Israeli settlement

Are Israeli ‘settlements’ illegal? - opinion

The idea of a “two-state solution,” creating another Palestinian state, in addition to Jordan, is not realistic or practical.

View of the settlement of Sa-Nur in the West Bank, April 19, 2026.
Palestinian demonstrators burn an Israeli flag during a protest against US position on Israeli settlements, in the West Bank city of Nablus, November 26, 2019.

UK, Canada, France, Norway, Australia, NZ sanction West Bank settler individuals, entities

View of graffiti sprayed by extremist settlers in the village of Jaba, West Bank, November 18, 2025.

Court indicts 18-year-old over alleged racist revenge attack in Palestinian West Bank village

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.

Israel must confront the wider system enabling settler violence - opinion


Masa bans travel to West Bank, parts of Jerusalem

The organization also told institutions in which Masa participants are placed that they cannot organize any trips to these areas.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu poses with participants in the MyMasa Event in Jerusalem last night.

Shaked publicizes decision that may legalize 2,000 West Bank units

The legal opinion made reference to moving forward with expedited proceedings in special military West Bank committees to recognize Jews' rights in a variety of circumstances over land.

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit

Palestinian arrested after attempted attack in West Bank settlement

The man tried to attack a resident with a decorative bike after throwing rocks at passing cars.

A police officer holds a toy bike with which a Palestinian man tried to attack a settler in Tekoa, September 2018

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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