In the context of the return of Israeli communities to northern Samaria, a new illegal compound has been discovered in Area C. The Regavim Movement has exposed a new recreational compound and public park built in 2025 in the village of Silat ad-Dhahr in northern Samaria. Part of the compound is located on Israeli state land in Area C, near the renewed community of Sa-Nur.
Constructed less than a year ago, the compound includes an impressive entrance gate, a broad access road, benches, a pergola, playground equipment and a light- construction utility structure. According to official signage at the site, the planning and construction of the compound and access road were funded directly by the European Union.
The site was discovered during a routine field inspection conducted to assess the condition of state land and governance in the area, against the backdrop of recent steps to restore and expand Israeli communities in northern Samaria. Upon further investigation, Regavim’s regional coordinator learned that the project was constructed without permits and in violation of existing agreements. The illegal compound is part of a broader pattern of encroachment on open areas and state land in a region that the State of Israel abandoned for two decades in an attempt to achieve a peaceful resolution of the Arab Israel conflict.
Roi Druker, Regavim’s Judea and Samaria Regional Director, said:
“The facts on the ground do not lie. Wherever there is no Israeli presence and no settlement, a vacuum is created that leads to rampant encroachment and an enormous loss of state land. This is an unprecedented act of audacity by the European Union, which imposes sanctions with one hand while, with the other, violates international law and Israeli jurisdiction in Area C.
“It is time to stop looking the other way. It is time to look the problem in the eye, and to demand that both the Palestinian Authority and its European benefactors live up to their obligations and obey the law. We demand that the enforcement authorities and the Civil Administration act immediately to demolish the illegal compound and restore governance and order to the northern Samaria region.”