Settlers
Israeli soldiers patrol a street as they are deployed during an operation in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on August 13, 2026. Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP via Getty Images
August 14, 2026, 9:40 pm
U.S. ambassador calls settlers who sieged Palestinian homes in Qusra ‘terrorists’
Mike Huckabee called on the IDF to remove Israeli settler outposts erected in Palestinian yards.
By Theia Chatelle
Maj. Yuval Ezra, 27, and Master Sergeant (res.) Benayahu Mellet, 32, who were killed in a West Bank gunfight on July 24, 2026. (Courtesy photo via The Times of Israel)
July 26, 2026, 3:10 pm
Settlers torch two mosques, scrawl ‘revenge’ graffiti in overnight West Bank rampages
Reports say settlers also attacked Palestinians, set cars on fire; IDF condemns incident, says troops arrived too late to apprehend suspects who set one house of worship on fire
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
View of Judean Hills from Ramallah (Photo by Anthony Baratier, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
May 7, 2026, 9:27 am
Inside the battle over the ‘settler violence’ narrative
While Jewish violence in Judea and Samaria exists, the phenomenon has been exaggerated in a broader campaign against Israel and the settlement movement, officials say.
By Josh Hasten
Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, Nov. 17, 2025. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 21, 2025, 12:34 pm
The muddled morass of ‘settler violence’
Israel has allowed its enemies to defame victims of attack as perpetrators.
By Melanie Phillips
Secretary Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver joint statements to the press in Jerusalem, Israel, Feb. 16, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett)
November 13, 2025, 3:38 pm
Rubio says ‘there’s some concern’ West Bank violence could undermine Gaza ceasefire
US secretary of state hails Herzog and IDF for condemning latest spate of settler violence, in rare comments from an American official on unchecked attacks against Palestinians
By Jacob Magid and Charlie Summers
IDF troops operate in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, February 3, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
October 29, 2025, 11:02 am
Protective presence in the West Bank
I traveled to Israel from Sept. 14–24 to participate in protective presence efforts.
By Rebecca Mayer
A boy walks around a road block placed by settlers, in Howard, West Bank, Nov. 04, 2023. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
February 1, 2024, 2:57 pm
Biden sanctions 4 Israeli settlers for alleged violence against Palestinians and Israeli peace activists
Biden’s executive order represented an escalation of the diplomacy and pressure he has exerted on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rein in extremists.
By Ron Kampeas
A view of the synagogue in Nitzan B, a Gaza border community established to house Israeli settlers evacuated from Gaza in 2005. (Eliyahu Freedman)
December 21, 2023, 11:13 am
As Israel fights Hamas, activists are calling to rebuild settlements in Gaza
“The Gaza Strip won’t let us rest, the land of Israel won’t let us rest until the people of Israel return to settle it, and only then will it flourish," an activist said.
By Eliyahu Freedman
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