Settler Violence

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

New electronic bracelets have been so far ineffective

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.
 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

IDF troops operate in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, January 4, 2026.

IDF kills Hamas commander who played 'significant role' in planning Oct. 7 massacre

Armed Israeli soldiers, settlers, Palestinians, and reporters watch smoke rise during West Bank clashes in November 2025.

Israel using armed militias to ethnically cleanse the West Bank - opinion


Israeli settler kills 16-year-old Palestinian in West Bank, mayor says

"Today...A number of youths were gathered by the main street when a settler shot 16-year-old Muheeb Jibril in the head," Tuqu' Mayor Mohammed al-Badan told Reuters by telephone.

The West Bank security barrier near Abu Dis, pictured in February 2020; illustrative.

US Congress members sign letter urging Netanyahu to prevent demolition of Palestinian homes

Nearly a quarter of the members of the House of Representatives signed the letter calling the demolition orders to the village cruel, including many from the Jewish caucus.

A view of the dome of the US Capitol building, during a vote in the US House of Representatives.

Majority of Israelis oppose granting Netanyahu pardon, believe gov't is 'fairly corrupt' - poll

Survey results also demonstrated that the vast majority of Israelis expect military conflict in the near future, with Hezbollah being the most likely, followed by Iran.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently announced the government’s decision to establish its own committee to investigate Israel’s failures surrounding Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre.

Peace Now CEO demands dismissal of Central Command Chief Avi Bluth over West Bank settlement policy

Bluth failed in his duty and "in practice turned the IDF into an aid force for the establishment of illegal Jewish terror outposts" in the West Bank, Peace Now CEO Lior Amihai argued.

IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth (C) meets with Israel Police officers, local leaders in the West Bank; illustrative.

Border Police, IDF evacuate four illegal outposts across West Bank

Border Police and IDF units evacuated four illegal outposts in Gush Etzion, Samaria, and Binyamin, following PM Netanyahu’s directive to clear 14 such sites across the West Bank.

An IDF soldier stands guard during an evacuation of illegal West Bank outposts, December 7, 2025.

IDF, Border Police respond to reports of settlers throwing rocks, burning cars in West Bank

The IDF and border police responded to a report of masked Israeli settlers throwing rocks at Palestinian cars and burning tires near the Shilo junction.

A car burns on Route 60 in the West Bank between between Eli and Shiloh.

Italian, Canadian foreign nationals robbed, beaten in settler attack in Jericho

"They stole my passport, my phone, my wallet, my bank cards, and then they left," one of the alleged victims said while describing the beating.

 A man looks at destroyed vehicles, as Palestinians assess damage at the scene after what they said was an Israeli settler attack, at their village of Um Safa near Ramallah, in the West Bank, March 11, 2025.

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.

Two Jews, seven Palestinians wounded in clash near Bethlehem

One of the wounded on the Palestinian side was hit by gunfire from a Jewish settler.

Buildings and streets of Jenin refugee camp, November 19, 2025.

Israeli settler charged with terror for assault on Palestinian olive harvesters in West Bank

Prosecutors indicted Ariel Dahari for a racially motivated assault on Palestinian harvesters near Turmus Aiya, seeking to keep him in custody until trial.

 24-year-old settler Ariel Dahari, attacking a Palestinian woman on October 19th, 2025.