Settlements

Your Taxes: BA, or British Amnesia

The UK’s planned sanctions targeting Israeli settlements raise questions over trade agreements, legal frameworks and potential consequences for British companies operating internationally.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the House of Commons in London
A protester draped in a Palestinian flag holds up a sign at a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands May 24, 2024.

Israel considering additional steps against Netherlands over trade ban against West Bank products

 People celebrate with Palestinian flags as they attend a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Oslo, Norway January 19, 2025.

Norwegian Jews decry proposed criminalization of settlement trade - interiew

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Before lecturing Israel, Britain should remember its record on Jewish refugees - opinion


Israel should kill ‘30-40’ Gazans every night, Ben-Gvir says on ex-hostage’s podcast

"I think that we need to do targeted strikes in Gaza every night, take out 30, 40 - not just those who endanger us in that moment," Ben-Gvir said.

Otzma Yehudit party chairman and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, together with members of his party, attends a supporters’ conference ahead of the upcoming general elections in Petah Tikva, central Israel, August 16, 2026.

Shepherd attacked by Palestinians in West Bank, as gunshots fired at Israeli settlement

The Binyamin Regional Council noted that both forms of attacks are becoming more common despite rarely receiving public attention.

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank; Illustrative.

MKs attend reestablishment of West Bank settlement of Ganim, 21 years after disengagement

Katz and MK Yuli Edelstein attended the inauguration ceremony, breaking ground alongside Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan and several other members of Knesset.

Jews return to the former settlement of Ganim in the northern West Bank, which was evacuated in 2005 as part of Israel’s Disengagement Plan, August 13, 2026.

Settler leaders condemn Kusra violence, warn of ‘irreversible damage’ to Israel

Yesha Council chairman Yisrael Ganz and Beit El council head Shai Alon condemn extremists, with Alon warning that the violence is causing “irreversible damage” to Israel and the settlement movement.

Footage showing extremist settlers running in the West Bank village of Kusra, August 12, 2026.

'We feel besieged': Family vows to stay as settler extremists target West Bank town of Kusra

Palestinian local Qusai Abu Ridi told the Post settlers remain near the family’s home, despite military efforts to remove them, leaving the family fearful of further attacks.

 Israeli soldiers (top) stand guard next to settlers in front of the Palestinian houses in the village of Kusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on August 12, 2026.

Israel's failure to restrain violent Jewish extremists in West Bank reaches new low - analysis

How much longer before the IDF entirely loses the power to enforce order on violent Jewish extremists?

The damage following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Tell, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2026.

Several activists returned to Israel, transfered to police after crossing border into Lebanon

The activists claimed that they remained within Lebanese territory for hours before they were located by authorities and transferred to the Israel Police.

Israeli soldiers are seen inside southern Lebanon as seen from the Israeli side of the border, June 7, 2026.

‘Zionist act of highest order’: Smotrich allocates NIS 113m. to develop West Bank heritage sites

The West Bank is home to over 2,600 archaeological and heritage sites, including the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, the Qumran Caves in the Judean Desert, and Sebastia. 

People visit Herodion National Park at the site in the West Bank, on January 9, 2023.

Katz vows 'revolution in settlement' to strengthen Galilee security, Jewish presence in North

The conference convened with the aim of establishing a 10-year plan for encouraging Jewish settlement in the Galilee focused on demographics, land, quality of life, and law enforcement. 

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends an emergency conference for the Forum for Judaizing the Galilee on August 2, 2026.

UN human rights office warns of worsening settler violence in West Bank as attacks keep increasing

The UN human rights office warned that settler violence and settlement expansion in the West Bank have intensified, urging international action.

Israeli soldiers inspect the damage following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 24, 2026.