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Israel's Heritage Minister: Palestinians destroying archaeological sites like ISIS did in Syria

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu on archaeology, sovereignty, and the battle over history in Judea and Samaria

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu plants a flag at the archaeological site Sartaba in Judea and Samaria.
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

Arizona State Highway welcome sign

Arizona House affirms Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, to use terms in all state comms

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


Israel: PA has allowed Iran to gain a West Bank foothold

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN stated that the Palestinian Authority was responsible for the escalation of violence of in the West Bank.

Gunmen attend a funeral of two Palestinians, who were killed during an Israeli raid, in Nablus in the West Bank July 7,2023.

Guterres: UN won’t send int’l force to protect Palestinians in West Bank

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the UN would not be sending forces to the West Bank following Israel's two day military campaign in the West Bank city of Jenin.

 Rubble on the streets of the West Bank city of Jenin, following a major Israeli aerial and ground offensive in Jenin, in one of Israel's biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years. July 4, 2023.

Jewish extremism and vigilantism is a disturbing trend - opinion

The far-right in Israel refuses to condemn extremist Jewish violence against Palestinians.

 Israeli police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where synaogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, by Arab residents rioted in the city. May 12, 2021.

Israel must end violence in West Bank to protect Israelis and Palestinians - opinion

Palestinians have no official protection, neither against settler violence nor against the Israeli military forces.

Clashes between the Israeli army and Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron on May 12, 2021.

Gallant signs administrative arrest orders for four Jewish Israelis following West Bank riots

Defense Minister Gallant placed four Jews in administrative detention following an escalation of violence in the West Bank.

 Israeli soldiers and settlers at the entrance to the West Bank village of  Turmus Aiya, June 21, 2023

West Bank risks 'spiralling out of control' - UN rights chief

Volker Turk: "Israel must urgently reset its policies and actions in the West Bank in line with international human rights standards, including protecting and respecting the right to life."

IDF soldier near Jenin

How Israel can force Abbas' hand amid West Bank lawlessness - editorial

Iran clearly aims to exploit this turmoil to threaten Israel, while Hamas – one of its local proxies – has expressed support for the attacks that took place on Monday.

 Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli raid in Jenin in the West Bank January 26, 2023.

Peacebuilders are beating a path forward together - opinion

The success of a thirty-year campaign against the Israeli judiciary is also a reminder of the power of determined and strategic grassroots efforts.

 Israelis stand with an Israeli flag opposite to Palestinians with Palestinian flag next to Damascus gate to Jerusalem's Old City, on Jerusalem Day, May 29, 2022.

Washington troubled by Ben-Gvir's 'provocative' Temple Mount visit - State Dept

"We are concerned by today’s provocative visit to the Temple Mount... and the accompanying inflammatory rhetoric," read the official statement.

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Temple Mount, May 21, 2023

Jordanian lawmaker must face trial for weapon smuggling - Israel's Cohen

"The basic demand is for him to be put on trial and pay the price," Eli Cohen said. "Such an incident cannot be allowed to pass."

 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is seen at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023.