Summary of a Year of Terror, Expulsion, and Annexation — 2025 in the Settlements

Key Data for 2025 in the Settlements:

• 86 new outposts, including 60 “agricultural farms” (an average of 1–2 outposts per week).
• 54 new official settlements approved by government decisions.
• 27,941 housing units approved by the Higher Planning Council
• 9,629 housing units included in settlement tenders.
• 27 new settlements were granted municipal jurisdiction areas.
• 1,269 Palestinian structures were demolished in Area C due to lack of building permits (OCHA data).
• 1,828 incidents of settler attacks resulting in bodily injury or property damage (OCHA data). 9 Palestinians were killed by settlers, and 838 Palestinians were injured.
• 22 Palestinian communities were fully or partially displaced due to settler violence (B’Tselem data).

Peace Now: While inside Israel the government is dysfunctional, thousands of evacuees have not yet returned to their homes and tens of thousands of victims need rehabilitation, in the settlements the government acts like a well-oiled machine, investing billions and advancing construction and planning for the benefit of a small group of settlers in the government’s base. October 7th proved that one cannot simply “manage” the conflict — it must be resolved, and the solution requires a political agreement. The government’s rampage in the settlements condemns us to many more years of bloody conflict, diplomatic isolation, and heavy economic burden.

Record Number of Outposts

In 2025 the government established 86 outposts, of which 58 were “agricultural farms.” According to B’Tselem data, these outposts and farms led to the full displacement of 15 Palestinian communities and the partial displacement of another 7 Palestinian communities in 2025.

Record Number of New Settlements

In 2025 the government decided on the official establishment of 54 new settlements: in March 2025 13 new settlements, in May 2025 22 new settlements and in December 2025 19 new settlements.

Of these:
26 were the regularization of existing outposts,
14 were recognitions of “neighborhoods” as independent settlements,
14 were entirely new settlements

Almost all of the new settlements are located deep inside the West Bank.

Record in Planning: 27,941 Housing Units Approved for Submission or Final Authorization

The number of plans approved in 2025 was more than double the previous annual record (2023). 14,623 housing units were approved for depositing and 15,371 housing units were approved for validation. In total: 27,941 housing units were promoted in settlements in 2025 (After deducting plans that received approval both for deposit and for validation in 2025).

Among the plans approved in 2025:

• Ma’ale Adumim & E1 — 6,916 units
• Kedumim — 1,806 units
• Eli — 1,561 units
• Telmonim (including Harsha & Zayit Ra’anan) — 2,321 units
• Kokhav Ya’akov — 1,247 units
• Ma’ale Amos — 1,125 units
• Einav — 568 units
• Yitzhar — 398 units
• Sha-Nur — 126 units

The final approval of the plans in E1: a blow to the chances of a political agreement

In August 2025, the Higher Planning Council gave final approval to plans to build 3,401 housing units in E1, and shortly afterward, in December 2025, tenders were published for building the settlement.
After years in which governments refrained from advancing the plan due to international and American pressure, the Netanyahu–Smotrich government approved the E1 plans — which are considered particularly catastrophic for the prospects of peace and a two-state future. The E1 area sits at the heart of the West Bank, and turning it into a settlement will split the West Bank in two and prevent the development of a Palestinian metropolitan area between Ramallah, East Jerusalem, and Bethlehem.

In September 2025 the Prime Minister signed an agreement for accelerated development with the Municipality of Ma’ale Adumim according to which the government will ensure the allocation of 3 billion shekels to build infrastructure for the E1 settlement and for the development of Ma’ale Adumim.

“Sovereignty Road” That Will Close 3% of the West Bank to Palestinians

Alongside advancing plans for building in E1, in March 2025 the government allocated 335 million shekels to pave a road between al-Ezariya and az-Za’ayyem and on January 2026, it announced the beginning of the works.
This road — referred to by Naftali Bennett as the “Sovereignty Road” — is designed to reroute all Palestinian traffic between the north and south of the West Bank onto a narrow Palestinian-only road, thereby closing off an area — about 3% of the West Bank — to Palestinians. The road will allow Israel to connect Ma’ale Adumim and E1 to the Israeli space without barriers and effectively turn them into part of the State of Israel.

Closing this area to Palestinians will also lead to the displacement of dozens of Palestinian communities like Khan al-Ahmar and, in effect, will result in their expulsion from their lands.

Record Number of Tenders: 9,629 Housing Units in Settlements

A tender is the stage of execution in settlement construction managed by the Ministry of Housing, after plans are approved.
Tenders published in the settlements this year include:

• Menasheh — 3 units
• Efrat — 974 units
• Ariel — 730 units
• Beitar Illit — 561 units
• Geva Binyamin (Adam) — 364 units
• E1 — 3,401 units
• Ma’ale Adumim — 3,300 units
• Kiryat Arba — 296 units

Additional tenders were published for commercial and industrial projects, including a hotel of at least 180 rooms in the newly regularized Oz ve-Ga’on outpost, and two “initiative tenders” in Givat Ze’ev whose unit numbers will be set based on future planning.

Jurisdiction Areas for 27 New Settlements

In 2025 the government also changed the municipal jurisdiction boundaries of 69 settlements, adding territory to their area. In total, 8,472 dunams that were not previously part of any settlement jurisdiction were added to settlement areas — meaning these lands can now be advanced for settlement planning and building under the authority of the local settlement councils.

Among the 27 new settlement jurisdictions added: 6 were outpost regularizations, 11 were neighborhoods turned into settlements, 10 were new settlements.

Record Number of Palestinian Home Demolitions

The Civil Administration demolished 1,269 Palestinian structures in Area C in 2025, an increase of about 21% compared to 2024, which had itself been a record year for demolitions (according to data collected by OCHA).
This sharp rise in demolitions stems primarily from the government’s directives to the enforcement unit demanding intensified activity. The enforcement unit’s budget has increased about 40% in recent years, enabling greater demolition activity.

* The 2025 budget is the original approved budget; execution data have not yet been published. Source: Ministry of Finance budget execution files.

Settler Violence

• More than 1,800 settler attacks resulting in injuries or property damage were documented
• 838 Palestinians were injured in settler attacks (an average of about 2 per day)
• 9 Palestinians were killed by settlers

Source: OCHA

These attacks led to the displacement of 22 Palestinian communities and the eviction of thousands of Palestinians from tens of thousands of dunams of land.