Israeli settlement

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

The case refers to the violent November attack on the Palestinian village of Jaba that erupted hours after security forces evacuated the unauthorized outpost of Tzur Misgabi in the Gush Etzion.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

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

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

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.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025|ByARIK ASCHERMAN

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends the state ceremony marking 52 years since the Yom Kippur War, held at the military cemetery at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, on October 5, 2025.

Defense Minister Katz finally condemns Jewish extremist violence against Palestinians

Katz's condemnation came months after a spike in such attacks, six days after a new mass attack last week, and after yet another mass attack earlier Monday.

NOVEMBER 17, 2025|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

WATCH: Hilltop Youth, security forces clash during demolition of illegal settlement extension

Gush Etzion Regional Council reached out to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to request his assistance in dealing with the "anarchy" developing in the area in a letter sent in September.

NOVEMBER 17, 2025|BySHIR PERETS

Government source: Israel not limiting settlement construction to large blocs

JUNE 6, 2017ByHERB KEINON

Yitzhar, as seen from a neighboring settlement

US source: Trump will ask Netanyahu to curb West Bank settlement activity

President "has not abandoned the two-state solution," senior White House official says; Western Wall visit without Israeli officials.

MAY 18, 2017ByMICHAEL WILNER

WHAT DEAL will President Donald Trump try to push when he gets to Israel later this month?

The Palestinian Question: Where to Go From Here

MARCH 4, 2017ByDMITRI SHUFUTINSKY

Ma’aleh Adumim pushes for a Sunday ministerial vote on annexation

A source in the campaign said it was on the agenda for this Sunday’s Ministerial Legislative Committee and they believed it would come for a vote.

MARCH 2, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

A Star of David decorates a lamp post in Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem

Netanyahu: Settlements are an issue but not the main issue

Nonetheless, the prime minister says it is vital for Israel to "retain security control" in the West Bank.

FEBRUARY 17, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF

A CONSTRUCTION site in the West Bank settlement of Givat Ze’ev, near Jerusalem [File]

Yesh Din: Bleak outlook with new settlements law

The law empowered various state organs to legalize a range of unauthorized Jewish settlements on private Palestinian land, while providing compensation.

FEBRUARY 15, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB