The Israeli politicians who see themselves as an alternative to Netanyahu's extremist government have no interest in Palestinians in the West Bank or in Gaza - and they are helping to steer the Israeli ship further from the world | Analysis
The U.S. ambassador met Palestinian Americans in a West Bank town repeatedly targeted by settlers, saying Washington is working on a mechanism to curb violence and that U.S. citizens there are 'our responsibility'
Netanyahu ministers attended a groundbreaking for a new settlement in the southern West Bank, while settler leader Yossi Dagan hailed another in the north as a 'restoration of justice' and an 'absolute victory'
Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian village of Qusra were filmed shielding a building where workers had taken shelter. They did not detain or identify the masked settlers, despite an order criminalizing face coverings in the West Bank
Slovenia downgraded a joint EU statement condemning Israel's planned settlement construction in the West Bank's E1, leading to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas issuing a statement in her own name rather than on behalf of all 27 member states
Tzvi Succot took a hammer to a Palestinian monument in the West Bank, and thus exposed to Israeli and international media what Palestinian media already knows: the IDF doesn't stop settlers' violence, it often enables it
IDF soldiers were seen trying to block Hadash MK Ofer Cassif from entering a West Bank village that has been under settler siege for over two weeks, with footage showing one soldier apparently staging an assault by the MK
IDF soldiers reportedly shot a father and son who were trying to prevent Israeli settlers from committing arson in the West Bank's Hebron. 'Israeli forces and settlers prevented ambulances from reaching them and left them bleeding for about 40 minutes,' a Palestinian resident said
The reestablishment of settlements in the northern West Bank, alongside the uptick in settler violence, is part of a broader plan to normalize annexation. But both things are a result of specific government policies, that can be reversed
A large number of troops have been deployed around the mountain villages of Qusra and Jalud, but they have been unable to remove the settlers from the area. The CEO of NGO Yesh Din described the incident as an 'extreme manifestation of the Israeli policy in the West Bank'
Ganim is the third of four northern West Bank settlements cleared in the 2005 disengagement to be reestablished. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called the return part of a campaign to 'erase the disgrace' of the evacuation
As Trump pushes for de-escalation, Israel's freedom of action in Gaza and Lebanon narrows. Meanwhile, settler violence and political interference have eroded the rule of law in the West Bank
IDF soldiers who served in the West Bank tell Haaretz how settlers in local army battalions, though formally subordinate to the military, are using IDF operations to actively fuel friction with Palestinians
Khaled Hassan, a 34-year-old father of three, was killed during a police operation in the West Bank city of Qalqilyah in 2025. His family said footage showed officers made no attempt to arrest him before opening fire
A U.K. charity regulator has opened a probe into funding for West Bank settlements after allegations that dozens of nonprofits transferred large sums to communities considered illegal under international law
Palestinian Christian leaders told CNN that US Christian Zionists ignore their experiences and fund West Bank settlements, while Mike Huckabee defended evangelical support for Israel.
ID sources said Defense Minister Katz was trying to punish West Bank commander Avi Bluth, who pushed back on Katz over his handling of a settler suspected of sexually abusing a Palestinian during a raid
After tens of thousands were displaced in previous operations in the northern West Bank, camp residents fear a similar scenario. 'When the world settles for condemnations and takes no real steps, Israel may conclude there is no cost for expanding the operations,' says a local activist
Across the West Bank, Palestinians describe how a fatal settler attack can trigger a chain of restrictions and retaliation that affects all aspects of daily life. 'I have never in my life seen conditions like those we are living under today,' says a man from Nablus
A confrontation in the West Bank village of Tell on Friday has ignited rare introspection in Israel about who is responsible for out of control settler pogroms. Still, most Israelis won't link the violence back to Netanyahu