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Eisenkot: PM allowing anarchists to do whatever they please
Far-right MK smashes monument for Palestinian ‘martyrs’ during IDF-escorted West Bank tour
By Emanuel Fabian, Sam Sokol and Stav Levaton
Zvi Sukkot, aides filmed wielding sledgehammers in Madama; army accuses him of acting 'deceptively and manipulatively; incident triggers condemnations across political spectrum; PM: 'Unacceptable'
US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, speaks at a news conference on anti-corruption, at the National Press Club, July 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
August 26, 2026, 4:48 pm
Nearly all US Senate Democrats write Netanyahu to demand action on ‘fatal’ settler violence
Letter drafted by Schumer, Schiff and Booker, signed by all but 2 of 47-member caucus, calls for removing illegal outposts and stepping up probes of killings of US citizens
By Reuters and ToI Staff
An Israeli settler attacks a left-wing activist at an Israeli outpost in the Palestinian village of Jannatah, just south of the city of Bethlehem on August 25, 2026. (ilia YEFIMOVICH/AFP)
August 26, 2026, 2:20 am
Settlers filmed attacking activists, reporters in front of IDF troops; none arrested
Left-wing Israeli activists say ‘Jewish terrorists’ attacked them while they were trying to set up fence around Palestinian village that has come under repeated settler harassment
By Noam Lehmann, ToI Staff and Agencies
(L) Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth at the IDF Central Command headquarters in Jerusalem, July 8, 2024 (R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, August 5, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90). (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90, Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
August 25, 2026, 4:48 am
IDF’s West Bank chief said to warn PM that settler attacks could spark major Palestinian terror outbreak
Report quotes Central Command chief telling Netanyahu ‘there is one match that could ignite everything in an instant – nationalist crime,’ as army increasingly sounds alarm over unchecked violence
By Stav Levaton
A Palestinian inspects one of the buildings at his home, reportedly set fire and defaced with graffiti by Israeli settlers south of Nablus in the West Bank, on August 23, 2026. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP)
August 23, 2026, 2:33 pm
Car, building torched in apparent settler attack in West Bank; no injuries reported
Police announce arrest of two Israeli teens over Saturday assault of Palestinian amputee near Hebron; IDF troops leave Qusra home blocked by settlers after clothes-tossing incident
By Nurit Yohanan and Noam Lehmann
Israeli security forces guard a group of Jewish Israelis as they tour the West Bank city of Hebron, August 22, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
August 23, 2026, 12:34 am
Four Palestinians said injured Saturday in separate settler attacks across West Bank
Car overturns in Ramallah area, allegedly due to stone-throwing settlers; three Palestinians arrested over previous day’s clash that left Palestinian teen dead; no Israelis detained
By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Karim Sanad Shalaldeh, who was shot dead during an unauthorized settler 'hike' near the Palestinian village of Sa'ir on August 21, 2026. (Courtesy)
August 21, 2026, 5:54 pm
Palestinian teen shot dead after unauthorized settler ‘hike’ near village sparks clashes
17-year-old killed after settlement security coordinator opens fire on Palestinians hurling stones; footage shows building at scene on fire after it was allegedly torched by settlers
By Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian
The wife of 58-year-old Fathi Khazem, killed trying to stab a soldier during an arrest operation, stands at the bedroom door with others near a pool of his blood at their home in the northern city of Jenin, in the West Bank on August 21, 2026. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
August 21, 2026, 12:58 pm
Palestinian shot dead trying to stab soldier; was father of terrorist who killed 3 in TLV
Military came to arrest Fathi Zidan Hazem, 58, whose son Raad opened fire at a Tel Aviv bar in 2022, killing three; settlers said to torch quarry, no injuries or arrests
By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 20, 2026, 10:21 pm
‘Thou shalt not steal’: US envoy warns settlers against seizing Palestinian property
Huckabee says settlers involved could be hit with US sanctions, though adds such measures yet to be mulled; Western nations condemn Israel’s E1 West Bank settlement plan
By Reuters, Nurit Yohanan, Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
The entrance to the Central District Court in Lod. (CC BY-SA Yarin50/Wikipedia)
August 20, 2026, 7:18 pm
Court overturns order barring left-wing Israeli activist from West Bank village
In rare move, judge rejects police position accepted by lower court, asks why IDF reservist Doron Meinert was arrested on suspicion of entering closed military zone and settlers weren’t
By Nurit Yohanan
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks to Channel 12, August 18, 2026. (Screenshot)
August 19, 2026, 2:10 am
Huckabee stands by calling violent settlers ‘terrorists’: They’re ‘pouring gas on a fire’
US ambassador to Israel insists Netanyahu and US envoy Jared Kushner didn’t clash at meeting over Gaza proposal, says Israel ‘never backed away’ from Trump’s overall plan for Strip
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Footage of a fire reportedly sparked by settlers on the outskirts of the central West Bank Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya on August 17, 2026. (Screen capture/X)
August 18, 2026, 11:32 am
Settlers reported to torch West Bank fields and attack Palestinians overnight
Two Palestinians injured in Beita, child pepper-sprayed near Bethlehem, according to local media; no arrests reported; Israeli activist arrested while assisting Palestinians
By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a ceremony marking the return to the former settlement of Ganim in the northern West Bank, which was evacuated in 2005 as part of Israel’s Disengagement Plan, August 13, 2026. (Hilel Ben Or/Flash90)
August 17, 2026, 4:38 pm
Katz: IDF has 2 weeks to draft plan to hand West Bank civilian enforcement to police
Defense minister’s plan, seemingly aimed at washing military’s hands of settler violence, comes amid surge in incidents, siege on Palestinians in Qusra
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli forces stand in front of the entrance of a Palestinian house besieged by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the West Bank, on August 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
August 17, 2026, 3:06 am
US officials to reportedly tour West Bank town besieged by settler extremists
TV report says administration wants Israeli officials to join visit to Qusra; Shin Bet said working to compile sufficient evidence against suspects involved in the violence
By ToI Staff
Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus noon prayer in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, August 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
August 16, 2026, 10:23 pm
Pope calls to end violence against West Bank Palestinians as settler attacks surge
Amid siege in Qusra, Pope Leo XIV slams ‘repeated violence’ against Palestinian civilians, urges international community to ‘take action’ towards two-state solution
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Troops seen outside homes that had been besieged by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra in the West Bank, on August 14, 2026. (FLASH90)
August 16, 2026, 2:01 pm
Besieged Palestinians in Qusra homes say IDF now blocking them in, fear settlers will return
Footage seems to show settlers still near W. Bank village, week after siege began; separately, 2 Israelis, 10 Palestinians hurt in Hebron clash allegedly sparked by settler attack
By Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian
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