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A Palestinian man uses a cellphone to record a burning truck after an alleged settler attack in the village of Beit Lid, east of Tulkarm in the West Bank on November 11, 2025. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
November 24, 2025, 4:57 am
‘We cannot remain silent’: 400 Gush Etzion residents sign petition against settler attacks
Violence is ‘happening around our communities and we have a responsibility to address it,’ says one of the promoters of the initiative
By Rossella Tercatin
A Palestinian inspects the damage to a warehouse following an attack by Israeli settlers in the town of Deir Sharaf, west of Nablus, in the West Bank, November 19, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
November 21, 2025, 2:32 am
Security agencies said to push new plan to counter surging settler violence
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
By Stav Levaton and Emanuel Fabian
IDF troops begin the evacuation and demolition of the illegal Tzur Misgavi outpost in the West Bank, November 17, 2025. (Courtesy)
November 17, 2025, 2:20 pm
Several officers wounded in clash with settlers at demolition of illegal outpost
Settlers later said to rampage in nearby Palestinian town; activists denounce claim by council head that they attacked Israeli farmers and soldiers, sexually harassed women
By Jeremy Sharon and Emanuel Fabian
An image of the illegal West Bank outpost of Tzon Kedar Farms / Mitzpe Yehuda from 2020 which was legalized by the government in February 2023. (Screen capture/Facebook; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 28, 2024, 4:10 pm
‘A giant gift’: Settler leaders hail IDF approval of borders for new W. Bank settlement
Planning proposals for now-legalized outpost seek some 3,600 housing units; ‘We will continue the settlement momentum throughout the land,’ says Smotrich
By Jeremy Sharon
A Cellcom service station in Jerusalem on November 5, 2015 (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
May 18, 2021, 9:27 pm
Settlers pull plug on telecom firm over its act for Jewish-Arab coexistence
Far-right MKs protest timing of cellular company’s 1-hour pause of service, which coincided with Arab Israeli and Palestinian general strike to protest Gaza operation
By ToI Staff
Har Gilo residents protest at the entrance to the settlement following the decision to quarantine 200 South Korean tourists at a military base in the settlement, February 23, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 23, 2020, 5:33 pm
Residents burn tires over talk of quarantining South Koreans in their settlement
Har Gilo community demands defense minister abort proposal to keep some 200 tourists isolated at local military academy over coronavirus fears
By ToI Staff
In this photo from January 1, 2019, men work on a new housing project in the West Bank settlement of Modin Illit. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
January 9, 2020, 12:22 pm
EU hastily removes reference to ‘disputed lands’ from settlement condemnation
Brussels’ new foreign policy czar reissues statement denouncing West Bank construction, after first version could be read to imply it isn’t all illegal under international law
By Raphael Ahren
A photograph of the construction work being done for a new neighborhood in the Ma'ale Amos settlement on June 18, 2017. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
January 6, 2020, 6:22 pm
Israel advances plans for nearly 2,000 new settlement homes
Majority of units green-lighted through various planning stages are outside generally accepted West Bank ‘blocs’
By Jacob Magid
A construction site at Shvut Rachel in the West Bank on May 1, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
December 29, 2019, 12:51 pm
Israel to advance plans for over 2,000 new settlement homes
Majority of those to be green-lit through various planning stages are outside the generally accepted ‘blocs’; number lower than 3,000 promised by PM last week
By Jacob Magid
File: A view of the Dolev settlement (CC BY-SA מיכאלי/Wikimedia Commons)
November 4, 2019, 3:25 pm
EU slams Israel for okaying 2,342 settler homes, road that ‘fragments’ West Bank
Bloc says settlement activity ‘erodes the viability of the two-state solution and the prospects for a lasting peace’
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Construction work in the Dagan neighborhood of the settlement of Efrat, in the West Bank on July 22, 2019. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
October 31, 2019, 6:20 pm
Israel advances 2,342 settler homes, capping off record year under Trump
Majority of units to be constructed deep in West Bank; projects approved for Jordan Valley outpost legalized by cabinet and town hit by terror attack
By Jacob Magid
An Israeli teen wrapped in an LGBT Pride flag near the settlement of Efrat, June 3, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
October 27, 2019, 11:04 pm
Support group for religious parents of LGBT children to launch in settlements
Building on effort started two years ago with formation of pioneering club for gay youth, Efrat municipality now offering assistance to their families as well
By Jacob Magid
Three kindergarten attendants, suspected of abusing a children, are brought to the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court for a remand hearing on July 15, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
July 15, 2019, 8:05 pm
3 daycare attendants suspected of child abuse remanded in custody
Suspects allegedly roughly handled infants in their care; husband of one of the accused says claims made by vengeful workers who were fired
By Stuart Winer
An Israeli teen wrapped in an LGBT Pride flag near the settlement of Efrat, June 3, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
May 24, 2019, 4:52 pm
Year on, progress on LGBT acceptance in settlement bloc appears to stall
Parents eagerly attend gathering at West Bank outpost seeking tools to help children struggling with their sexuality, but municipal officials not on board with initiative
By Jacob Magid
A man holds voting notes of Jerusalem mayoral candidates Ofer Berkovich and Moshe Lion, during preparations for the upcoming second round of the Jerusalem municipal elections, at a warehouse in Jerusalem on November 11, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 14, 2018, 2:14 pm
New mayors, more women: 2018 local elections summed up
Turnout was low, turnover was high in Tuesday’s run-off; Hof Ashkelon Regional Council vote postponed due to Gaza rocket barrage
By ToI Staff
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