Moves including asset freezes and travel bans are being advanced against individuals linked to growing settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Diplomats say settlement expansion under Netanyahu's government undermines prospects for a Palestinian state
The past week has been Israel's hardest in Lebanon since March, in a war whose goals are unclear and in which the U.S. curbs Israel's use of force. In the West Bank, violent settlers continue to assault Palestinians, knowing they have the government's backing
In a wave of West Bank violence Saturday, settlers stormed four villages near Nablus, attacking homes and vehicles and stealing livestock, the IDF and witnesses said. Residents said the raids lasted about two hours without IDF intervention
Earlier on Friday, the Red Crescent reported that Israeli settlers wounded three Palestinians near Hebron in the southern West Bank, with two of them being shot. In March, Israeli forces fatally shot two parents and two of their children in the Jordan Valley
'As recently as February of this year, the White House reiterated that "President Trump has clearly stated that he does not support Israel annexing the West Bank,'" the members wrote, adding that the Israeli plan would be 'annexation in its clearest form'
Palestinians in Silwan and Qalandyiah describe a holiday of razed homes and forced displacement, while the IDF sealed the West Bank town of Beit Ummar for all four days. 'They told me, either you continue [the demolition], or we will,' says a resident of Silwan
Israel's expropriation of large swaths of land near West Bank archaeological sites is part of the Netanyahu government's effort to extend Israeli control over the sites. An Israeli settler leader plans a new tourist lookout, which one nonprofit says will damage the site
The bill would create a new civil authority to oversee the purchase and expropriation of land in the West Bank, which the IDF said violates international law. Discussions have stopped due to Netanyahu's opposition to the legislation, a coalition source told Haaretz
While shedding justifiable tears for Lucy the dog after it was abused by a settler in the West Bank, Israelis keep on not perceiving Palestinians as individuals, but as a dehumanized mass labeled by words like 'Amalek'
The bill would transfer control over West Bank antiquities from the military-run Civil Administration to a new body under a far-right minister, with powers extending into Palestinian-controlled areas, prompting warnings from legal experts and archaeologists of de facto annexation
The Likud-backed bill would grant a new government body powers to purchase and expropriate land in the West Bank, with stated plans to potentially expand its authority to Gaza. Archaeologists warn it would use heritage sites to advance annexation
Austerity, mass unemployment and mounting debt grip the West Bank as withheld revenues deepen a years-long economic crisis. IDF warns that the situation could trigger a security flare-up
A new program subsidizing products at select Carrefour supermarkets notably excludes the West Bank. After Bennett's criticism, Israel's economy minister defended Netanyahu's West Bank policy, touting the construction of '100 new settlements'
The plan was approved retroactively after 16 families had already moved in, marking another step toward reversing the 2005 disengagement in the northern West Bank
Former British ambassadors wrote in the Financial Times that Israel is 'in breach' of human rights clauses in the EU Association Agreement, urging PM Starmer to ban all goods from West Bank settlements and review investment agreements with Israel
An NGO monitoring West Bank construction said Avraham Zarbiv's home sits on Palestinian land and has been under a demolition order since 2000; the rabbi also boasted of destroying homes in Gaza and called to 'flatten' it during his IDF service
Speakers included Palestinian and Israeli victims of recent settler attacks, as organizers called on the Israeli government to move from condemnation to concrete action, and call on Israeli to join 'protective presence' initiatives in the West Bank
Five of the settlements are planned for the northern West Bank, an area with no prior Israeli presence. Their location amid Palestinian villages is expected to require a significant military presence, which the IDF chief warned would stretch manpower
Rangers and ATVs help settlers assert control and drive expulsion in the West Bank, while they are left to decide whether incidents are accidents or attacks