Settlers

Hanoch Daum speaks out about hilltop youth

Hanoch Daum's show, "Life Is a Difficult Age," is generally about how ordinary Daum’s life in the West Bank is.

HANOCH DAUM in "Life Is a Difficult Age."
AN ISRAELI flag flies near the West Bank settlement of Karnei Shomron, with a mosque in the Palestinian village of Kafr Lakif in the background. B’Tselem’s new report argues that Israel is making Jewish control of the West Bank increasingly irreversible, an allegation Israel and the IDF reject.

NGO B’Tselem report presents baseless claims of Israel dismantling Palestinian life in West Bank

Settlers near Kusra blocking a road with rocks.

Poll: A third of Israelis call settler rioters ‘terrorists’

(illustrative) Israeli Border Police forces from the Jerusalem Envelope unit uncover a tunnel that Palestinians allegedly attempted to dig beneath the separation barrier near the village of Al-Jib, West Bank, September 9, 2026.

One suspect injured as IDF responds to stone throwing incident in northern Israel


'Revenge for Benayahu': Police probe suspected price tag attack on Palestinian village near Nablus

Israel Police received a report of the incident, opened an investigation, and are preparing to enter the area with the IDF.

Graffiti reading "Revenge 30 for Benayahu" at the Palestinian village of Awarta near Nablus in the West Bank, August 23, 2026.

IDF arrests three Palestinian suspects related to attack on Jewish West Bank hikers

Following the attack, Israeli settlers started a fire in one of the village's homes, according to Army Radio, with a 65-year-old Palestinian evacuated due to smoke inhalation.

 IDF soldiers operate in the village of Tell, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2026; Illustrative.

At least one Palestinian killed following clashes with Jewish West Bank settler group

The settler group had not received approval from IDF forces prior to entering the West Bank, the military said.

A fire in a West Bank village, allegedly started by settlers, August 21, 2026.

Huckabee says Turkish military was 'further south than supposed' before Israel's attack on Syria

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told Al Arabiya in a Thursday interview that he didn't believe the Israeli attack on Syria was a provocation against Turkey, but more of a reaction.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee looks on during an interview with Reuters in Jerusalem, August 20, 2026.

Transferring West Bank enforcement from IDF to police is a mistake without a plan - editorial

Katz has spoken about the transfer as though the fundamental decision has already been made, while the institutions expected to carry it out are still trying to determine whether it is workable.

IDF soldiers in the West Bank.

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

B'Tselem says water disruptions threaten 47 Palestinian families in the northern Jordan Valley; IDF sources cite security works and illegal construction.

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.

Katz's plan to shift West Bank settler cases to police not coordinated with IDF, may be blocked

Katz did not clear the issue with a number of top relevant IDF authorities before making the announcement, to the extent that until a meeting on Monday.

Israeli forces conduct a military operation in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the West Bank, August 12, 2026.

Can we all agree on zero tolerance for all political violence, even among our allies? - opinion

Israel outlaws all political violence – whether committed by Palestinians or Jews, right-wingers or left-wingers, in the territories or in major cities.

 Israeli president Isaac Herzog at a memorial ceremony for former prime minister Menahem Begin, in Jerusalem, March 7, 2022.

Katz's West Bank plan raises questions on pressure in Israeli society after Kusra events - analysis

The Kusra siege has drawn rare US criticism and intensified debate over Israel’s failure to restrain violent factions as the government considers transferring civilian law enforcement from the IDF.

Israeli settler extremists throw stones at a dirt road at the Palestinian village of Kusra, in the West Bank, in an attempt to block the movement of Palestinians and Israeli forces, August 12, 2026

Shots fired, several arrested after Palestinians surround IDF soldiers in Hebron - report

The incident came following several attacks against Israelis in the West Bank over the weekend, according to United Hatzalah, citing the Binyamin Regional Council Spokesperson.

IDF soldiers conduct a manhunt for a terrorist who shot Israeli hikers in the West Bank, July 24, 2026.