the Arad-Beersheba axis. Regavim, the underfunded organization that monitors illegal Palestinian ... Read More »
Judea & Samaria
State ignoring illegal takeover of planned industrial zone
“Yishai Hemo of the Regavim organization said: “In recent months, we have uncovered the extent of data showing how the Palestinian Authority and its entities are taking control of tens of thousands of dunams in Judea and Samaria, but this is a new record of impertinence, since it is state land designated for an Israeli industrial zone.” Read more HERE ... Read More »
Report: Cabinet approved permits for 700 Palestinian homes in Area C
“The right-wing NGO Regavim, which is in the middle of campaign against illegal Palestinian construction in Area C, also denounced Netanyahu’s actions.” Read our statement HERE at the Jerusalem Post. Read More »
‘PA is stealing our land and Israel is doing nothing to stop it’
“New Right to push for crack-down on Arab land grabs in Judea and Samaria, says Bennett. ‘PA is stealing our land and we’re not stopping it.’ Bennett spoke out days after the watchdog group Regavim, which monitors illegal construction in the Arab sector, published a report which found that the number of illegal Arab structures in Area C, and the amount of ... Read More »
‘EU undermines Israeli sovereignty’
“We responded to the European Union announcement against house demolitions in Tzur Baher neighborhood: ‘New hypocrisy record’.” Read about it HERE in Arutz Sheva Read More »
Shaked demands half of potential united right slate as merger talks heat up
“After field workers from Regavim briefly pointed to an illegal building project in the neighboring Palestinian village of al-Khader, Shaked and Bennett both declared that they would put an end to such activity.” Read more HERE at Times of Israel. Read More »
Gush Etzion Regional Council holds conference regarding ‘Arab’ land theft
“Land that will be taken over [by Palestinians] will not only be lost for 7-10 years, but will be lost for many more years ahead,” he said. One of the main speakers at the conference – Coordinator of the Regavim, Yishai Hamo, presented troubling data regarding land and agricultural theft that has been obtained by the council over the last ... Read More »
Waking Up to a Nightmare of Violence and Palestinian Flags
“Protests, Violence, and Palestinian flags waving on your roads. What would you do if this is what met you on the highway? Israelis are experiencing this TODAY.” Tamar Yonah speaks with our Director of the International Division, Naomi Linder Kahn, about the message behind Regavim raising hundreds of Palestinian flags as a wake-up call regarding what is happening in Judea ... Read More »
Palestinians are taking over Israeli-controlled West Bank
More than 28,000 illegal Palestinian structures have been built in Israeli-controlled area C in the West Bank in the past decade. This construction and the use of land for agriculture is part of a carefully-orchestrated and meticulously executed takeover by the Palestinians. Naomi Kahn,the Director of Regavim’s International Department, sat down with KAN’s Mark Weiss to discuss the issue. Listen to ... Read More »
Incitement by the “The Global Campaign to Return to Palestine”
“The roadside sign carries the emblem of the key, a reference to the Arab demand for the right of return, which is associated with the mass riots organized by Hamas on the Gaza border for the past two years, which they have labeled “The March of Return.” Read more HERE at Israel Unwired. Read More »