Judea and samaria

Settler violence is a political blind spot in Israel’s election campaign - opinion

Settler violence could expose the government’s security failures, but Israel’s political landscape makes it a risky issue for opposition leaders to raise.

Israeli settlers next to a fire amid clashes with Palestinians during olive harvest in Abu Falah near Ramallah in the West Bank, October 16, 2026.
Israeli security forces near the scene of a shooting attack near the West Bank city of Hebron, October 23, 2026. Five people were wounded in the attack, two of them seriously, and two Palestinian terrorists were killed by Israeli forces.

Three Hebron residents arrested for online incitement to terrorism, support for Hamas

FORMER US PRESIDENT Barack Obama and wife Michelle attend the 25th-anniversary memorial of the September 11 attacks, in New York.

Barack Obama’s Belfast speech was a shameful, distorted rewrite of Israel's history - opinion

European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium Februrary 26, 2026.

The West Bank must not hold Israel’s European security ties hostage - opinion


The boycott was meant to isolate Israeli settlements - it is doing the opposite - opinion

Decades of boycotts have generated headlines but failed to change Israel, while inspiring Americans to strengthen economic ties with Judea and Samaria.

BDS

'Not as bad as it sounds': Former attaché downplays UK-led settlement boycott impact

"Beyond the diplomatic steps Israel took yesterday - which I think were spot on - Israel also has economic leverage. Trade between Israel and the UK is roughly balanced," said Shmuel Ben-Tovim.

A man passes by an Israeli flag and a supermarket wall painted in the Jewish settlement of Karnei Shomron on September 9, 2026 in Karnei Shomron, West Bank.

Shin Bet, Police dismantle broad West Bank Hamas network recruiting armed cells across region

The cells intended to carry out attacks against Jews and Israeli security personnel, authorities said. Weapons allegedly intended for attacks, along with other combat equipment, were seized.

Israeli security forces seen during a raid in the West Bank village of Salem, near Nablus, on August 2, 2026.

Ed Miliband: The 'proud British Jew' who turned his back on Britain's Jews - comment

Governments cannot simultaneously tell Jews that they are not responsible for Israel while adopting rhetoric that helps activists collapse the distinction between the two.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, September 8, 2026.

‘If you boycott Israel, we boycott you’: Florida Rep. Fine warns UK of consequences - interview

In an interview with 'the Post,' he said Britain’s trajectory should serve as a “warning sign” for the United States on immigration and social integration.

US Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) (C) departs after a candlelight vigil in honor of National Police Week at the US Capitol on May 12, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Fooled once, fooled twice - opinion

I think that the vast majority of the more than half a million Jewish residents also accept Huckabee's criticism of anti-Arab violence we witness by so-called “hilltop youth.”

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during a press conference after he met residents of Turmus Aiya, a Palestinian town near Ramallah in the West Bank that is home to many American citizens, September 5, 2026.

De facto annexation in the West Bank: Israel cannot have it both ways - opinion

Israel’s ongoing threats to punish countries that take measures against settlements in the West Bank and goods they produce remind me of expressions describing having things both ways.

View of Karmei Tzur settlement north of Hebron, in the West Bank, November 24, 2025.

Is the UK’s new leadership serving Islam? - opinion

With a PM and foreign minister planning to implement hostile policies toward Israel, one wonders who this government truly caters to

UK Foreign Secretary Edward Miliband.

Jewish settlement is a strategic necessity across the West Bank - opinion

From the Jordan Valley to the hills of Samaria, widespread settlement can deny terrorists sanctuary and strengthen Israel’s security.

 A construction site of a new residential neighborhood at the mixed religious-secular Jewish settlement in the West Bank Kfar Adumim, March 9, 2023.

Israel cannot prevent another October 7 if Netanyahu keeps rewriting the first one - opinion

Israel cannot learn from October 7 if its leaders continue to deflect responsibility and rewrite the failures that made the massacre possible.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.