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September 11, 2026
- WEST BANK: Three Outposts “Legalized,” Court Rejects E-1 Emergency Petition, Israel Demolishes Another Village in South Hebron Hills, Reports Say Bib Ordered 100 Outposts Removed, Govt Requests More Funds for WB Land Registration; New Joint Report on Ethnic Cleansing Extending to Areas A & B
- EAST JERUSALEM: New Hotel in Abu Tor/Silwan
- INTERNATIONAL SCENE: UK, France & Canada Annouce Ban on Trade with Israeli Settlements
- BONUS READS
WEST BANK
High Planning Council Advances Plans for 1,670 New Settlement Units Including “Legalization” of Three Outposts
Peace Now reports the Israeli High Planning Council convened on September 9th and advanced plans for 1,670 settlement units, including plans that would “legalize” three outposts as new settlements.
The three new settlements are:
- Adei Ad: The illegal Adi Ad outpost was granted final authorization under the guise of being a “neighborhood” of the nearby Amichai settlement though the built up areas are non-contiguous. The government announced its intention to legalize Adei Ad in 2018. Adei Ad is located in the northern West Bank’s Shiloh Valley and is known for its extreme violence to nearby Palestinian communities including Turmusayya and Jalud.. In 2013, Yesh Din published a full report on Adei Ad as a case study on how violent outposts dispossess Palestinians.
- Ein Yitav West: The Ein Yitav outpost was granted retroactive legalization for 281 settlement units. The new settlement is located in the Jordan Valley, near the Ein Yitav settlement but a distance from its borders. The outpost is adjacent to the Palestinian community of Ras Ein al-Auja, which was coerced by violent settler terrorism to abandon its homes and lands in January 2026.
- Ma’oz: Located in the northern West Bank near Jenin.
The settlement plans include:
- Ma’ale Amos: final approval for 365 settlement units. Ma’ale Amos is located between Bethlehem and Hebron.
- Talmon: final approval for 200 settlement units. Talmon is located northwest of Ramallah.
- Givat Ze’ev: a plan for 2 settlement units was deposited for public review. Givat Zeev is located south of Ramallah in an area that is on the Israeli side of the barrier.
- Pedu’el: a plan for 95 units was deposited for public review. Peduel is located in the northern West Bank and part of a string of settlements and unauthorized outposts – most notably Ariel – extending from the Green Line into the very heart of the West Bank and on towards the Jordan Valley.
- Alei Zahav: a plan for 259 settlement was deposited for public review. Alei Zahav is also located ina string of settlements and unauthorized outposts – most notably Ariel – extending from the Green Line into the very heart of the West Bank and on towards the Jordan Valley.
Court Rejects Request for Interim Injunction Against E-1 Tender
The Israeli Supreme Court has rejected a request for an interim injunction to stop the tender process for the E-1 settlement, ruling that the Court has ample time to consider the underlying petition without interfering in the tender process. The petition was filed by Palestinian communities who stand to be forcibly displaced by the E-1 plan along with four Israeli organizations. It argues
As it stands the State is ordered to respond to the petition in writing by September 24th. A tender for the construction of 1,234 settlement units at the E-1 site is set to close on October 19th, at which time the government can issue construction contracts.
Ir Amim writes:
“It should be underscored that the court’s decision effectively facilitates the government’s efforts in exploiting the final months of its term to establish facts on the ground to create a near-irreversible reality ahead of the elections. The decision further underscores the limits of domestic avenues in preventing the advancement of E1 and reinforces the urgency of international intervention and accountability.
Meaningful international action is therefore necessary to uphold international law, ensure compliance with the obligations set out in the ICJ’s 2024 Advisory Opinion, and guarantee that measures advancing settlements, annexation, and forcible displacement carry concrete consequences. This period is particularly critical, as further progress in the tender process could significantly narrow the window for effective intervention.”
Israel Destroys Another South Hebron Hills Village
On September 8th Israeli forces demolished the village of Khirbet al-Fakheit, located in the Masafer Yatta region of the South Hebron Hills, leaving 35 residents forcibly displaced. Israeli forced demolished homes and livestock buildings, destroyed water tanks and solar panels, and filled in a water well in attempts to prevent the village from reestablishing a presence on the land.
The demolition comes one week after the nearby Khirbet Al-Taban was similarly demolished. Like all the villages in Masafer Yatta, the recently demolished villages were located in Firing Zone 918 and have been targeted for demolition for years. Israel’s efforts to remove all residents from the Firing Zone area, if fulfilled, would be a war crime of forcible transfer.
