Palestinian violence

West Bank violence tests Israel’s rule of law amid rising settler attacks - analysis

Increasing settler violence and reprisals in the West Bank are drawing international condemnation, with leaders warning that lawlessness could undermine security and Israel’s democratic foundations.

 A NEW REPORT by NGO Regavim analyzes the UN database which documents violent incidents in Judea and Samaria. Here, a Palestinian man looks towad Israeli flags placed over a Palestinian house after an incident with Israeli settlers in Bruqin village near Salfit, in the West Bank last month.
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

Is recent police rally against Jewish extremist violence in West Bank sufficient? - analysis

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends the state ceremony marking 52 years since the Yom Kippur War, held at the military cemetery at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, on October 5, 2025.

Defense Minister Katz finally condemns Jewish extremist violence against Palestinians

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with the head of the Political Council of Hamas, Mohammed Ismail Darwish, in Tehran, Iran, February 8, 2025.

Hamas leaders defiant in Iran: Palestinians ‘like olive trees, steadfast in their land’ - analysis


NGOs call for public support in ending use of Palestinian child soldiers

An estimated 10,000 children are trained in Gazan terrorist camps each year, and that at least 160 have died digging terror tunnels into Israel.

A Palestinian boy wears the headband of Hamas' armed wing as he takes part in a rally to protest against an Israeli police raid on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque, in Gaza City September 15, 2015

Israeli watchdog accuses PA of plotting Temple Mount violence

Tisha Be’Av this year coincided with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Festival of Sacrifice.

Muslim worshippers on Temple Mount as police barred Jewish entrance on Tisha Be'av

House passes bill that calls to sanction Palestinian terror groups

The new legislation directs the president to impose at least two different financial sanctions on the people or agencies that are identified as assisting such groups.

Brian Mast

PA: Upsurge of tensions could lead to 'explosion' in West Bank

Palestinian Authority officials in Ramallah warned that the mounting tensions in the West Bank could grow into a "new intifada.”

Palestinian rioters in clashes near Ramallah (REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman)

Will the Gaza deal include the return of missing IDF soldiers?

On Saturday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as part of his country’s efforts toward a long-term truce between Israel and Hamas.

Leah Goldin, mother of Hadar, speaks at a press conference, August 5, 2018

PA expels 20 families from clan in Yatta after deadly gun battle

Traditional law and forms of justice still hold sway in many Palestinian communities.

Yatta, Hebron

Israelis express conflicting emotions about US Embassy move to Jerusalem

‘I’m really happy about it because from the beginning it needed to be in Jerusalem... but it’s very scary for me because there will be violence by the Palestinians.’

PEOPLE WATCH US President Donald Trump on TV at Mike’s Place in Jerusalem yesterday.

House passes bill targeting PA over terrorism funding

The bill would freeze financial assistance provided by the US absent reform, while retaining aid allotted for security cooperation and some humanitarian relief.

US Congress.

Palestinian wounded in clashes with settlers near West Bank village of Kusra

Palestinians clash with Israeli troops in the West Bank village of Kusra

Palestinian man drops rock on head of Israeli boy playing in Hebron

The 12-year-old boy then fell into a spring.

The site of the planned Jewish apartment complex in Hebron, October 2017