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People of Israel Knesset candidate Fleur Hassan-Nahoum seen shortly after the car she was traveling in was attacked near the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the central West Bank on October 19, 2026. (Screen captures: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 19, 2026, 6:26 pm
Palestinians attack pro-settlement group including right-wing politician, her party says
Footage shows stone smashing window of car carrying Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, candidate for People of Israel party, in West Bank; party chair Ofer Winter says government failing to combat terrorism
By Ariela Karmel, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on February 29, 2024. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
May 13, 2025, 12:50 pm
Cabinet approves West Bank land registration process to ‘strengthen Jewish settlement’
Move designed to register land ownership in Area C of West Bank; Smotrich says act will enable settlement development, and is part of ‘de facto sovereignty revolution’
By Jeremy Sharon
Religious Zionism party party chief Bezalel Smotrich (right) and Otzma Yehudit party chief Itamar Ben Gvir are seen during a vote at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 19, 2024, 7:39 am
US won’t sanction Smotrich and Ben Gvir before end of Biden’s term — officials
Deeming far-right ministers responsible for destabilizing West Bank, US weighed unprecedented move for months, but ultimately held off, as Trump would likely reverse it
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Israeli settlers hurl stones at Palestinians near the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank on October 7, 2020. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90/File)
August 7, 2024, 8:13 pm
Right-wing NGOs, dual citizens sue Biden administration for sanctioning settlers
Plaintiffs allege executive order to target settler violence impinges on first-amendment rights of speech, religion; case will be heard by Trump-appointed judge in Texas
By Reuters and ToI Staff
The West Bank Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, on October 21, 2018. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)
February 1, 2023, 8:03 pm
Government seeks extension on razing Bedouin hamlet despite far-right’s demands
Khan al-Ahmar has long been targeted for demolition by right-wing organizations and politicians, but its removal has been delayed due to strong diplomatic pressure
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative. The Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank, on March 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 4, 2022, 12:33 am
High Court grants another delay in razing of West Bank Bedouin village
Judges cite government’s caretaker status ahead of elections as reason for postponement; pro-settlement group blasts government for ‘not knowing how to protect’ Israel’s interests
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video allegedly showing secuirty forces at the illegal Homesh outpost, February 9, 2022. (Twitter)
February 9, 2022, 11:15 am
Security forces demolish structures at Jewish outposts in West Bank, Negev
Buildings removed at illegal Homesh site, though yeshiva left intact; in south, police raze structures set up in protest of Bedouin expansion
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
View of the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank on March 21, 2021.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 26, 2022, 10:29 am
Israel to destroy Khan al-Ahmar hamlet, rebuild it 300 meters away – report
Government has till March 6 to resolve issue, as latest High Court extension expires; resident of West Bank Bedouin village says they oppose plan: ‘No one came to ask’
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh addresses the Glasgow Climate Conference on November 1, 2021. (WAFA)
November 1, 2021, 10:29 pm
PA premier calls ‘Israeli occupation’ biggest threat to Palestinian environment
In remarks at UN climate conference in Glasgow, Shtayyeh accuses Jewish state of uprooting ‘about 2.5 million trees’
By Aaron Boxerman
View of the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank on March 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 29, 2021, 1:13 pm
High Court grants further delay in razing of West Bank Bedouin village
But justices warn government they will not give indefinite extensions for demolition of Khan al-Ahmar, and expect a final decision on matter by March 2022
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Destruction to a low stone early Iron Age wall at the Mount Ebal archaeological site, January 31, 2021. (Courtesy, Shomrim Al Hanetzach)
February 22, 2021, 12:11 pm
Settlers take on West Bank archaeology as ancient ‘Joshua’ wall tumbles down
Destruction of barrier at Iron Age Israelite cultic site deep in PA-controlled Area B creates media maelstrom, as right-wing campaign claims Palestinians destroying heritage sites
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The West Bank Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, on October 21, 2018. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)
November 2, 2020, 9:40 pm
Government asks High Court for more time to prepare razing of Bedouin village
Request comes in response to right-wing petition demanding clarification as to why Khan al-Ahmar has not been demolished, in ongoing saga
By ToI Staff
In this photo from, June 23, 2019 file photo, former US National Security Advisor John Bolton, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visit an old army outpost overlooking the Jordan Valley between the Israeli city of Beit Shean and the Palestinian city of Jericho. (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, File)
September 11, 2019, 12:54 am
Netanyahu’s Jordan Valley sovereignty vow widely panned by politicians as ‘spin’
Blue and White’s Ya’alon claims PM was ready to demolish Jordan Valley settlements in 2014; left-wing figures say promise meant to help premier escape his legal woes
By ToI Staff
Right-wing activists hang Palestinian flags along a West Bank highway on July 7, 2019 (Courtesy of Regavim)
July 7, 2019, 11:30 am
Right-wing group hangs Palestinian flags on West Bank roads, spooking settlers
Regavim stunt prompts flurry of complaints; organization’s co-founder Bezalel Smotrich, now the minister of transportation, initially condemns Palestinian ‘audacity’
By ToI Staff
Remains of believed Second Temple-era Jews, exposed when their tombs near Jericho were damaged, are re-interred at the nearby Kfar Adumim settlement on May 21, 2019. (Courtesy Regavim)
May 22, 2019, 2:20 am
Remains of Second Temple-era Jews reburied after their West Bank tombs damaged
Right-wing activist group finds Hasmonean Palace tombs demolished, bones strewn on ground; remains re-interred at nearby Kfar Adumim settlement
By ToI Staff
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