Reports: Netanyahu Orders Removal of 100 Outposts
Ynet has reported that Prime Minister Netanyahu has issued an order to dismantle roughly 100 outposts across the West Bank, of which 15-20 are located in Areas A & B. The order was reportedly issued under pressure from the U.S. to stem settler violence. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said at a press conference that Nethanyahu gave “an instruction to evict places built in Areas A and B,” which would be a more limited effort as compared to what was reported by Ynet.
Finance Ministry Request More Budget for Land Registration Effort
Peace Now reports the Israeli Finance Ministry has requested the Knesset allocate an additional nearly $12 million (NIS 36.3 million) to fund land registration across the West Bank, a process that will lead to Israel’s annexation of vast tracts of West Bank land.
Peace Now said in a statement:
“The government is using the election period to push through measures that would create far-reaching and destructive facts on the ground. Land registration in the West Bank would amount to full annexation and a massive land grab from Palestinians. Registering the land would transfer ownership of the vast majority of Area C to Israel, while Palestinians would in practice have no ability to exercise their property rights. It is no coincidence that international law prohibits land registration in occupied territory, and that Israel itself issued an order suspending such procedures after 1967.”
Joint Report on Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of the West Bank
In a new report “Maximum Land, Minimum Population” three leading Israeli human rights groups show that outposts, settlements, settler and military violence and movement restrictions are not separate phenomena, but parts of a mechanism that serves Israel’s declared policy: annexing as much of the West Bank as possible while leaving as few of its Palestinian residents as possible. The report looks at the systematically cruel and racist tactics used to displace Palestinians, and how these tactics which were previously used mainly against isolated communities in Area C, are now directed at the entire Palestinian population in the West Bank.
The groups call this ethnic cleansing, a war crime under international law.
The report was jointly authored by Yesh Din, Bimkom & HaMoked.
EAST JERUSALEM
Plans Advance for a New Hotel in Abu-Tor/Silwan
Ir Amim reports that Israel is advancing a plan for the construction of a 39-room hotel on the northern edge of the Palestinian neighborhood of Abu-Tor neighborhood in East Jerusalem overlooking Silwan. While the plan was submitted by two Palestinian brothers, Ir Amim says there are indications that settlers are involved, noting that the proposed site for the hotel would be more easily accessed via one of the Elad settler groups’ facilities rather than through the Abu-Tor neighborhood due to the poor road conditions there (due to decades of Israeli neglect).
Ir Amim further reports:
“Although the plan was formally submitted by two Palestinian brothers, there are indications that settlers may be involved. It is a known practice for settler organizations to use Palestinians as intermediaries or front men to obscure the true nature and beneficiaries of real estate transactions. The two brothers, who have a serious criminal record, claim to have purchased the plot from its original owners—a Palestinian family from Silwan. Transaction documents indicate that the brothers were represented by an Israeli attorney who had, in a previous case, represented a Palestinian involved in assisting settler organizations in the acquisition of Palestinian-owned land.
Moreover, the Jerusalem Municipality joined the two brothers in submitting the hotel plan. While there are instances in which the municipality collaborates with private landowners in the submission of planning schemes, this is generally limited to large-scale neighborhood development plans. Ir Amim is not aware of any previous case where the municipality has co-submitted a hotel plan together with private individuals. Furthermore, when the municipality does participate in the submission of planning schemes or zoning plans, it typically does so only in plans submitted by Israeli landowners (not by Palestinian landowners), making this case particularly noteworthy.”
INTERNATIONAL SCENE
UK, France, and Canada Issue Broad Sanctions Targeting Israeli Settlement Enterprise
On September 8th, the United Kingdom announced a ban on imports from Israeli settlements – with British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband saying violent settlers are carrying out the ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. Miliband also expressly acknowledged Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful and that there is increasing evidence of war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. Canada and France announced it plans to follow the UK in imposing a settlement trade ban.
The trade ban on items produced in Israeli settlements is widely interpreted to be a symbolic move, one that will not likely affect the bilateral trade between the countries to a significant extent. Many Palestinians are skeptical that the trade ban will be implemented or that, if implemented, it will make a difference in the fate that awaits them in the West Bank.
In response, Israel has announced that it will close the UK consulate in East Jerusalem, amongst other measures.
BONUS READS
- “IDF Officials Warn Army Will Struggle to Defend New Israeli West Bank Settlements” (Haaretz, 9/9/2026)
- “Israel’s new West Bank separation wall closes in on Palestinian communities” (+972 Magazine, 9/9/2026)
- “As settler violence surges, some ask whether Israel can’t crack down, or simply won’t” (The Times of Israel, 9/11/2026)
- “The Israeli right is rekindling a Zionist classic: Judaizing the Galilee” (972 Magazine, 9/7/2026)
- “Israeli Settler Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Killing Palestinian Woman in 2018” (Haaretz, 9/9/2026)