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Rifle-wielding settler extremists filmed dancing at wedding to anti-Zionist anthem
Settler extremists hoists weapons up in the air while dancing at a wedding in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank in October 2026. (Screen capture/X)
By ToI Staff
Separate video shows settlers stealing olives from trees belonging to Palestinians, while police detain foreign activists assisting with harvest for not coordinating their visit
Police arresting a suspect in a settler attack in the West Bank, October 19, 2026. (Israel Police video screenshot)
Police arrest 11 suspects after West Bank settler attacks on journalist, EU diplomats
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
US congressional candidate Brad Lander after he was detained during the olive harvest in Nahalin in the West Bank on October 21, 2026. (X/Brad Lander)
October 21, 2026, 9:30 pm
Jewish NY congressional candidate briefly detained while joining Palestinian olive harvest
Police claim Brad Lander and 80 other activists didn’t coordinate, despite IDF maps showing no coordination needed in area; Israel accuses Lander of ‘harvesting headlines’
By Jacob Magid, Noam Lehmann, ToI Staff and Agencies
Jibril Rajoub arrives to attend a football match between Jabal Al-Mukaber and Shabab Al-Khalil teams during the 'Thousand Martyrs’ Cup' tournament at the Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium in the West Bank city of Al-Ram, September 4, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP)
October 20, 2026, 5:03 am
Senior Palestinian official warns West Bank is on the verge of an ‘explosion’
Jibril Rajoub calls for ‘peaceful, nonviolent struggle,’ as UN rights experts demand Israel protect Palestinian farmers from settler attacks during olive harvest
By AFP
Rabbi Dov Lior attends a ceremony honoring late Jewish extremist leader Rabbi Meir Kahane in Jerusalem on November 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 19, 2026, 4:30 pm
Police examine complaint against rabbi’s ruling letting Jews harvest on Palestinian land
Rabbis for Human Rights accuses prominent Religious Zionist Rabbi Dov Lior, 92, of incitement to racism and soliciting theft of property; complaint comes amid surge in settler violence
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Vehicles at the site where Belgium's foreign minister says masked settlers attacked Western diplomats and officials near Taybeh, in the West Bank, on October 17, 2026. (Emad Diab/via REUTERS)
October 18, 2026, 6:26 pm
EU demands ‘full accountability’ after settler attack on diplomats in West Bank
European bloc also calls for ‘effective measures’ to prevent further attacks during olive harvest season, amid reports of new assaults on Sunday
By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a reception marking the opening of the Colombian Embassy in Jerusalem, held at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, October 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 17, 2026, 10:26 pm
Amid outrage, Netanyahu claims no ‘compelling evidence’ settlers attacked European diplomats
Despite images from scene of attack and IDF condemnation, PM suggests incident could be part of ‘coordinated smear campaign’; Belgium to push for EU sanctions on those involved
By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and Agencies
Screenshot from video of diplomats attacked by settler extremists in the Taybeh area of the West Bank, October 17, 2026. (Amit Orfali via X/@AmitOrfali)
October 17, 2026, 6:12 pm
European diplomats attacked amid settler raids on West Bank olive harvest
Images show diplomat on the ground, damage to vehicle; IDF condemns ‘severe’ attack, says diplomatic delegation didn’t coordinate Taybeh visit as police launch probe; settlers said to kill around 20 sheep in Palestinian village
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Rabbi Dov Lior attends a ceremony honoring late Jewish extremist leader Rabbi Meir Kahane in Jerusalem on November 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 17, 2026, 4:24 am
Hardline rabbi: Jews can take Palestinian olives to ‘demonstrate our ownership of the land’
Dov Lior rules that eating the olives ‘fulfills the commandment to conquer the land’; moderate rabbinic group slams decision, says ‘theft is forbidden from anyone, Jew or non-Jew’
By ToI Staff
