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West Bank settlements

View of the Israeli settlement of Efrat, in the West Bank, July 31, 2025. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
July 10, 2026, 11:24 pm
EU foreign ministers to discuss ban on products from West Bank settlements
Bloc’s executive lays out options to curb trade with Israeli settlements; Italy and Germany said undecided, but unclear if the move must be unanimous
By AFP
A shepherd from the Palestinian herding community of Khallet Makhul in the northern Jordan Valley is detained by soldiers, February 19, 2025. (Courtesy Association of Civil Rights in Israel)
July 9, 2026, 9:17 pm
High Court petition demands protection for West Bank Palestinian herding communities
Petition from 7 northern Jordan Valley villages says extremist settler violence, inability to access water, pasture leaves them on verge of displacement, amounts to ethnic cleansing
By Jeremy Sharon
The Jewish settlement of Elazar, in Gush Etzion, West Bank, on June 29, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
July 8, 2026, 9:27 am
Ireland passes bill banning Israeli goods made in East Jerusalem and West Bank
Legislation, which requires final approval from upper house, prohibits import of products from residential, agricultural and business interests outside Israel’s recognized borders
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinians and activists clash with Israeli settlers near the Ramallah-area Palestinian village of Abu Falah, in the West Bank, July 3, 2026. (Flash90)
July 3, 2026, 5:26 pm
Elderly man said injured as settlers attack Palestinians, foreign volunteers in West Bank
Footage shows dozens of settlers throwing stones, pepper spraying locals, activists in Abu Falah; 3 said injured in settler attack on separate Ramallah-area village
By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
IDF soldiers stand behind a masked settler swinging a slingshot while hurling stones at Palestinians who had gathered for the annual olive harvest season, during an attack by Israeli settlers on the West Bank village of Beita, south of Nablus, on October 10, 2025. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
June 26, 2026, 11:12 am
As settlers rampage, IDF soldiers accused of aiding violence, theft against Palestinians
Israeli activists describe a pattern of troops standing by or actively taking part as settlers from illegal outposts assault, harass and loot from Palestinians in the West Bank
By Jeremy Sharon
A Palestinian visitor takes a photo at the Roman archeological site in the West Bank town of Sebastia, November. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
June 25, 2026, 2:01 pm
Palestinians warn West Bank antiquities bill designed to expand Israeli control
PA minster says law would bring Israeli civil authority ‘deep inside Palestinian territories,’ as Israeli groups, a Knesset legal adviser, and the IDF warn against consequences
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Chairman of the “Together” party and former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, June 15, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 23, 2026, 12:17 pm
Bennett calls to dismantle illegal settlement outposts, draws right-wing leaders’ ire
Head of Together party stresses he’s ‘in favor of legal settlement in Area C,’ but not on Palestinians’ private land or areas A and B, which are to be part of ‘Palestinian autonomy’
By ToI Staff
This picture taken from the 'E1 corridor' northeast of Jerusalem in the West Bank shows vehicles moving along a highway near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim (top) on February 4, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
June 19, 2026, 11:44 pm
Norway readies bill to ban all trade with Israeli settlements
Legislation will be subject to consultations for three months before vote is held; FM: These ‘colonies undermine the very foundations of the Palestinian state’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Pro-Israel counter-protesters face the main protest against the Great Israeli Real Estate Event at Edgware United Synagogue on June 14, 2026 in London. (Denise Baker/Getty Images via JTA)
June 18, 2026, 12:37 pm
UK organizers of Israel real estate fair apologize after West Bank properties surface
Real estate agent says anti-Israel activists set her up by emailing requests for Ma’ale Adumim flyers, which she handed over ‘under the table’; 14 protesters arrested outside venue
By Kelly Hartog
Illustrative: Israeli security forces clash with Hilltop Youth as they evacuate and demolish an illegal outpost built near the Jewish settlement of Metzad, east of the Palestinian city of Sa'ir in the southern West Bank on November 17, 2025. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
June 15, 2026, 3:24 pm
Government to provide 50-shekel daily stipends for hundreds of hilltop youth – report
NIS 5.5 million ($1.9m) said designated for settler minors, amid effort ostensibly aimed at addressing violent daily attacks against Palestinians by residents of West Bank outposts
By ToI Staff
Jewish men build temporary housing units made from shipping containers in the Chavat Meir La’Aretz outpost in the West Bank, March 12, 2026. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)
June 11, 2026, 3:29 pm
Cabinet set to approve funding for establishing 61 West Bank settlements — reports
Move will allow government to bypass standard settlement planning process, fast-tracking construction in dozens of new communities in ‘strategically sensitive’ areas
By ToI Staff and Reuters
An armed settler accompanied by IDF soldiers tells Palestinians and Israeli civil rights activists that only Jews can stay on privately owned Palestinian land in Area B of the West Bank, on the outskirts of the Palestinian town of Tarqumiyah, during a confrontation on June 5, 2026 (Screenshot composite, courtesy)
June 10, 2026, 10:57 pm
‘Jews are allowed, Arabs have to get out,’ armed settler tells Palestinians, activists
Settler, backed by IDF troops, sought to prevent Palestinians from working their land; ‘Goal is expulsion of Palestinians from their land,’ says rights group
By Jeremy Sharon
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with mayors of settlements in the West Bank, at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on September 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 9, 2026, 5:58 pm
Smotrich banned from France as 4 countries introduce new sanctions against settler violence
Britain says joint action with France, Canada, and Norway will target ‘networks financing and enabling settler attacks’; Israel hits back, saying move will increase antisemitism
By Nava Freiberg, ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers and settlers gather in the village of Edna, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, during the olive harvesting season, on October 12, 2025. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
June 9, 2026, 8:35 am
Empowered after Oct. 7, IDF settler units are terrorizing Palestinians, critics say
Staffed by locals, including extremists, Israel’s West Bank regional defense reserve units are accused of exploiting the IDF’s authority as they compound rampant violence and harassment
By Stav Levaton
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference announcing his plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 settlement project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim on August 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 5, 2026, 6:39 pm
85 House Dems urge Trump to back up anti-annexation rhetoric with action against E1 settlements
In letter to Rubio obtained by ToI, US lawmakers warn ‘window for meaningful intervention’ against project, which cuts off Palestinian contiguity in the West Bank, is rapidly closing
By Jacob Magid
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