Israeli settlement

Huckabee’s West Bank message: Condemn violence, defend truth - editorial

Mike Huckabee’s approach to the West Bank challenges both Israel’s critics and defenders: condemn crimes, enforce the law, and reject collective blame.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee gestures during a press conference after he met residents of Turmus Ayya, a Palestinian town near Ramallah in the West Bank, September 5, 2026.
Palestinians use their phones as Israeli settlers and military personnel stand outside a Palestinian home in Qusra, in the West Bank, August 15, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a video.

B'Tselem claims 47 Palestinian families at risk of expulsion, IDF says homes built illegally

Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinians as they hold Friday prayers during a protest against Israeli settlement expansion and land confiscation near Bethlehem in the West Bank, July 3, 2026.

IDF veterans tell Trump: Settler violence claims are distorted, ignore terrorism - exclusive

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the 8th General Conference of Fatah in Ramallah in the West Bank, May 14, 2026.

PA's Abbas calls for end to 'systemic' settler violence, requests support from UN, Arab leaders


Palestinian arrested after attempted attack in West Bank settlement

The man tried to attack a resident with a decorative bike after throwing rocks at passing cars.

A police officer holds a toy bike with which a Palestinian man tried to attack a settler in Tekoa, September 2018

This week in 60 seconds

Got a minute? Here's the week in review.

Jerusalem Post News

Left-wing activists attacked photographing illegal settler

“The activists approached the Israeli community and instigated a provocation at the scene. A confrontation then evolved between the group and the residents,” an army spokesperson said.

Left-wing activist evacuated after confrontation with settlers, Aug 25, 2018

Politicians advance bill to legalize 70 West Bank outposts

The bill, put forward by Bayit Yehudi MK Bezalel Smotrich would make it possible for anyone to directly purchase land in Area C.

Bezalel Smotrich

Police probing attack on Israeli youth in Binyamin outpost

An Arab suspect was arrested and then released in the incident earlier this week.

THE US is cracking down on terror finance. (Reuters)

Demolishing houses in Netiv HaAvot: Some are More Equal Than Others…

National law enforcement priorities should be implemented fairly and without bias.

Jerusalem demonstration outside the PMO's office, against the demolition of 15 homes in the Netiv Haavot.

Court hears petitions against Settlements Law; West Bank's future in balance

The court's decision could be a turning point for Jewish communities in the West Bank.

Jewish youth hold Israeli flags at the beginning of a rally march in the West Bank settlement of Itamar, near Nablus.

Labor MK: Annex the West Bank until Palestinian ‘Mandela’ arrives

“This is a plan to save chances for long-term peace,” Cabel told The Jerusalem Post.

Eitan Cabel

Peace Now: Illegal settler outpost building resumed with 16 new sites

Setters explained that outposts were communities begun with pledges of government support and approval that were never actualized.

 building cranes in the Beitar Illit settlement August 17

Right wing NGO slams European efforts to raze Netiv Ha’avot

According to the report, the European Union, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Holland and Switzerland helped fund the legal campaign to dissolve the district in Netiv Ha’avot.

Border police remove an Israeli flag from a condemned building in Netiv Ha'avot