Yossi Dagan

'A bloody wake-up call': Israeli politicians, officials condemn deadly terror shooting attack

One person was killed, and five others were wounded in the attack, which began at Kochav Yair and continued on past Tsur Yitshak, Tsur Natan, and Selait.

IDF soldiers operating at the site of the terror attack in the Sharon region, June 7, 2026.
View of the settlement of Sa-Nur in the West Bank, April 19, 2026.

Israeli officials attend Sa-nur settlement reestablishment ceremony

Jewish worshippers pray during morning services at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, West Bank, January 29, 2026

Jewish worshippers hold daytime prayer at Joseph's Tomb for first time in 25 years

Charlie Kirk holds an Israeli flag outside the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank

Samaria Regional Council to create official Charlie Kirk commemoration


10,000 march to Joshua's altar to protect West Bank archaeological sites

Settler groups have repeatedly warned of attempts by the Palestinian Authority to damage Mt. Ebal.

 Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and Settlement and National Missions Minister Orit Struck at a march to Mt. Ebal. October 2, 2023

Court says it won’t block rebuilding of West Bank’s Homesh on state land

“We order the deletion of the petition after it has been exhausted in its current form,” the court said.

 Visitors walk by the water tower on the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh on August 27, 2019.

Thousands of Jewish worshippers visit Joseph's Tomb year after arson

The visit, which was the largest since before the coronavirus pandemic, was held one year after Palestinians torched the shrine.

 Thousands of Jewish worshippers visit Joseph's Tomb, May 16, 2023

Charges dropped against West Bank settlers after disengagement repeal

The basis for the indictments against Rabbi Elishama Cohen and his colleagues and students, the 2005 Disengagement Law, was repealed on March 21.

 Visitors walk by the water tower on the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh on August 27, 2019.

Israeli right-wing leaders call for unity at Joseph's Tomb

During the visit, armed clashes broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the area, with three Palestinians injured amid the clashes.

 Culture Minister Miki Zohar, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, MK Zvi Sukkot and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan at Joseph's Tomb.

Palestinian shot and killed by Israeli in central West Bank - report

The incident occurred after violence broke out between residents of a Palestinian village and a nearby Israeli settlement.

 Israeli soldiers stand guard between Jewish settlers and Palestinians from the West Bank village of Burqah on December 23, 2021.

Yossi Dagan's slander against the IDF is a step too far - opinion

Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan should know better than to try to taint an IDF officer or IDF unit due to his own partisan politics.

 IDF soldiers cast their votes in a ballot box of the Golan Brigade 474 for Israel's general election at the Sa'ar military base in central Golan Heights on November 1, 2022.

IDF chief rejects accusation army spokesman is left-wing

Kohavi said, "Any attempt to connect the IDF spokesman to political activities is part of a smear campaign which must be stopped immediately and has no place" in Israeli public rhetoric.

 BRIG.-GEN. RAN KOCHAV, former commander of the air force’s Air Defense Command, takes over as the new chief IDF spokesperson and member of the General Staff.

Surfside, Samaria Regional Council sign sister-city agreement despite BDS opposition

Danziger recalled the gratitude he and the residents of Surfside felt toward Israel, which sent an IDF search and rescue team to help in the aftermath of a 12-story condominium collapse.

 Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and the Mayor of Surfside Florida hold up the sister city agreements they signed together in the council's office on Thursday.

Israel enters EU culture program which excludes West Bank settlements

West Bank settler groups and regional council heads condemned the government's decision to join the EU's flagship Creative Europe program.

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