From its earliest days, Amona was an illegal military outpost, which was settled in August 1995 near Ofra. The settlement’s land was privately owned by local Palestinians. In 1996 three caravans were set up and inhabited by settlers. Over time more families joined, and prior to late 2005 some thirty families lived on an area of approximately 400 dunams.

In February 2006, the inhabitants of nine illegal permanent buildings were evacuated and the buildings demolished, after the police force evacuated thousands of barricaded demonstrators. In 2008, several Palestinian landowners appealed to the Supreme Court arguing that the entire settlement was built on land that was not owned by the inhabitants. In late 2014 the Supreme Court ruled that the entire outpost should be evacuated within two years.

In early 2015 some fifty families lived in the settlement which was the largest outpost in Judea and Samaria. The Settlement Movement launched a wide-ranging media campaign with the objective of annulling the Supreme Court ruling, however after repeated postponements a decision was taken to evacuate the settlement in the winter of 2017. Again, hundreds of young people came and barricaded themselves. Scenes
from the Gaza disengagement were reenacted, but the protest was of no avail. On 1 February the settlement was evacuated and several days later, demolished.