Settler Violence

Netanyahu: Turkey not 'friendly state' to US, F-35 sale would disrupt Mideast power balance

Netanyahu told CNN that he had spoken to Trump about his concerns regarding the possibility that the sale could disrupt the balance of power in the region.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cornerstone laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center in east Jerusalem near the separation wall with the West Bank on July 5, 2026.
Palestinian Morocco fans gather for a public screening of the 2026 FIFA World Cup match between Morocco and Canada in Hebron, the occupied West Bank, on July 4, 2026.

World Cup, summer vacation could lead to increased West Bank violence, IDF fears

FIREFIGHTERS AND Palestinians extinguish a fire in agricultural fields near the town of Huwara in the West Bank, after an alleged attack by Israeli settlers.

Jews must stop letting this one mitzvah fuel fanaticism - opinion

Jewish American volunteers plant trees in the Palestinian village of Husan in the West Bank.PremiumPremium

Not the usual itinerary: Why Diaspora Jews are seeking West Bank encounters on Israel trips


Israeli settler charged with terror for assault on Palestinian olive harvesters in West Bank

Prosecutors indicted Ariel Dahari for a racially motivated assault on Palestinian harvesters near Turmus Aiya, seeking to keep him in custody until trial.

 24-year-old settler Ariel Dahari, attacking a Palestinian woman on October 19th, 2025.

Minor indicted for terror-motivated attack on Palestinians in West Bank

The minor took part in an organized raid in the Beit Lid area near Tulkarm, in which rioters torched vehicles and buildings, vandalized property, and carried out severe assaults on civilians.

Palestinians inspect cars burned by extremist Jewish settlers the previous night in the town of Hawara, near Nablus in the West Bank, November 21, 2025.

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.

Defense Minister Katz finally condemns Jewish extremist violence against Palestinians

Katz's condemnation came months after a spike in such attacks, six days after a new mass attack last week, and after yet another mass attack earlier Monday.

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends the state ceremony marking 52 years since the Yom Kippur War, held at the military cemetery at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, on October 5, 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.