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Palestinians set to delay November’s legislative elections, citing worsening conditions
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends the inauguration ceremony of the Innovation and Excellence Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
By Reuters and ToI Staff
20 years since last vote, PA's Vice President Hussein Al Sheikh says 'anticipated political, security and economic conditions have not materialized'
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)
Soldier blocks Palestinian harvest, says ‘Jews have prior right over Arabs to everything’
By Nurit Yohanan and Noam Lehmann
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)
Settlers reportedly open fire on Palestinians, beat journalist, try to take over home
By ToI Staff, Nurit Yohanan, AFP and 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)
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West Bank olive harvest, an annual flashpoint, presses ahead amid obstacles and violence
By Nurit Yohanan
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends the foundation stone ceremony of the Innovation and Excellence Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 9, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
October 8, 2026, 11:58 pm
Palestinian factions discuss delaying their first legislative elections in 20 years
Abbas’s Fatah says no final decision made on November 28 vote; needs to consult with other factions and PLO executive committee; Islamic Jihad says elections to be delayed
By ABBY SEWELL, SAM METZ and ToI Staff
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
David Milstein, senior adviser to US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, speaks at a CPAC conference, October 30, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/CPAC)
October 8, 2026, 9:45 pm
Huckabee aide tried quashing US embassy reports to protect Israeli government — NYT
Report citing over a dozen sources says David Milstein undermining diplomatic work on settlements, settler violence and Gaza’s rebuilding; Huckabee rejects allegations
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian security officer Ali al-Bazari at Rafidia Hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, after he was killed in a clash in the village of Burqa on October 7, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
October 7, 2026, 8:17 pm
Palestinians say man killed as settlers raid West Bank village accompanied by IDF
Incident follows apparent clash at outpost; army says 44-year-old ran at troops with ‘suspicious object’; settlers torch Israeli activist’s car
By Nurit Yohanan, Stav Levaton, Jeremy Sharon, AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends the inauguration ceremony of the Innovation and Excellence Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 9, 2026. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
October 7, 2026, 8:17 am
Palestinian Authority claims Israel blocked election officials from Jerusalem, Gaza
PA’s Central Elections Commission says it is moving ahead with preparations for November 28 vote, employees in Gaza already trained and deployed; EU ready to provide observers
By AFP and ToI Staff
Troops of the IDF's Givati Brigade operate in the Yabna camp of southern Gaza's Rafah, June 18, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
October 7, 2026, 6:04 am
3 years of war: Data shows IDF hit 100,000 targets as 31,500 projectiles fired at Israel
In Gaza, military says it has killed 4 Hamas chiefs, established 40 new outposts; reserve army expands by 36%; 30,000 security personnel treated by Defense Ministry rehab center
By Emanuel Fabian
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
Illustrative: Arrested suspects at a hearing at the Jerusalem District Court August 18, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
October 5, 2026, 3:26 pm
Bar-Ilan University math professor charged with plotting to murder hundreds of Arabs
Suspect allegedly tried to convince, then blackmail, right-wing politician Moshe Feiglin into helping to find recruits for mass simultaneous attacks supported by ‘subversive elements’ in IDF
By Noam Lehmann
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
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter gives a statement to the media at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, after his son Neria, an IDF reservist, was hospitalized in critical condition after being seriously wounded in a car-ramming attack the previous day, September 24, 2026. At right is Leiter's son Noam. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 2, 2026, 2:26 pm
Three years after October 7, Israel’s citizens and its leaders are worlds apart
The tragic story of Ambassador Leiter’s family reflects a society united in crisis, yet fundamentally betrayed by politicians who actively evade responsibility for their failures
By Shalom Yerushalmi
United States ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, March 11, 2026. (Seth Wenig/AP)
October 1, 2026, 4:30 pm
American envoy to UN: US having ‘tough conversations’ with Israel
Mike Waltz’s comments come in response to question about West Bank; ambassador says Trump nixed Iran’s latest offer as ‘not good enough,’ touts Gaza progress and plans to expand Abraham Accords
By ToI Staff
FILE - This photo provided by Yaseen Najeeb shows Islamic Society of Milwaukee President Salah Sarsour on June 18, 2026, shortly after his release from Clay County Jail in Brazil, Indiana, where he was detained after his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in March. (Yaseen Najeeb via AP, File)
October 1, 2026, 10:35 am
US judge finds Wisconsin mosque leader can be deported on national security grounds
Salah Sarsour says case targets his pro-Palestinian advocacy and vows to appeal; he was imprisoned in Israel decades ago for stone-throwing and attempting to buy weapons
By Cybele Mayes-Osterman
Israeli settlers and security forces are seen near a fire-damaged home in Jalud, south of Nablus in the West Bank, on September 29, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
September 29, 2026, 5:01 pm
PM blames ‘small number’ of West Bank rioters as mass settler attack draws wide condemnation
Some right-wing politicians echo Netanyahu’s rare rebuke of settler violence, after over 100 extremists attack Jalud; top settlement leader calls for police crackdown on attacks
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
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