{"id":553843,"date":"2026-07-22T10:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/553843\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:17:08","slug":"israeli-defense-ministry-settlement-division-gets-permanent-status-israel-jewish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/553843\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Defense Ministry Settlement Division gets permanent status &#8211; Israel &#038; Jewish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            (July 22, 2026 \/ JNS)\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Civil Service Commission has approved making the head of the Settlement Division a permanent position with the Defense Ministry, in a move aimed at entrenching recent policy changes in Judea and Samaria, Israel National News reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The commission\u2019s Service Committee, chaired by Civil Service Commissioner Doron Cohen, also extended the term of Civilian Administration Deputy Head Hillel Roth from four to six years.<\/p>\n<p>The decision, advanced by Finance Minister Bezalel <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/israel-news\/smotrich-vows-to-keep-fighting-terrible-idea-of-palestinian-state-ahead-of-election\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Smotrich<\/a>\u2014who also holds a ministerial portfolio within the Defense Ministry\u2014in coordination with defense officials, ensures the division will remain part of the ministry beyond upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the move is intended to preserve administrative reforms and maintain continuity in governance of Israeli communities in <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/israel-news\/col-d-takes-command-of-idf-samaria-brigade\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Judea and Samaria<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(July 22, 2026 \/ JNS) Israel\u2019s Civil Service Commission has approved making the head of the Settlement Division&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-553843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}