West Bank Violence

France pushes coordinated sanctions on Israel over West Bank violence

France is seeking to increase pressure on Israel through national sanctions over West Bank violence, European diplomats said.

A protester holds a Palestinian flag during a protest to condemn the IDF’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, October 2, 2025
Israeli security forces guard Israeli settlers as they graze their livestock near the village of Umm al-Khair in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, on November 9, 2025.

Israeli allegedly seen beating Palestinians, dog, in Masafer Yatta - report

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 19, 2026.

Why ICC going after Smotrich is a bigger deal than going after Netanyahu - analysis

PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, illustrative.

Herzog calls out 'brutalization' in Israeli society, Ben-Gvir says he is 'not fit to be president'


IDF troops demolish home of terrorist who murdered 14-year-old West Bank shepherd

Ahmed Duabsha confessed to killing 14-year-old Binyamin Achimair in April.

 IDF SOLDIERS prepare the home of a terrorist for demolition in the early hours of November 28.

Organizations petition High Court to evict Moshe Sharvit's West Bank outpost amid int'l sanctions

The Jordan Valley Activist group claims it has hundreds of incidents of harassment and violence by the farm residents and have filed dozens of complaints to the police. 

 Jewish settlers at the illegal West Bank settlement outpost of Ramat Migron, on September 8, 2023.

How years of impunity for violent Jewish extremists in the West Bank led to current gov't - Report

In a New York Times report, the writer discusses the history of violence among Jewish residents of the West Bank against Palestinians and how it led to the emersion of their supporters in government.

 Amiram Ben Uliel, accused of the Duma arson murder in July 2015 where three members of the Dawabshe family were killed, arrives to a court hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022.

Canada sanctions four Israelis over West Bank violence

In February, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington deemed West Bank settlements inconsistent with international law, reverting to a position that had been overturned by Donald Trump.

 Jewish settlers look on during a march near Hebron in the West Bank, June 21, 2021

IDF on manhunt for terrorist who wounded three, including child, in Jordan Valley

The wounded arrived at Hadassah Hospital for treatment • Two armored busses carrying students were also hit, none wounded • Public figures react.

 Medical teams near the ambulances that brought the wounded citizens from the terror attack in the Jordan Valley, March 28, 2024

Israeli settlements expand by record amount, UN rights chief says

The five-month-old Gaza war has put a renewed focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as foreseen by the Oslo accords from the early 1990s.

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

'Campaign of lies': Smotrich blasts Biden order against Jewish settler violence

The order was set to be released later Thursday, according to the documents and the US official, and is expected to include sanctions against the settlers, the news outlet reported.

 People overlook the Jewish settlement of Kokhav Hashahar, in the West Bank during a scouting mission to find new hilltops to settle, November 6, 2022.

Blinken, Abbas discuss West Bank violence, civilian harm in Gaza

The two officials also discussed "administrative reforms, which, if implemented, would benefit the Palestinian people."

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in the Muqata'a, in Ramallah in the West Bank on January 10, 2024

Israeli soldier wounded in terror ramming attack on IDF post in West Bank

This comes less than a day after five IDF soldiers were wounded in a similar incident.

 Israeli security forces at the scene of an attempt stabbing attack near Fawwar, south of Hebron, in the West Bank, November 8, 2020

Israel approves NIS 75 million for West Bank settlement security

The money is intended to supply security equipment like security cameras, patrol vehicles, and sirens to settlements in the West Bank.

Israeli soldiers guard in a bus station at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Ofra, where a Palestinian man tried to ram Israeli security forces who stopped him for inspection, October 4, 2022.