Jewish Extremism

Israel must confront Jewish extremism while rejecting Europe’s double standards - editorial

The question is whether Jewish power there will be governed by law, restraint, responsibility, and reverence for human life, or hijacked by an extremist theology dressed up as patriotism.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and committee head MK Zvika Fogel attend a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on March 24, 2026.
ISRAELI ARABS from the Bedouin community protest against discrimination and police raids in the Negev, in January 2026.

Securing 'sovereignty' in sovereign land: Israel seeks to Judaize the Galilee and Negev - opinion

Israeli settlers gesture during a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the West Bank, February 7, 2026.

EU plans €6 million program to support Palestinian victims of extremist settler violence

Israeli soldiers disperse Palestinian farmers and left-wing activists preventing them from picking olives during the annual harvest season, in the village of Qusra, in the West Bank, October 29, 2024.

The over-reported and under-reported violence - opinion


Can Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth bring stability to the West Bank amid ongoing violence?

For the first religious Zionist in the job, tackling both Palestinian terror wave, extremist Jewish violence could be a nearly impossible task.

IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth.

How years of impunity for violent Jewish extremists in the West Bank led to current gov't - Report

In a New York Times report, the writer discusses the history of violence among Jewish residents of the West Bank against Palestinians and how it led to the emersion of their supporters in government.

 Amiram Ben Uliel, accused of the Duma arson murder in July 2015 where three members of the Dawabshe family were killed, arrives to a court hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022.

Canada sanctions four Israelis over West Bank violence

In February, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington deemed West Bank settlements inconsistent with international law, reverting to a position that had been overturned by Donald Trump.

 Jewish settlers look on during a march near Hebron in the West Bank, June 21, 2021

Halachic State vs Caliphate: How do Jewish extremists differ from Islamist extremists? - opinion

Each fundamentalist movement presents to its followers a vision of a state of religious law between the river Jordan and the sea - a Halachic State or an Islamic Caliphate.

A scene from the documentary series The Jewish Underground,

EU sanctions hilltop youth, Lehava for human rights violations in the West Bank

The abuses include "torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment," the EU Council said in a statement.

Ben-Zion Gopstein (left), leader of the group Lehava, gathers with some of his young followers in Jerusalem in 2014

Israeli far-right activist Bentzi Gopstein convicted of incitement to racism

Gopstein, who leads the extremist anti-Arab group Lehava, was convicted for a speech ten years ago at a memorial to the extremist Jewish rabbi Meir Kahane.

 Benzi Gopshtein speaks during an Otzma Yehudit party election campaign event in Jerusalem on July 4, 2019

Religious tolerance begins with religious leadership - opinion

Imagine if the roles were reversed, with Christians spitting at Jews in some European capital.

Jerusalem police secure the Old City ahead of the Jerusalem March during the Feast of Tabernacles, October 4, 2023

MKs, public figures raise over NIS 1m. for murderer of Palestinian family

Many voicing support for Amiram Ben Oliel allege that his confession was extracted under the duress of torture.

 Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu (Otzma Yehudit) is seen visiting the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 29, 2023.

Israel Police probe suspected Jewish hate crime in Arab town

This vandalism and attack in Abu Ghosh have appeared amid a rapid increase in settler violence since a Palestinian terror attack where four Israelis were killed outside of a gas station in Eli.

 graffiti sprayed on a wall

Founder of far-right extremist movement working as Ben-Gvir's advisor - report

Bentzi Gopstein was banned from running for Knesset in 2019 as he was indicted on charges of incitement to terrorism, violence and racism. 

 Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein is brought to the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court after he was arrested by police earlier today, October 22, 2017.