Settlers
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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