Ground has been broken in the West Bank for the first new Israeli settlement in two decades to compensate for an outpost demolished earlier this year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

President Donald Trump has asked Israel's prime minister to "hold off" on building Jewish settlements in land the Palestinians claim for their future state, yet held back from explicitly endorsing support for a future independent Palestine.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to build a new West Bank settlement "as soon as possible" following the demolition of an illegally-built settler outpost.

The Revenue Commissioners have made settlements of at least €100,000 with more than 1,300 individuals whose names went unpublished over the past two years.