American photojournalist Heidi Levine lies on a gurney in the emergency room of the government hospital in the city of Ramallah, as she is treated after being attacked by Israeli settlers while photographing Palestinian farmers harvesting their olives in the Palestinian village of Abu Falah on October 16, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP)
October 16, 2026, 2:50 pm
Settlers beat Palestinians, US journalist in West Bank attacks: ‘They kept kicking me and kicking me’
Heidi Levine says she was saved by flak jacket, helmet in Abu Falah attack, as US embassy and Washington Post slam incident; olive trees and vehicles set on fire near Turmus Ayya; 70-year-old attacked near Birzeit
By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir visits the West Bank on October 14, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 15, 2026, 3:38 am
IDF chief warns of ‘potential for escalation’ across all fronts, decries settler violence
Zamir urges ‘readiness on every front’ during ‘sensitive period’ of West Bank olive harvest and run-up to Israeli election; PM says Iran’s regime ‘must go,’ doubts it will fall before Israelis vote on Oct. 27
By Emanuel Fabian and Nava Freiberg
Screen capture from video purporting to show blood splattered on the floor of a home in the West Bank village of Talfit after an alleged settler attack, October 13, 2026. (X: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 13, 2026, 2:52 pm
Palestinian says settlers posing as IDF beat him, wife, teen daughters in their home
Yusuf Abu Aisha reports 5 in civilian garb arrived at home during army operation in West Bank village of Talfit, claimed they were from military, then clubbed family, injuring 4
By Nurit Yohanan and Noam Lehmann
A masked soldier confronts an activist with Rabbis for Human Rights during the olive harvest season near Birzeit, close to Ramallah in the central West Bank, on October 9, 2026. (Screen capture: X/Rabbis for Human Rights)
October 9, 2026, 5:46 pm
Soldier blocks Palestinian harvest, says ‘Jews have prior right over Arabs to everything’
Masked soldier filmed telling Israeli activists orders ‘from on high’ are that only Jews are allowed in area, as settlers elsewhere said to beat, rob Palestinian father and son
By Nurit Yohanan and Noam Lehmann
Israeli security forces remove Palestinians and left-wing activists from olive groves during the olive harvest season in the West Bank village of Beita, near Nablus, October 2, 2026. (Flash90)
October 8, 2026, 10:47 pm
Katz reportedly seeking to ban pro-Palestinian activists from West Bank during olive harvest
Settlement umbrella group says defense minister taking action at its request; IDF, police address illegal outpost farmers; NGO records 109 acts of violence during harvest season
By Jeremy Sharon
A woman from the Palestinian Bedouin Kaabneh family swings under an olive tree as Israeli settlers move outside her house on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Taybeh, October 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
October 8, 2026, 4:58 pm
West Bank olive harvest, an annual flashpoint, presses ahead amid obstacles and violence
In recent years, Palestinians have reported being prevented from harvesting their olives, which causes them severe economic harm; this year, attacks have already been reported
By Nurit Yohanan
Agence France-Presse’s (AFP) photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh is carried by Palestinian first responders to seek medical assistance after being beaten by several Israelis in Aqraba in the West Bank on October 6, 2026. (JOHN WESSELS/AFP)
October 6, 2026, 6:37 pm
Settlers reportedly open fire on Palestinians, beat journalist, try to take over home
Several wounded by gunfire during the olive harvest near village of Aqraba, as Palestinian tells ToI that settlers have been laying siege to his home since attacking it last night
By ToI Staff, Nurit Yohanan, AFP and Jeremy Sharon
Head of the Shin Bet David Zini on November 3, 2025. (Moshe Shai/ FLASH90); Minister of National Missions Orit Strock in Jerusalem, August 6, 2026. (Moshe Shai/ FLASH90, Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 5, 2026, 11:37 pm
Shin Bet chief to far-right minister: The Palestinians do not burn the homes of Jews
After clashing with Settlements Minister Strock over extremist settlers’ West Bank attacks on Palestinian civilians, Zini warns he may reinstate administrative detention for Jewish suspects, reversing previous stance
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
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