Yossi Dagan, the head of the Samaria Regional Council, was one of the Sa-Nur residents forced to leave in 2005.

The inauguration ceremony drew several Israeli political and settlement leaders, including Settlement and National Missions Minister Orit Struck and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan.

The plan also envisions the creation of a museum and visitors center at the site, next to the home where Ben-Gurion worked, with a winery and boutique gallery planned in the area of the barns that existed behind the houses.

Regavim, an Israeli NGO focused on land issues, welcomed the announcement, calling it 'a critical step for Jerusalem and for the State of Israel as a whole.'

'This governmental action transmits a direct message to Israel’s enemies that for every murder we will bring additional life and construction forever.'

Smotrich, a long-time settlement activist, said that the Security Cabinet’s decision marked 'a great day for the settlement enterprise and an important day for the State of Israel.'

Transportation Minister Miri Regev said she would ask Jerusalem’s Security Cabinet to define the resettlement of the Gaza Strip as an official goal of the war against Hamas. 'It is time to retrieve the territories we gave to Hamas.'

The new Judea town of Nahal Heletz will reinforce territorial continuity between the Etzion bloc and Jerusalem.

Pompeo took to the X platform to defend Israel after the Biden Administration revoked the "Pompeo Doctrine" that said settlements did not violate international law. 

Contrary to media reports, UN data reveals a stark difference in the scale of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank during the Gaza conflict.

Ken Roth’s invective against the Jewish state was only matched by Isa Soares’ leading questions as well as her uncritical reception of Roth’s partisan analysis.

'The Secretary-General reiterates that settlements are a flagrant violation of international law. They are a major obstacle to the realization of a viable two-State solution.'

On Sky News Prime Minister Netanyahu argues for the Jewish people's right to Judea and Samaria and explains why Israel's presence there does not prevent peace.

'Why hasn’t the EU ever called any other people’s residential activities in other occupied territories an international crime?,' asks Dutch MEP Michiel Hoogeveen.

'The U.S. Ambassador has unfortunately taken the propaganda bait.'

Don't let Belgium discriminate against products from Jewish communities in their biblical homeland.

'The decision to label the products harms Israelis and Palestinians and is out of step with the government of Israel’s policy that is focused on improving the lives of Palestinians,' Israel's foreign ministry said.

'The facts on the ground are irreversible. The percentage of Jews in the West Bank is equivalent to 33 million Americans,' said Baruch Gordon, director of West Bank Jewish Population Stats.

"There is no Israeli culture in the true sense. This is because there is no such thing as “an Israeli.” A group of settlers simply arrived from all the world states."

Are the Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria an obstacle to peace?