Israeli settlement

Israel must confront the wider system enabling settler violence - opinion

If we want to have the peace and security we Israelis deserve, let alone live up to our Jewish values, we must make the painful effort to cease projecting the blame onto a small handful of youth.

Palestinians inspect livestock damage after settlers were said to have attacked, stealing 40 sheep in Al-Dhahiriya village, south of Hebron, this past week. We must take responsibility and put an end to it, says the writer.
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

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

WATCH: Hilltop Youth, security forces clash during demolition of illegal settlement extension

Palestinians inspect the damage following an attack by Israeli settlers west of Nablus in the West Bank, on November 12, 2025.

Just one Jewish 'anarchist' remains in custody after around 100 attack Palestinian village


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

German coalition agreement slams settlement policies

Officials in J’lem say it distances Berlin from specific policies, not from Israel

European Parliament President Martin Schulz