Settlers

MK Son Har-Melech, dozens of activists cross border fence into Gaza Strip

The Otzma Yehudit MK has said in a statement published by Nachala that "Gaza is ours forever."

MK Limor Son Har-Melech, together with dozens of activists from the Nahala movement, crossed the border fence into the Gaza Strip. February 19.
An Israeli settler rides a donkey near an Israeli vehicle, during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, October 29, 2025.

Israeli settler kills Palestinian-American teen in West Bank, local health ministry says

MARJORIE TAYLOR Greene meets with Bethlehem Mayor Maher Canawati, February 15, 2026.

Marjorie Taylor Greene meets with Bethlehem mayor, decries alleged 'Christian prosecution'

SETTLERS NEAR the West Bank village of Talfit, where a violent altercation occurred between them and local residents, February 13, 2026.

Palestinian cars smashed in West Bank altercation after attack on illegal settler farm


If Israel won't apply sovereignty to the West Bank, it should secure it - opinion

Who can be most trusted to capitalize on the opportunities before Israel for the de facto advancement of long-term diplomatic and security control of Judea and Samaria?

IDF VEHICLES travel in the area of the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in October 2025.

Wave of West Bank settler violence during olive harvest risks wider flare up, officials warn

Officials warned that the growing violence between settlers and Palestinians could lead to a broader escalation.

Palestinians stand near a burning car reportedly set alight by Israeli settlers attempting to disrupt them harvesting olives near the West Bank village of Turmos Ayya on October 19, 2025.

As the world backs a Palestinian state, a Jewish future is being cemented in the West Bank

While diplomacy takes place abroad, a very different reality is emerging on the ground in the West Bank, with an increasing number of small settlement farms scattered across the contested territory.

This settlement farm on Route 458, east of Ramallah, is just one of at least 40 to 50 new communities that have sprung up in the area.

Palestinians caught between corrupt leaders, Israeli settlements as hope for statehood crumbles

Many Palestinians say their dreams of statehood are disappearing between a corrupt Palestinian Authority and Israeli settlements.

An Israeli flag flies on a highway in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank on August 4, 2025.

Fragile calm masks a deepening crisis in the West Bank - analysis

Economic woes, political pressures and corruption in Israel and among Palestinians could ultimately lead to a one-state solution.

An illustrative image of Palestinians in the West Bank.

Spain launches investigation into 158 companies tied to 'Israeli-occupied territories'

According to a new law approved by the Spanish Government last week, the advertising of goods and services from the 'occupied territories' is prohibited.

A drone view of Al-Arroub refugee camp alongside a new road, part of the expansion of Israeli bypass roads connecting Israeli settlers in the West Bank with Jerusalem, in the West Bank, September 29, 2025.

Controversial E1 project gets the green light

The area consists of a few barren hilltops directly east of Jerusalem’s urban sprawl, marking the start of the Judean Desert – the last available stretch of land that can be developed.

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a news conference, announcing plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 area between Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim, last week.

UN report lists 150 companies with ties to Israeli settlements in West Bank

US firms Airbnb, Expedia and TripAdvisor and Netherlands-based Booking.com remain on the rights office's list.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and a woman hold a map that shows the long-frozen E1 settlement plan, that would split east Jerusalem from the West Bank, on the day of a press conference near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, in the West Bank, August 14, 2025.

Embracing pragmatic partial sovereignty in the West Bank - opinion

The settlement movement stands at a critical crossroads.

CHAIRMAN OF the Yesha Council, Israel Ganz, speaks during an interview. Today’s partial sovereignty can become tomorrow’s complete sovereignty if we accept what is achievable now while continuing to work toward our ultimate goals, says the writer.

Palestinians face severe water shortages in the West Bank

COGAT, Israel's military agency, stated that the PA is responsible for supplying water in the West Bank. Israel transfers 90 million cubic meters annually, blaming shortages on Palestinian theft.

A Palestinian woman fills water containers from a public water point, in Ramallah in the West Bank, July 22, 2025.