Judea and samaria

Settler violence is a political blind spot in Israel’s election campaign - opinion

Settler violence could expose the government’s security failures, but Israel’s political landscape makes it a risky issue for opposition leaders to raise.

|ByARI TATARKA
Israeli settlers next to a fire amid clashes with Palestinians during olive harvest in Abu Falah near Ramallah in the West Bank, October 16, 2026.
Israeli security forces near the scene of a shooting attack near the West Bank city of Hebron, October 23, 2026. Five people were wounded in the attack, two of them seriously, and two Palestinian terrorists were killed by Israeli forces.

Three Hebron residents arrested for online incitement to terrorism, support for Hamas

According to police, the suspects expressed support for the terrorists who carried out an attack in the West Bank in which St.-Sgt. Ron Yonatan Roytman and Sgt. Yuval Shai Svilem were killed.

|ByHODAYA RAN
FORMER US PRESIDENT Barack Obama and wife Michelle attend the 25th-anniversary memorial of the September 11 attacks, in New York.

Barack Obama’s Belfast speech was a shameful, distorted rewrite of Israel's history - opinion

Never mind 3,000 years of Jewish history, two Temples in Jerusalem, or centuries of Jewish longing for Zion. In Obama’s telling, the Jews somehow became interlopers in their own land.

|ByMICHAEL FREUND
European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium Februrary 26, 2026.

The West Bank must not hold Israel’s European security ties hostage - opinion

Under a 2004 technical arrangement, Israeli origin certificates identify production sites, distinguishing settlement goods from exports made in Israel without either side conceding sovereignty.

|BySHAY GAL

IDF, Shin Bet arrest 10 suspects connected to attack on US journalist, EU diplomats in West Bank

Defense Minister Israel Katz tried to transfer the authority over actions taken by extremist settlers in the West Bank from the IDF to the Israel Police.

OCTOBER 19, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli security forces and armed settlers evacuate activists from the area of olive tree plantation in Idna village near Hebron, on October 13, 2026.

Western leaders back a two-state solution, but do Palestinians even want one? - opinion

World leaders continue to champion a two-state solution, but the rejection of Israel by influential Palestinian voices raises questions about whether lasting peace is possible.

OCTOBER 18, 2026ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, September 8, 2026.

Huckabee condemns 'despicable' attack on photojournalist Heidi Levine in West Bank, demands arrests

Huckabee on Saturday night called for the investigation, arrest, and prosecution "to the fullest extent of the law."

OCTOBER 17, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, HODAYA RAN
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee gestures during a press conference after he met residents of Turmus Ayya, a Palestinian town near Ramallah in the West Bank, September 5, 2026.

Planting hope in Samaria: A journey through vineyards, springs, and ancient history

“Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy the fruit thereof.”

OCTOBER 17, 2026ByNOAM BEDEIN
Planting again on the mountains of Samaria

IDF raids West Bank charities linked to Hamas, PFLP, arresting five, seizing terror funds

Five terrorist collaborators were arrested in the West Bank operations, while evidence, including computers, documents, and checkbooks bearing markers associated with Hamas was seized. 

OCTOBER 14, 2026ByJONAH DAVIDOV
A joint operation by the IDF and ISA security forces conducted a targeted raid on the offices of the ‘Addameer charity association’ in Ramallah, October 13, 2026.

Christian tourists buy West Bank settlement goods in protest of European trade restrictions

ICEJ visitors turned purchases into a show of solidarity as Ireland and the Netherlands enforce new restrictions, and Norway weighs a broader trade ban.

OCTOBER 13, 2026ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE
Christians visiting a West Bank settlement during the International Christian Embassy's annual conference.

The settlement revolution: How Bezalel Smotrich changed Israel's map for the better - opinion

Since the current government took office at the end of 2022, it has approved the establishment or retroactive legalization of 104 Jewish communities there.

OCTOBER 10, 2026ByMICHAEL FREUND
FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich attends a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Karmei Yehuda community in the Hebron Hills, Sept. 27.

'Excuse Me, Is This Yours?': Before you boycott settlers, meet them - review

Twelve Western countries announced plans to boycott trade with Israeli settlements, once again turning “the settlers” into an international political category. Who, exactly, are these settlers?

OCTOBER 10, 2026ByPAULINE FELDSCHAREK
ISI AND TUVIA TENENBOM look out over the Judean Hills.

US envoy Huckabee's senior advisor allegedly skewed West Bank reports to favor Israel- NYT

The NYT report accuses Milstein of enabling an alleged annexation effort of the West Bank by assisting in the acceleration of Israeli settlements in the region by suppressing negative reports.

OCTOBER 8, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
David Milstein, former Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador of Israel, speaks during the general session at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 4, 2022.

Mohammed Dahlan: The man who could help reshape Gaza after Hamas – opinion

Mohammad Dahlan is one person to watch in the upcoming planned November 28 elections announced by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

OCTOBER 5, 2026ByNEVILLE TELLER
MOHAMMAD DAHLAN, leader of Fatah’s Democratic Reform faction, has called for Palestinians to put past divisions aside and build a political system in which elections transfer power, and institutions are ‘greater than individuals.’