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Israeli forces fire tear gas at Palestinian farmers, preventing them from continuing the olive harvest as they attempt to cross an iron gate erected by the Israeli army in the village of Salem, east of Nablus in the West Bank, October 17, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
WaPo photographer Heidi Levine undergoes surgery after attack
European diplomats attacked amid settler raids on West Bank olive harvest
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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
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)
Palestinian says settlers posing as IDF beat him, wife, teen daughters in their home
By Nurit Yohanan and Noam Lehmann
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir visits the West Bank on October 14, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF chief warns of ‘potential for escalation’ across all fronts, decries settler violence
By Emanuel Fabian and Nava Freiberg
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
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
A damaged IDF vehicle after a car driven by Palestinians accelerated and crashed into it, near the West Bank town of Bani Naim, October 5, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 5, 2026, 2:51 pm
IDF says Palestinian car rammed army vehicle in West Bank, one occupant shot dead
Army says soldiers tried to stop suspicious vehicle at earlier checkpoint, two other passengers injured; in separate incidents, two alleged arms dealers nabbed in Nablus, while settlers said to set fire to olive trees, cars near Ramallah
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers walk with a Palestinian farmer as others try to extinguish fires on their land after Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at them as they harvested their olives, resulting in the dry fields catching fire, in the village of Asira al-Qibliya, south of the city of Nablus, on October 3, 2026. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP)
October 3, 2026, 10:12 pm
Settler attacks reported across West Bank as Palestinians begin olive harvest
50-year-old man hospitalized after beating; footage shows vehicle being smashed in Osarin, while attacks and vandalism are reported in several other villages
By Noam Lehmann, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Baha al-Natshah, a resident of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab, who was killed in the West Bank on October 2, 2026. (Courtesy)
October 2, 2026, 3:11 pm
19-year-old Palestinian shot dead amid bloody day of West Bank clashes
Armed Israeli reportedly opened fire on teen near village of Kobar; settlers separately filmed attacking Palestinians, Israeli activists during start of olive harvest
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and AFP
Screen capture from video of masked people throwing stones in the West Bank village of Yasuf, October 1, 2026. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 1, 2026, 11:05 pm
Palestinian reportedly shot dead by settlers in West Bank amid olive harvest clashes
Violence hits village of Yasuf; police open probe after Palestinians stone Israeli hikers; PA later says settlers killed resident; elsewhere, settlers attack Israeli rights activists, 5 injured
By Nurit Yohanan, Noam Lehmann and AFP
Homes on the outskirts of the Palestinian village of Jalud that were reportedly torched by settlers on September 29, 2026. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 29, 2026, 10:53 am
Over 100 settlers attack West Bank village, block Palestinian family’s return home
IDF accused of failing to coordinate with police, after rioters burn homes and cars, attack security forces in Jalud; Haredi men assault Arabs outside Jerusalem’s Old City
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
A Civil Administration soldier and Border Police officers evacuate the illegal West Bank outpost of Or Meir, May 1, 2024. (Courtesy of settler activists)
December 24, 2025, 2:02 pm
How extremist settlers coordinate organized violence to expel Palestinians
Settlers from West Bank outpost Or Meir publicize and celebrate ousting of Bedouin residents in West Bank; Musabah family describes losing everything after property torched in June
By Pesha Magid
Chairman of the Knesset Aliyah, Absorption, and Diaspora Committee MK Gilad Kariv holds a hearing, December 2, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz, Knesset Spokesperson's Office)
December 9, 2025, 12:50 am
Lawmaker raises alarm over deportations of US Jews who help West Bank harvest
Chair of Knesset Diaspora Affairs Committee blasts police minister for ‘illegally’ boycotting hearing, alleges ‘selective enforcement’ of closed military zones in West Bank
By Jeremy Sharon
A Jewish extremist assaults Palestinian olive pickers and civil rights activists close to the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, October 19, 2025. (Courtesy Jasper Nathaniel)
November 27, 2025, 4:17 pm
Settler charged with terrorism for beating Palestinian woman unconscious with club
Ariel Dahari indicted for committing two terror-related assaults and damaging a vehicle with racist motive in incidents caught on camera during a West Bank olive harvest
By Charlie Summers
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