West Bank Violence

Israelis set fire to West Bank tents, vehicles, attack residents with clubs

The IDF reported that, during investigations of the surrounding area, a vehicle with Israeli plates was found containing blunt weapons. The vehicle was confiscated by the district police.

 A Palestinian man stands next to a burnt car after an attack by Israeli settlers in Kafr Malik, in the West Bank, June 26, 2025.
IDF troops operate in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, January 4, 2026.

IDF kills Hamas commander who played 'significant role' in planning Oct. 7 massacre

People examine cars damaged and vandalized by attackers in the Arab village of Ein Rafa, near Jerusalem, January 8, 2026

West Bank settlers attack Palestinian cars with firebombs, detained by IDF

A car burns on Route 60 in the West Bank between between Eli and Shiloh.

IDF, Border Police respond to reports of settlers throwing rocks, burning cars in West Bank


Man indicted for tearing pages of Quran during settler riots

Another man was indicted for involvement in a riot in which he committed arson.

 Jewish settlers look while Palestinians protest against the Jewish settlements in the Umm Safa village, in Ramallah, West Bank on July 7, 2023.

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.

Fighters, not explosives, are the key in Jenin - analysis

Israel will likely not get anything more than temporary quiet from Jenin. 

 Palestinians protest against Israeli army raid in Jenin, along Israel-Gaza border fence east of Gaza City July 3, 2023

Israel and the world are watching West Bank violence - opinion

Political Affairs: Can the government clamp down on terror, rein in Jewish vigilantes in the West Bank, and not implode?

 PALESTINIANS CHECK burned vehicles after a revenge attack by Jews in a village near Ramallah last week, following a murderous terrorist attack against settlers.

Israel needs to take off the gloves and stop Jewish violence - opinion

Israel has a problem within society that is not only morally abhorrent, but also undermines strategic objectives like possible normalization with Saudi Arabia.

 A PALESTINIAN man stands inside a burned building, after an attack by Jews, near Ramallah, last week.

Editor's Notes: There's nothing Jewish about attacking innocent Palestinians

The perpetrators of these mob attacks must hear, from all corners of the Israeli society and government, that they don't share our values.

 CHARRED CARS after they were set on fire by Jewish attackers in the West Bank village of Laban Sharqiya, last week.

Violence against civilians must be condemned clearly - opinion

Cry out against any and all violence against civilians and/or their property, which is an antithesis to the Jewish and Israeli way and detrimental to Israel itself.

 Orit Strock, National Mission Minister arrives to a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on May 7, 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.