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.

|ByARIK ASCHERMAN
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

Katz's condemnation came months after a spike in such attacks, six days after a new mass attack last week, and after yet another mass attack earlier Monday.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
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

Gush Etzion Regional Council reached out to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to request his assistance in dealing with the "anarchy" developing in the area in a letter sent in September.

|BySHIR PERETS
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

In total, only six attackers were caught, and four were detained. This marks the 85th recent attack on Palestinians, with the IDF calling for more tools against offenders.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

U.S. to stay in UNHRC as 'black list' publication delayed

Israel's mission in Geneva said on Wednesday that it was preparing a statement responding to the UN report.

JANUARY 31, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, MICHAEL WILNER
Jewish youth hold Israeli flags at the beginning of a rally march in the West Bank settlement of Itamar, near Nablus.

'Why did my husband have to die for us to get electricity and water?'

Rabbi Raziel Shevach was murdered in a terror attack on Tuesday near the West Bank outpost of Havat Gilad.

JANUARY 12, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
Funeral of Rabbi Raziel Shevach, murdered in West Bank terror attack shooting, January 10, 2017

Israeli committee approves 1,122 new West Bank housing units

The approvals come a day after a 35-year-old Israeli father of six was killed in a drive-by attack in the West Bank in what is believed to have been a Palestinian terror attack.

JANUARY 11, 2018ByJTA
A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Liberman: Look into recognizing Havat Gilad as legal settlement

Several right-wing lawmakers echoed Liberman’s comments.

JANUARY 10, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (R) and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan

Court: Israeli government must defend law seizing Palestinian property

The law marked the most significant potential change to the treatment of property in the West Bank over the last 40 years.

DECEMBER 4, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, YONAH JEREMY BOB
THE OFRA SETTLEMENT is seen from the Amona outpost in the West Bank.

5th settler city in the works

Right-wing politicians immediately welcomed the plan, which is expected to be approved by Interior Minister Arye Deri.

NOVEMBER 29, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
The basic error is to treat all the settlements alike

WATCH: Israeli forces face off with settlers during outpost eviction

Reports of clashes between activists and border police on the scene.

NOVEMBER 29, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
An activist is removed by security forces from the Netiv Ha'avot outpost during a demolition on November 29.

Bennett to Netanyahu: Save homes in Netiv Ha’avot

Right-wing politicians oppose the home demolitions, but have been hard pressed to offer the residents more than words of support.

NOVEMBER 27, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Summer rally for the Netiv Ha'avot Outpost in front of the Knesset.

Settlements are legal

The above firmly established in international law the rights of Jews to settle west of the River Jordan, and the rights of Arabs to settle east of the river.

NOVEMBER 25, 2017ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Grumpy old man: A matter of priorities

If you’re a settler and something’s not the way you want it, remember: No one sent you there.

NOVEMBER 15, 2017ByLAWRENCE RIFKIN
THE LONGED-FOR Triumph TR3, in British Racing Green