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People build a structure at the 'Pioneers of Gaza' settlement point in the Simhoni Forest in southern Israel, on the Strip's border, in a video published by the Nachala settlement movement on October 16, 2026. (Screen capture: X/Nachala)
Right-wing group sets up settlement near Gaza, demands government move it into Strip
By ToI Staff
Over 700 people said to set up 'Pioneers of Gaza' in forest overlooking north Gaza; government minister among those at 'temporary' encampment
Palestinians inspect a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, September 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
September 10, 2026, 11:54 pm
Hamas terrorist behind 2003 shooting that killed MK’s husband slain in Gaza airstrike, says Israel
Security agencies confirm killing Farah Hamed, who they say fought troops in Gaza during the recent war and was ‘involved in recruiting and directing’ attacks in the West Bank
By Emanuel Fabian
Minister of Defense Israel Katz announces that he's replacing the IDF's top West Bank general, on Channel 14, August 2, 2026. (Screenshot)
August 3, 2026, 5:17 am
Katz announces on TV he’s replacing top West Bank general; IDF says he’ll stay in his role
Open dispute erupts between army and defense minister, who tells right-wing Channel 14 live studio audience that Maj. Gen. Bluth acted against his policy on violent settler, names Bluth’s successor, and declares he has ‘absolute control over what is necessary’ in IDF
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Left: Defense Minister Israel Katz (L) in Jerusalem, May 31, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90); right: Tal Yinon Dardik (Courtesy)
July 26, 2026, 2:37 am
Katz said to meet suspect detained over brutal settler attack on West Bank village
Defense minister reportedly visits Tal Yinon Dardik, who is on hunger strike after being detained for March attack in which Palestinian victim accuses him of zip-tying his genitals
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: Students at Bar Ilan University, November 21, 2024 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
July 10, 2026, 9:46 am
Top universities come out against legislation to expand gender segregation in academia
Tel Aviv University head: ‘Real, tangible danger’; Hebrew University says legislation would cause ‘direct harm to academic freedom’; Bar Ilan says quality of research would be harmed
By ToI Staff
Almog Cohen, of the Otzma Yehudit party, disrupts an event about settler violence, in the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 2, 2026, 7:48 pm
Coalition MKs disrupt Knesset event on violence against Palestinians, threaten attendees
Lawmakers steal food, assail slain hostage’s daughter-in-law, amid discussion of unchecked settler attacks; MK tells ‘terrorist’ colleagues they’ll be expelled from country
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
A handout photo shows Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech and activists from the pro-settlement Nachala group inside the Gaza Strip, on February 19, 2026. (Nachala)
February 20, 2026, 5:05 am
Dozens of settler activists, including far-right MK, illegally cross into Gaza
‘Gaza will always be ours,’ declares Otzma Yehudit lawmaker; IDF ‘strongly condemns’ incident, says activists put troops at risk
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli security forces clash with settlers during the evacuation of the illegal outpost of Tzur Misgavi, in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank, November 17, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 17, 2026, 5:40 pm
10 settler rabbis warn against ‘violence of any sort,’ amid attacks on Palestinians
Leaders from settlements in northern West Bank praise new outposts, but say misguided youth and bad actors are harming reputation of all settlers, endangering project at large
By Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Israeli reserve soldiers seen during military training in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, October 30, 2023. (David Cohen/ Flash90)
February 9, 2026, 9:22 pm
Defense Ministry facing severe shortage of therapists to treat soldiers with PTSD
Ministry’s Social Services Responses Division tells Knesset there is only one caseworker available per 850 post-traumatic veterans
By Sam Sokol
Amiram Ben Uliel, convicted of the Duma arson murder in July 2015, in which three members of the Dawabsha family were killed, attends a hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 13, 2026, 9:43 pm
Jewish terrorist who killed Palestinian family said allowed conjugal visits
Amiram Ben Uliel, who perpetrated 2015 Duma firebombing that killed 18-month-old Ali Dawabsha and his parents, has been in prison for a decade and is serving three life sentences
By ToI Staff
MKs Limor Son Har-Melech (Otzma Yehudit) and Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism) at the first meeting of the newly established 'Knesset Caucus for the Renewal of Settlement in the Gaza Strip,' June 18, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
December 19, 2025, 12:40 am
Far-right MKs Har-Melech, Sukkot set to take over Knesset panels vacated by Shas
Health and education committees were left inactive since Shas quit its coalition posts in October, in protest of failure to pass Haredi draft exemption law
By Sam Sokol
Jewish settlers seen at an illegal outpost in the Binyamin area of the central West Bank, December 7, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 8, 2025, 7:34 am
Settler activists removed from at least 4 illegal outposts after reported order by PM
Structures said to remain intact at illegal West Bank sites in closed military zones; far-right MK shows up to protest enforcement action, taken amid spike in settler violence
By Jeremy Sharon
A woman wears punching gloves as mock red hands symbolizing slain women reach out of the ground in a protest display to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, outside Her Academy, a vocational school for survivors of prostitution and abuse, in Tel Aviv. November 24, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 25, 2025, 4:39 pm
Law enforcement a no-show at Knesset discussions on violence against women
Opposition MKs who led meetings to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women slam Ben Gvir, who was touring prison services’ domestic violence unit
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a 40 signatures debate in the Knesset, November 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 11, 2025, 2:49 am
Knesset advances bill mandating death penalty for terrorists who killed Israelis
Critics say legislation would apply only to Arabs who kill Jews and not to Jewish terrorists, while supporters argue it would deter attacks by Palestinians
By Sam Sokol
The Knesset National Security Committee meets on a law allowing the death penalty for terrorists on November 3, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 3, 2025, 2:42 pm
With PM’s support, MKs advance bill on death penalty for terrorists who kill Israelis
Hostage pointman revokes earlier opposition to proposed law, says Netanyahu now backs it; Ben Gvir wants all such convicts executed, with no say for courts or security officials
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
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