Occupation

‘Settler violence’: A buzzword used to single out Israel - opinion

Settler violence is frequently deployed as a label that implies state responsibility.

|ByALAN BAKER
Palestinians throw stones at Jewish settlers as they establish a pastoral outpost at the site where Jewish settler Yehuda Sherman was murdered, near the village of Beit Mirin north of Nablus in the West Bank.
FILE PHOTO: Activists of the pro-democracy youth movement Vesna (Spring in Russian), stand in a defendants' box during their verdicts announcement at the Saint Petersburg city court in Saint Petersburg on April 8, 2026.

Woman in occupied Ukraine jailed 14 years for buying Kyiv war bonds

The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia District Court said the woman had used a Ukrainian mobile app to purchase bonds worth 270,080 roubles ($3,600), and had been caught by the FSB security service.

|ByREUTERS
A PALESTINIAN man walks past Hebrew graffiti that reads, ‘Death to Arabs,’ on the wall of a home allegedly damaged house by Israeli settlers in the village of Deir al-Hatab in the West Bank, in March 2026.

Impunity by design: How the IDF, settlers repress Palestinians in the West Bank - opinion

This military regime is inherently coercive, and the violent acts committed by soldiers against Palestinians are, in effect, what the state expects of them.

|ByYONATAN KANONICH
Conductor Zubin Mehta attends the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Duet Gala at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on November 10, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California; illustrative.

Zubin Mehta cancels all Israeli shows, cites Netanyahu's 'treatment of Palestinians'

Zubin Mehta, an Indian conductor who was IPO musical director for 50 years, condemns Netanyahu's policies on Palestine and urges the arts community to speak out.

|ByJAMES GENN

Gaza should be occupied by the US, UK, France, Germany - opinion

The US, UK, France, and Germany should be the bodies that shall bear the responsibility of governing the Gaza Strip and stabilizing it so there can be elections after a decade.

NOVEMBER 4, 2023ByRUTH WASSERMAN LANDE
A satellite image shows northern Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, October 28, 2023

Israeli teens to refuse IDF service due to 'occupation,' judicial reform

The group expects to send a formal letter to the IDF and has already posted publicly about the move on its X (formerly Twitter) account.

AUGUST 29, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Young Israelis line up as they arrive to an Israeli army recruitment center at Tel Hashomer, outside of Tel Aviv on July 26, 2018

Qatar: We don’t have a war with Israel, the issue is the 'occupation'

Qatar's prime minister said the country backed the Arab Peace Initiative in respect to Israel and pushed for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

AUGUST 27, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani attends a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, in Kyiv, on July 28, 2023.

Ukraine launches 'special operation' in Russian-occupied Crimea

Brief and dark video footage posted alongside the statement showed a small motorboat moving through water at night near a coastline.

AUGUST 24, 2023ByREUTERS
Russian national flag flies with backdrop of the Kerch bridge after an explosion destroyed part of it, in the Kerch Strait, Crimea, October 8, 2022

Letters to the Editor August 16, 2023: An errant child

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

AUGUST 16, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Australia's government has taken an anti-Israel stance - opinion

The new announcement is just the latest in a number of steps the Australian government has taken to distance itself from Israel since its election in May last year. 

AUGUST 16, 2023By JAMIE HYAMS
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull hold a news conference in Jerusalem, in 2017. No previous Australian government has made a habit of using the term ‘occupied Palestinian territories,’ says the writer.

Letters to the Editor August 14, 2023: Concrete jungle

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

AUGUST 14, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Should Israel refer to Australia as occupied Aboriginal territory? - opinion

Australia’s Labor Party government ought to take a look in the mirror before hurling false and insulting accusations at Israel.

AUGUST 13, 2023BySTEPHEN M. FLATOW
AUSTRALIAN PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a NATO summit in Vilnius, last month.

Israel is responsible for Palestinians killing Israelis - opinion

The placing of the blame on incitement is a clear strategy of successive Israeli governments to remove legitimate Palestinian claims from the public sphere.

AUGUST 10, 2023ByGERSHON BASKIN
SUPPORTERS OF Hamas and Islamic Jihad take part in a rally last year in the southern Gaza Strip to celebrate a deadly shooting attack in Tel Aviv.

Australia will refer to West Bank as ‘occupied Palestinian territories'

Australia stopped referring to the West Bank as occupied in 2014, now they plan to revert to this terminology.

AUGUST 8, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese