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West Bank settlements

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers and settlers gather in the village of Edna, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, during the olive harvesting season, on October 12, 2025. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
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'You have a soldier who's a settler serving in own backyard'
Empowered after Oct. 7, IDF settler units are terrorizing Palestinians, critics say
By Stav Levaton
Staffed by locals, including extremists, Israel's West Bank regional defense reserve units are accused of exploiting the IDF's authority as they compound rampant violence and harassment
Jewish men build temporary housing units made from shipping containers in the Chavat Meir La’Aretz outpost in the West Bank, March 12, 2026. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)
June 11, 2026, 3:29 pm
Cabinet set to approve funding for establishing 61 West Bank settlements — reports
Move will allow government to bypass standard settlement planning process, fast-tracking construction in dozens of new communities in ‘strategically sensitive’ areas
By ToI Staff and Reuters
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
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with mayors of settlements in the West Bank, at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on September 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 9, 2026, 5:58 pm
Smotrich banned from France as 4 countries introduce new sanctions against settler violence
Britain says joint action with France, Canada, and Norway will target ‘networks financing and enabling settler attacks’; Israel hits back, saying move will increase antisemitism
By Nava Freiberg, ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers and settlers gather in the village of Edna, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, during the olive harvesting season, on October 12, 2025. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
June 9, 2026, 8:35 am
Empowered after Oct. 7, IDF settler units are terrorizing Palestinians, critics say
Staffed by locals, including extremists, Israel’s West Bank regional defense reserve units are accused of exploiting the IDF’s authority as they compound rampant violence and harassment
By Stav Levaton
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference announcing his plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 settlement project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim on August 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 5, 2026, 6:39 pm
85 House Dems urge Trump to back up anti-annexation rhetoric with action against E1 settlements
In letter to Rubio obtained by ToI, US lawmakers warn ‘window for meaningful intervention’ against project, which cuts off Palestinian contiguity in the West Bank, is rapidly closing
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Bulldozers work in the settlement of Sa-Nur in the West Bank, April 19, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
June 3, 2026, 5:29 pm
Over 2,100 West Bank settlement housing units advance in planning process
Smotrich says construction of the homes ‘solidifies our hold on the territory’; Abbas urges US to stop Israeli ‘madness’
By Jeremy Sharon and Agencies
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
An Israeli soldier stands guard during the inauguration ceremony for the newly legalized Jewish settlement of Yatziv, near the Palestinian town of Beit Sahour, in the West Bank, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
May 22, 2026, 5:53 pm
European powers urge Israel to end W. Bank settlement expansion, tackle settler violence
Italy, France, Britain and Germany say Jerusalem is ‘undermining stability’ and harming prospects for a two-state solution
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference ahead of the vote on the state budget at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 29, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 18, 2026, 8:52 pm
Smotrich attacks AG, rule of law in dramatic Knesset committee hearing
Opposition accuses coalition of dismantling checks on power in debate about bill to split AG’s role; finance minister blames her, previous government for Arab crime surge
By Ariela Karmel
Israeli settler Meir Goldmintz walks past a parked bulldozer inside the Sa-Nur settlement, south of Jenin in the West Bank on May 7, 2026. (Photo by Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)
May 11, 2026, 4:38 pm
For settlers, reestablishing Sa-Nur in the West Bank is a dream realized
Residents hail the rebirth of the settlement, unilaterally evacuated by Israel as part of the 2025 disengagement plan, as ‘a historic correction’
By Marie DHUMIERES
A view of the Palestinian hamlet of Umm al-Khair in the West Bank with the Israeli settlement of Carmel visible in the background, August 4, 2025. (AP/ Julia Frankel)
April 27, 2026, 10:32 pm
Residents of Palestinian hamlet to argue for zoning plan, despite dubious chance of success
Civil Administration denying residents of West Bank village access to committee hearing. ‘We are afraid that bulldozers are coming any time’ says resident
By Jeremy Sharon
Samaria Regional Council Chairman Yossi Dagan (center), Defense Minister Israel Katz, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (second on Dagan's right) and numerous other cabinet ministers, MKs and other dignitaries cut a ribbon to celebrate the reestablishment of the Sa-Nur settlement, April 19, 2026. (Roi Hadi)
April 19, 2026, 11:48 pm
‘Killing the idea of a Palestinian state’: West Bank settlement of Sa-Nur reestablished
21 years later, Smotrich calls step ‘historic correction to sinful expulsion from northern Samaria’ under Disengagement plan; Peace Now: ‘Stupid, wicked’ move will add to IDF’s burden
By Jeremy Sharon
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
Shin Bet director David Zini attends the funeral of an Israeli at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, March 27, 2026, (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 11, 2026, 5:58 pm
Shin Bet chief said to downplay Jewish terrorism in West Bank as ‘friction’
Unit tasked with combating attacks reportedly in crisis amid failure to counter surge in violence, as former heads of security forces and settler movement call for urgent action
By ToI Staff
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
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