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West Bank outposts

An armed settler accompanied by IDF soldiers tells Palestinians and Israeli civil rights activists that only Jews can stay on privately owned Palestinian land in Area B of the West Bank, on the outskirts of the Palestinian town of Tarqumiyah, during a confrontation on June 5, 2026 (Screenshot composite, courtesy)
June 10, 2026, 10:57 pm
‘Jews are allowed, Arabs have to get out,’ armed settler tells Palestinians, activists
Settler, backed by IDF troops, sought to prevent Palestinians from working their land; ‘Goal is expulsion of Palestinians from their land,’ says rights group
By Jeremy Sharon
IDF soldiers confiscate a water tanker belonging to a Palestinian Bedouin herder from the hamlet of al-Farisiya in the Jordan Valley, May 25, 2026. (Courtesy Jordan Valley Peace Activists)
May 28, 2026, 11:10 pm
Palestinian herders file High Court petition against IDF confiscation of water tankers
Motion demands IDF provide for humanitarian needs of residents of West Bank Bedouin hamlet, since they can no longer sustain themselves or their livestock
By Jeremy Sharon
A Civil Administration excavator uproots a Palestinian olive tree in the northern West Bank, May 7, 2026. (Courtesy)
May 8, 2026, 1:27 am
Smotrich announces uprooting of 3,000 trees planted by Palestinians in northern West Bank
Civil Administration says trees’ removal, latest in a series of such actions, will enable the creation of a new settlement; 3 Palestinians reportedly injured in settler attack
By Jeremy Sharon, Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Palestinian residents of Ras Ein al-Auja village in the West Bank pack up their belongings and prepare to leave their homes after deciding to flee mounting settler violence, January 11, 2026. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
April 28, 2026, 11:50 pm
JNF halts most funding for at-risk youth in West Bank over settler violence links
Fund’s chairman says money was supporting activities leading to expulsion of Palestinians, vows not to back extremist outposts set up by far-right ministers
By ToI Staff
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot (right) together with Samaria District Council Chairman Yossi Dagan during a tour by Eisenkot of settlements in the Samaria district of the northern West Bank, April 15, 2026. (Arik Mirmour)
April 16, 2026, 4:43 pm
Eisenkot visits illegal settlement outpost, site of severe assault against Israeli lawyer
Yashar party chief and former IDF chief of staff visits Shuvael as part of a tour of northern West Bank settlements; Peace Now urges him not to turn a blind eye to settler violence
By Jeremy Sharon
View of the Israeli settlement of Kedumim in the West Bank, February 12, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
April 9, 2026, 6:28 pm
Government approves a record 34 new settlements, as it acts to deepen hold on West Bank
Security cabinet decision constitutes largest number of settlements okayed by any government at one time, brings total number approved by current government to 103
By Jeremy Sharon
Palestinian residents from Nuaman, a small village on the southeastern outskirts of Jerusalem, carry a man who was lightly injured by pepper spray during clashes with settlers on April 5, 2026. (Courtesy)
April 7, 2026, 3:38 pm
Settlers erect outpost in East Jerusalem, attack Palestinian locals
Four injured, 4 arrested after extremist youths descend on Palestinian hamlet; IDF nabs, then releases Israeli pair suspected of beating Palestinian family in West Bank
By Nurit Yohanan and Charlie Summers
Ahmad Daraghmeh, a resident of the Palestinian West Bank village of Tayasir, who was injured by extremist settlers during an attack they staged on the dwelling on March 31, 2026. (Amer Dabak)
April 1, 2026, 10:47 am
Four Palestinians said wounded by settler assailants in West Bank village of Tayasir
No comment by Israeli authorities on latest violence; political and social pressures said to hamper IDF ability to enforce law against Jewish assailants who attack Palestinians
By Jeremy Sharon, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Graffiti is seen through the window of a burnt out car following a settler attack on the village of Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus in the West Bank, March 23, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
March 31, 2026, 1:41 pm
After uprooting Palestinian hamlets, extremist settlers set sights on purge of entire West Bank
As settler violence escalates, apparently under cover of Iran war, some behind the attacks appear to be pursuing a deliberate campaign aimed at ethnically cleansing the whole territory
By Jeremy Sharon
Yehuda Sherman. (Courtesy Samaria District Council)
March 27, 2026, 9:30 am
Police, Shin Bet: ‘Suspicion growing’ that settler activist killed in terror ramming
Security agencies say driver who crashed into 18-year-old Yehuda Sherman ‘admitted to the acts attributed to him’ in interrogation, as suspect barred from meeting with attorney
By Jeremy Sharon
Extremist settlers threaten Palestinian Bedouin and Israeli human rights activists in Bedouin hamlets in the Mukhmas area in the West Bank, March 8, 2026. (Courtesy Torat Tzedek)
March 25, 2026, 8:57 pm
Government allocates NIS 50 million for illegal, often violent settlement outposts
Funds will be used for security equipment such as ATVs and drones, often used by settler extremists to harass rural Palestinian communities as well as access roads to outposts
By Jeremy Sharon
Yehuda Sherman. (Courtesy Samaria District Council)
March 24, 2026, 2:12 pm
Police said to suspect terror motive in fatal ramming of settler teen
Brother, lawyer of driver implicated in lethal crash that killed 18-year-old Yehuda Sherman insist it was an accident; footage from scene shows Palestinian locals aiding the wounded
By ToI Staff
Yehoshua and Sima Sherman mourn the killing of their son Yehuda in the at his funeral in Elon Moreh, March 22, 2026. (Jeremy Sharon / The Times of Israel)
March 22, 2026, 10:19 pm
Father of settler teen killed by Palestinian says son was ‘sacrifice’ for settlements cause
Hundreds at funeral of Yehuda Sherman as police check whether car hit him deliberately; father demands government abolish Oslo Accords over his death; Smotrich says working to collapse ‘evil’ PA
By Jeremy Sharon
Youssef Zawahreh and his wife in their home in the Palestinian Bedouin hamlet of Khallet a-Sidra, allegedly burned down by extremist settlers on January 17, 2026. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh, B’Tselem)
March 20, 2026, 8:57 am
Settlers drove an entire village into exile. Palestinians say the state is keeping them away
After Jewish extremists attacked Khallet a-Sidra in January, all the residents fled. Now the IDF is barring them from returning, while their tormenters begin assaulting town next door
By Jeremy Sharon
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with officers in the West Bank, March 18, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 19, 2026, 1:05 am
IDF chief: Settler violence ‘unacceptable,’ results in ‘extraordinary strategic damage’
After settlers rampage in Palestinian village following razing of outpost, Zamir and Bennett condemn attack, maintain that the perpetrators don’t represent most settlers
By Emanuel Fabian and Sam Sokol
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