Huwara

Woman detained after waving knives in Beersheba, court indicts suspects for lynching boy in Huwara

Jerusalem man indicted for sexual offenses against minors • Jerusalem Police seized several kilos of controlled substances • Two suspects arrested for possession of heroin and cocaine

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Israeli Border Police officers patrol outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City during the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, February 18, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the nation after Israel killed Hezbollah's second-in-command and military commander, Ali Tabatabai, in Beirut. November 23, 2025.

Netanyahu orders evacuation of 14 illegal outposts, removal of Jewish extremists in West Bank - N12

"These outposts have become forward positions from which raids are carried out on Palestinian villages," N12 quoted security officials as saying.

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Israeli security forces secure the scene of a shooting attack where two Israelis were shot dead in Hawara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 26, 2023.

Huwara a microcosm of Israel-Hamas war as tensions boil in West Bank - report

A New York Times article reports on the rising tensions in the city of Huwara after October 7, a city located next to the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar, populated with 2,000 residents.

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Israeli forces are seen during an overnight raid of the West Bank on May 30, 2023

Terrorist who killed father and son caught; five killed in ongoing Nablus clashes

The army has also stated that they uncovered and destroyed an explosives workshop that had been operating in the area.

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Voices from the Arab press: Iran's nuclear bomb: Truth & consequences

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from Arab media around the world.

MARCH 17, 2023ByMEDIA LINE
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Letters to the Editor March 15, 2023: Reform can wait

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

MARCH 15, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Defense Minister Gallant: Jewish attack on Huwara was 'mark of Cain'

On March 2, after one of the courts ordered the release of two settlers on bail, Gallant signed a request from the Shin Bet to detain the two.

MARCH 14, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Yoav Gallant

Otzma Yehudit MK Zvika Fogel under investigation for inciting terrorism

The police investigation comes two weeks after Fogel's alleged incitement to violence in connection to the Huwara settler riots.

MARCH 14, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Committee head Zvika Fogel leads a National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2023.

Smotrich walks back Huwara comments during US visit

Before the rally, several Israeli entrepreneurs voiced concerns about the “grave risk to [the] start-up nation” during a press conference.

MARCH 13, 2023ByOMRI NAHMIAS, TOVAH LAZAROFF
Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich at a conference of the Religious Zionist Party, in Jerusalem, February 19, 2023.

Notices in London call to boycott Jewish News for its Israel coverage

The fliers asked the Jewish community to boycott Jewish News for their reports on Huwara riots and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

MARCH 12, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jewish men talk in Golders Green, London, January 10, 2015. The Community Security Trust (CST), which provides security advice to Britain's estimated 260,000 Jews, said police in London and Manchester in northern England had agreed to increase patrols at synagogues and other venues over the next day

The settler pogrom in Huwara was anti-Zionist - opinion

Zionism is not a single monolithic idea but an amalgam of often competing ideas and we ought to remember that tensions never lie far from the surface.

MARCH 12, 2023ByDANIEL GOLDMAN
View of cars burned by Jewish settlers during riots last night in Huwara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 27, 2023

Nablus governor, PA security chiefs offer condolences to family of Huwara terrorist

Lawyers for Justice dubbed the security forces' assault on a funeral as “dangerous behavior aimed at combating, criminalizing and demonizing the Palestinians’ right to self-determination.”

MARCH 11, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian Omar Khalifa sits with his family, after on Monday Israeli settlers attacked a car while he was in it with his family in Huwara, in his home in Asira al-Qibliya in the West Bank, March 7, 2023.

Israel must seize all funds donated to victims of Huwara settler violence - coalition MK

Left-wing activist Yaya Fink started an online crowdfunding campaign for the Arabs of Hawara and raised over 1.5 million shekels.

MARCH 11, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Zvi Sukkot attends a Religious Zionist Party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem ,January 23, 2023

Palestinian town of Huwara on edge after settler attacks

Residents of the town and its neighboring villages said they felt defenseless in the face of the increased attacks.

MARCH 10, 2023ByREUTERS
Palestinian Omar Khalifa sits with his family, after on Monday Israeli settlers attacked a car while he was in it with his family in Huwara, in his home in Asira al-Qibliya in the West Bank, March 7, 2023.