Settlers

Israel's police, security forces support and enable West Bank settler violence - opinion

“Should I have just stood there and allowed the settler sheep and donkeys to steal fodder?” I asked. The expression on her face said yes.

 A Palestinian man stands next to a burnt car after an attack by Israeli settlers in Kafr Malik, in the West Bank, June 26, 2025.
 DR. SHMUEL HARRIS (L) and Rosensweig, authors of ‘Nafshi Bish’elati: The Halachot of Mental Health.’

West Bank settlements are Israel's forward position, and its first line of defense - opinion

 UNITED NATIONS headquarters in New York City.

UN report on Israel condemned for equating settlers, Palestinian terrorists

JEWISH SETTLERS are seen at the unauthorized Beit Anot outpost in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank after being informed of an expected evacuation, June 1, 2026.

Three female soldiers wounded by settlers while clearing illegal West Bank outpost


High Court to hear petition over alleged settler pressure, state inaction against Palestinians

They allege that sustained settler violence, combined with failures by the IDF and police to intervene, has led to the gradual displacement of families from the area.

 The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem

Settlers set fire to two buildings in Bedouin West Bank village

The village, northeast of Jerusalem, was attacked during the evening. The IDF and Border Police officers were called to the scene, but no suspects were arrested.

Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

'People will live in the streets': Israel steps up evictions of Palestinians from east Jerusalem

Palestinians seek east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Six-Day War, for a future state and say that leaving their homes there could put an end to their hopes forever.

A Palestinian woman walks past a mural in the Silwan neighborhood of east Jerusalem on January 21, 2026.

Two Italian policemen in West Bank held up by settler, forced to kneel at gunpoint

The two military policemen were stopped on Sunday by an armed Israeli while they were carrying out a site inspection ahead of a planned visit by EU ambassadors to a village near Ramallah.

A Jewish settler shepherd looks at Palestinians that are loading trucks as they are dismantling their houses after they were forced to evacuate their homes due to settlers harassment from a nearby outpost on January 12, 2026 in Ras Ein el-Auja, in the Jordan Vally West Bank.

IDF admits failure to sufficiently reduce Jewish violence against West Bank Palestinians

New electronic bracelets have been so far ineffective

An attorney has urged the Shin Bet to act after three Jewish hilltop youth allegedly attacked a pregnant Arab woman in Jaffa, warning that settler violence is being shifted from the West Bank into Israel’s cities.

Israelis set fire to West Bank tents, vehicles, attack residents with clubs

The IDF reported that, during investigations of the surrounding area, a vehicle with Israeli plates was found containing blunt weapons. The vehicle was confiscated by the district police.

 A Palestinian man stands next to a burnt car after an attack by Israeli settlers in Kafr Malik, in the West Bank, June 26, 2025.

IDF kills Hamas commander who played 'significant role' in planning Oct. 7 massacre

The IDF has been active east of the Yellow Line in northern Gaza throughout the month of January, dismantling terrorist infrastructure and targeting known terrorists.

IDF troops operate in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, January 4, 2026.

Israel cannot negotiate with enemies who seek its destruction - opinion

Israel’s offers for peace are met with resistance, as many Palestinians prioritize the country’s destruction.

YITZHAK RABIN, Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres in the movie ‘The Oslo Diaries,’ about the attempt to bring peace to the Middle East through the Oslo Accords during the 1990s.

Israel using armed militias to ethnically cleanse the West Bank - opinion

B’Tselem warns that organized, state-backed settler militias are driving Palestinians from their land with violent attacks across the West Bank.

Armed Israeli soldiers, settlers, Palestinians, and reporters watch smoke rise during West Bank clashes in November 2025.

West Bank settlers attack Palestinian cars with firebombs, detained by IDF

The three detainees were among a larger mob of masked settlers. Two Palestinians were wounded as a result of the incident and were evacuated for medical treatment.

People examine cars damaged and vandalized by attackers in the Arab village of Ein Rafa, near Jerusalem, January 8, 2026