The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/gush-etzion/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Gush Etzion | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/gush-etzion/ 32 32 Over 2,100 West Bank settlement housing units advance in planning process https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-2100-west-bank-settlement-housing-units-advance-in-planning-process/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:29:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3835865 Smotrich says construction of the homes 'solidifies our hold on the territory'; Abbas urges US to stop Israeli 'madness'

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]]> Leading Religious Zionist rabbi: Extremist settler violence must be stopped from the pulpit https://www.timesofisrael.com/leading-religious-zionist-rabbi-extremist-settler-violence-must-be-stopped-from-the-pulpit/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 06:17:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3713760 Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein, co-head of Yeshivat Har Etzion in the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, discusses the challenges facing his community and the country as a whole

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]]> ‘We cannot remain silent’: 400 Gush Etzion residents sign petition against settler attacks https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-cannot-remain-silent-400-gush-etzion-residents-sign-petition-against-settler-violence/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 02:57:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3695832 Violence is 'happening around our communities and we have a responsibility to address it,' says one of the promoters of the initiative

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]]> Security agencies said to push new plan to counter surging settler violence https://www.timesofisrael.com/security-agencies-said-to-push-new-plan-to-counter-surging-settler-violence/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:32:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3693697 Officials said to back special team to combat 'Jewish terrorism' in West Bank, but unlikely to resume use of administrative detention on Jews; settlers burn Palestinian scrapyard

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]]> Israeli killed in terror attack at Gush Etzion Junction in the West Bank; 3 others wounded https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-killed-in-terror-attack-at-gush-etzion-junction-in-the-west-bank-3-others-wounded/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:45:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3691522 Victim named as Aharon Cohen, 71; two attackers arrive in car, attempt ramming before exiting to stab people; troops open fire, killing them; woman hit by IDF fire, seriously hurt

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]]> Hamas claims responsibility for dual car bombing in West Bank last week https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-claims-responsibility-for-dual-car-bombing-in-west-bank-last-week/ Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:51:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3366680 Attack in Gush Etzion on Friday came amid major counter-terror operation in territory, following attempted suicide bombing in Tel Aviv that Hamas also claimed

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]]> ‘Fighting the same battle’: After Oct. 7, settlers court Republican evangelicals https://www.timesofisrael.com/fighting-the-same-battle-after-oct-7-settlers-court-republican-evangelicals/ Sat, 20 Jul 2024 14:33:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3335768 Groups, including one founded hours after start of Hamas onslaught, fund visits for prominent GOP officials: 'Having friends and voices like that in very high places in the US helps us'

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]]> IDF probing fatal shooting of Palestinian convert to Judaism in West Bank https://www.timesofisrael.com/suspicious-palestinian-shot-and-killed-at-west-bank-bus-stop-knife-found-in-bag/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 07:48:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3250176 Sameh Zaytoun reportedly had hands in air during 'serious incident' at Elazar junction; small knife later found in his bag

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]]> ‘A giant gift’: Settler leaders hail IDF approval of borders for new W. Bank settlement https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-giant-gift-settler-leaders-hail-idf-approval-of-borders-for-new-w-bank-settlement/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:10:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3234386 Planning proposals for now-legalized outpost seek some 3,600 housing units; 'We will continue the settlement momentum throughout the land,' says Smotrich

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]]> In the major West Bank settlements, anti-judicial overhaul rallies gather steam https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-the-major-west-bank-settlements-anti-judicial-overhaul-rallies-gather-steam/ Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:41:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3095701 Small but growing groups of protesters - many of whom are disillusioned with a government they voted for - take to the streets in some of the far-right's strongholds

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]]> Plane encounter between singer Noa Kirel and top rabbi goes viral https://www.timesofisrael.com/plane-encounter-between-singer-noa-kirel-and-top-rabbi-goes-viral/ Wed, 17 May 2023 15:37:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3017411 Photo shared by rabbi's daughter to social media resonates with Israelis, who see it as example of connection between two people from distinct communities

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]]> Palestinian woman stabs Israeli in Gush Etzion, is shot by soldiers https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-woman-stabs-israeli-in-gush-etzion-is-shot-by-soldiers/ Mon, 17 Apr 2023 17:21:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=2997450 Civilian victim, 36, moderately wounded; attacker taken to hospital

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]]> ‘To lose a mother is to lose life’: Thousands at funeral for terror victim Lucy Dee https://www.timesofisrael.com/to-lose-a-mother-is-to-lose-life-hundreds-at-funeral-for-terror-victim-lucy-dee/ Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:30:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2993998 Husband and three surviving children return to cemetery less than 48 hours after burying Dee's two daughters Maia and Rina; all were killed in a West Bank shooting attack

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]]> Identical twins give birth to boys on same day in Jerusalem https://www.timesofisrael.com/identical-twins-give-birth-to-boys-on-same-day-in-jerusalem/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 05:13:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2774035 Sisters from Gush Etzion each already had two girls, one boy; hospital says similar event happened in 1997

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]]> While sipping tea with his wife: Tekoa resident recounts confronting terrorist https://www.timesofisrael.com/while-sipping-tea-with-his-wife-tekoa-resident-recounts-shooting-terrorist/ Mon, 09 May 2022 07:36:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2758770 Yair Maimon says he spotted a Palestinian climbing fence meters away from his house, then grabbed his M16 rifle and shot him

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