Settlers

'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.
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.

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

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.

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

 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.

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


Eyeing a new opportunity, Jewish settlers are positioning themselves on the Gaza border

Around 30 such families signed up to move to Gaza weeks after Oct. 7, but a further 800 have signed up to move to six would-be Gaza settlements down the road.

 Arbel Zak, a senior Nachala leader, holds a map of envisioned settlements inside Gaza, at the Nachal Oz soldiers memorial overlooking Gaza, April 15, 2025.

Masked settlers attack Masafer Yatta, leaving several seriously injured

Masked settlers attacked a village in the Masafer Yatta area for the second time in a week, leaving several people injured.

 Masked men armed with clubs and guns approach a village in Masafer Yatta in the south-eastern West Bank, March 29, 2025.

German journalist detained while in West Bank, ambassador says

The journalist arrested was reportedly Christian Meier, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) correspondent for Israel and Palestine.

 Israeli security members stand next to a settlement outpost established in the area, near Duma in Nablus, in the West Bank, March 14, 2025.

Settler leader to 'Post': Gush Etzion is a critical asset for Israel’s future - opinion

Gush Etzion is not just another region – it is a cornerstone of our national story. The time to strengthen it is now. Now is the time for Gush Etzion. Let’s seize it.

Security forces arrive at the scene of a suspected terror attack near Elazar, in Gush Etzion, on March 21, 2024. Beyond its historical significance, Gush Etzion is a critical asset for Israel’s future, the writer explains.

Oscar-winning Palestinian director of 'No Other Land' released after arrest

The IDF has dismissed the claim that soldiers invaded the ambulance where Ballal sought treatment for his wounds and was subsequently taken by the military.

Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham pose with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for "No Other Land" in the Oscars photo room at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025

Israel is ramping up annexation of West Bank, UN rights chief says

The transfer by Israel of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies amounts to a war crime," UN High Commissioner Volker Turk said.

 Muslim women walk, as Israeli settlers carry Israeli flags next to a checkpoint near the Ibrahimi mosque, also known as the Cave of Patriarchs, on the day of the first Friday prayers of Ramadan, in Hebron's Old City, in the West Bank March 15, 2024.

West Bank Bedouin community says Israeli settlers stole hundreds of sheep

"The police don't do anything. They have never helped us with anything. If you tell them the settler is taking your sheep, they'll ask 'Are you sure it's yours?'"

 A Palestinian shepard holds a goat that was left behind with a broken leg, few days after Bedouins said that Israeli settlers took livestock from the village of Ein al-Auja, in the Jordan Valley, March 9, 2025.

Annexation: While the IDF fights in Gaza, Smotrich is seizing control of the West Bank - opinion

The process of stripping the military of its powers in the West Bank and shifting control over to civilian bodies under Bezalel Smotrich’s leadership is almost complete.

 Frozen construction in the Shilo settlement beside the Palestinian village Tumus Ayya.

Israel is the solution: The Jewish state must have sovereignty in Gaza - opinion

Only Israel can be the sovereign rebuilding Gaza with Jewish resettlement, acting as the most powerful deterrent against our enemies, ensuring that Trump’s “peace through strength” is implemented.

 An Israeli settler prays during a rally marking the third year of Israel's disengagement from Gaza.

Back to the future in Gaza: Time to end the experiment of expelling Jews for peace - opinion

Once the Palestinians are resettled elsewhere, Gaza should be annexed to Israel, to which it rightfully belongs.

 OPPONENTS OF Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan face IDF troops as they secure the fence of Kfar Maimon in July 2005 after police blocked them from marching to the Gush Katif communities to protest against their demolition.