Settlers

IDF Chief of Staff suspends battalion that accosted CNN news team in West Bank

The battalion’s operational deployment will be suspended until it has undergone “a process aimed at reinforcing its professional and ethical foundations,” the IDF wrote. 

The IDF detained a group of CNN journalists in the West Bank on Friday, as shown by footage from the US-based news outlet. March 28, 2026.
A man looks at a damaged vehicle, which Palestinians say was burned by Israeli settlers last night, in Al-Fandaqumiya, near Jenin, in the West Bank, March 22, 2026.

West Bank extremist violence is eroding Israel's national security from within - editorial

ISRAELI SOLDIERS stand near a vehicle, which Palestinians say was burned by Israeli settlers, in Hebron in the West Bank, March 19, 2026.

Israelis commit dozens of attacks against West Bank villages, burn buildings, vehicles

Israeli security forces guard Israeli settlers as they graze their livestock near the village of Umm al-Khair in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, on November 9, 2025.

Jewish-American woman deported from Israel after witnessing child struck by car in West Bank


As war reshapes Middle East, FM Gideon Sa'ar bets on Israel's new diplomatic center of gravity

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar: Despite ‘relentless’ 2025, none of the Abraham Accords countries cut ties with Israel – and more agreements are on the way.

Gideon Sa'ar

Netanyahu leads meeting on West Bank riots, Katz defends axing administrative detention for Jews

IDF's Central Command chief: Conventional solutions for hilltop youth insufficient • Israel Katz: Administrative detentions only increased hatred and violence

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz seen in the Knesset plenum, December 16, 2024

Netanyahu to convene session discussing West Bank settler violence this week

Topics to be discussed at the session will include attaching ankle monitors to those found to already have restraining orders.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, November 10, 2025.

Netanyahu condemns West Bank riots, vows action against Jewish extremists

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, several government officials, and opposition figures condemned the Jewish extremists who rioted in the West Bank on Monday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2025

IDF launches manhunt for Jewish settler extremists amid rampant West Bank riots

The manhunt developed as a somewhat unusual event, given that lately the IDF only arrived at the scene of Jewish violence toward Palestinians in order to end and disrupt that violence.

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: Settler extremists riot in Palestinian West Bank village, set fire to homes and cars

Israeli forces were dispatched to the scene of the riot, carried out in response to an earlier demolition of an illegal settlement outpost in the Judean hills.

Israeli settlers riot at a Palestinian village in the West Bank, setting fire to cars and homes, on November 17, 2025

Unwilling or unable? Why won't the government get a grip on Jewish extremism? - editorial

The public silence of Netanyahu, Katz, and Ben-Gvir points to the only plausible conclusion: The government is part of the problem, not the solution.

An Israeli settler argues with a Palestinian farmer, during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, October 29, 2025.

Netanyahu vows to take action against extremist settlers, directs warning at ministers

Netanyahu addressed the recent spike in West Bank Jewish settler violence, stressing the large majority of settlers are law-abiding and loyal to the state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 10, 2025.

Jewish settlers set fire to Palestinian mosque as West Bank violence runs rampant

Graffiti was found on the walls of the mosque with seemingly pointed messages to the IDF Central Command chief, who referred to Jewish violence against Palestinians as terrorism.

A Palestinian man inspects burned property in a mosque near Salfit in the West Bank, November 13, 2025

IDF detains Jewish settlers in West Bank arson attack on Palestinian village, four injured

Four Palestinians were injured in the settler attack, which extended to a factory, as well as agricultural lands, metal sheds, and several tents belonging to Bedouin families.

Israeli forces disperse Palestinian in the Hebron area, West Bank, November 10, 2025