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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

IDF soldiers stand behind a masked settler swinging a slingshot while hurling stones at Palestinians who had gathered for the annual olive harvest season, during an attack by Israeli settlers on the West Bank village of Beita, south of Nablus, on October 10, 2025. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
June 26, 2026, 11:12 am
As settlers rampage, IDF soldiers accused of aiding violence, theft against Palestinians
Israeli activists describe a pattern of troops standing by or actively taking part as settlers from illegal outposts assault, harass and loot from Palestinians in the West Bank
By Jeremy Sharon
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
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
Liora Eilon speaks at a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony in Tel Aviv, April 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
April 20, 2026, 10:29 pm
Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day event held in secret amid far-right threats
Tel Aviv location kept quiet over security fears, with parallel ceremony in Jericho; bereaved Israelis and Palestinians share stories of loss from Oct 7, Gaza war, West Bank violence
By Ariela Karmel
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
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
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)
March 15, 2026, 10:31 pm
Palestinian child struck by settler car, Jewish American witness deported
After a Palestinian 5-year old was hit by a settler and taken to the hospital, police detained 3 US-Jewish civil rights activists on political grounds, one of whom was expelled
By Jeremy Sharon
A building under construction is pictured in the West Bank settlement of Givat Ze'ev on October 24, 2025. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
February 25, 2026, 11:59 pm
2025 was record year for settlement expansion, construction and planning, NGO finds
Records for number of new settlements, illegal outposts and housing unit plans broken in 2025. Local leader says government making settlements ‘inseparable part of country’
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative: A high school student looks to another student for answers during an assignment (iStock by Getty Images)
February 20, 2026, 3:09 am
Radical online content derails students hungry for info on Middle East conflict, study finds
Amid a sea of contradictory claims, high schoolers often believe whatever is most repeated in their social media feeds; better education is the answer, says Chapman University report
By Zev Stub
A general view of the newly established Jewish settlement of Yatziv in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank, January 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 19, 2026, 4:46 am
Expansion of West Bank rule appears to shift ‘creeping annexation’ into higher gear
As government makes it easier to purchase property and for state to take control of lands, both critics and boosters say the idea of Israel’s control being temporary is a thing of the past
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative: The East Jerusalem neighborhood of Neve Yaakov (foreground) and the Palestinian neighborhood of al-Ram (background) are seen separated by Israel's West Bank security barrier on February 16, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
February 16, 2026, 2:20 pm
New settlement to ‘expand Jerusalem’ for first time since 1967 

Left-wing group accuses government of ‘backdoor annexation’; West Bank regional council head lauds ‘realization of the settlement vision,’ says more such steps on the way
By Jeremy Sharon
IDF soldiers read out a closed military zone order to coexistence activists who had come to plant trees in the Palestinian West Bank hamlet of Umm al-Khair, February 2, 2026. (Jeremy Sharon / The Times of Israel)
February 3, 2026, 4:45 pm
Thwarted tree-planting underscores daily torments for embattled Palestinian hamlet
Villagers in West Bank’s Umm al-Khair say security forces quick to stymie Tu Bishvat coexistence event or new soccer pitch, but take their time when it comes to stopping settler harassment
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony in Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, September 11, 2025, as Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich looks on. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 29, 2026, 11:42 pm
The missing Palestinian question: Facing pivotal election, few talking about West Bank’s future
As first national vote since Oct. 7 nears, neither leading candidate for PM is offering an overarching vision for Israeli-Palestinian relations or pledging big moves in West Bank
By Ben Sales
A vendor offers mobile phone contracts from a booth on a street in Nablus in the West Bank on November 15, 2016. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)
January 6, 2026, 2:26 am
Israel grants 4G access to Palestinian West Bank cell companies after war delay
Communications Ministry ratifies deals inked by Israeli, Palestinian telecom firms; implementation expected to take 4-6 months; move won’t cover Gaza, where networks stuck on 2G
By Jacob Magid
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Samaria District Council head Yossi Dagan show the construction masterplan proposal for the Sa Nur settlement in the nothern West Bank. (Roi Hadi)
January 1, 2026, 10:53 pm
Construction masterplan for formerly-evacuated West Bank settlement gets preliminary ok
Plans include 126 housing units for Sa Nur, evacuated under 2005 Disengagement Plan; Smotrich: We are advancing de facto sovereignty to stop establishment of Arab state in West Bank
By Jeremy Sharon
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