Jewish Extremism

One killed several wounded as settler extremists, Palestinians clash across West Bank during Sukkot

Clashes between settlers and Palestinians were reported across the West Bank during Sukkot, including a deadly shooting in Yasuf and violence linked to the olive harvest.

Graffiti vandalizing a mosque wall in Bazariya, northern West Bank, denouncing US Ambassador Mike Huckabee's statements condemning the extremist settler violence in Kusra, West Bank, pictured September 1, 2026.
A Palestinian man walks next to a vehicle damaged in what Palestinians say was an Israeli settlers attack, in Deir Abu Masha'al, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, September 28, 2026.

Netanyahu condemns riots in West Bank, calls to fully prosecute extremist settlers involved

Palestinians attempt to control the fire after Jewish settler extremists set fire to vehicles and property near the village of Jalud, in the West Bank, September 29, 2026

Over 100 Jewish extremist settlers riot near West Bank town, clash with Israeli forces

Jewish settler encampment, used for grazing, is located on Palestinian land in the Masoudiya area, northwest of Nablus in the West Bank. Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian homes, throwing stones and setting fire to farmland in the village of Deir Dibwan and the Masoudiya area. June 15, 2026.

IDF detains 14 HaBashan Pioneers attempting to infiltrate into Syria, establish settlements


Israel and the Diaspora: Abandonment of the Jews?

The Jerusalem Post

Jewish extremists accused of targeting, beating Palestinians in Jerusalem

Police deny report of not intervening in Lehava assault that led to one victim hospitalized.

Ben-Zion Gopstein (left), leader of the group Lehava, gathers with some of his young followers in Jerusalem in 2014

Palestinian family sues Israel for failing to prevent deadly arson attack

Jewish extremist Amiram Ben Uliel was indicted in January 2016 for the terror attack, which killed Saad and Reham Dawabshe and their infant son, Ali.

A man looks out of a house badly damaged by a firebomb attack by suspected Jewish extremists in the Palestinian village of Duma in the West Bank, July 31, 2015

Ramat Hasharon mayor threatened by Jewish extremist group

Speaking to Hebrew media, the mayor said he was “shocked” and called the threat “terrorism in every way.”

Threatening letter and bullet found in Ramat Hasharon mayor's car

We’ll do it our way

Polly Bronstein says she "came back to Israel in 2013 to a changed country."

Polly Bronstein

Jewish extremism

The big problem – one of Israel’s biggest – is the death grip in which the state holds the practice of Judaism.

Praying at the Western Wall

Dans la peau d’Yigal Amir

A travers l’analyse des motivations de l’assassin d’Yitzhak Rabin, Israël a longtemps cherché à comprendre comment il avait pu engendrer un tel fils

Yigal Amir, lors de la reconstitution de la scène  du crime

Have documents in the Duma arson case vanished in a cover-up?

Prosecution calls them ‘technical’ and unimportant.

A man looks out of a house badly damaged by a firebomb attack by suspected Jewish extremists in the Palestinian village of Duma in the West Bank, July 31, 2015

Female member of extremist group Lehava indicted on weapons charges

Lehava propagates the racist ideology of the late Jewish Defense League founder Meir Kahane, who was assassinated in New York City in 1990.

Sparring: Members of the Lehava movement protest. A sign reads, ‘Father, where is my mother?’

Jewish community must make clear: Hateful extremism will not be tolerated

The late rabbi Meir Kahane, pictured here on a poster.