Palestinian violence

Arab Israelis say government neglect leaves them defenseless against missiles and violence

Arab Israelis face dual threats of war and crime, saying that neglect by the government has left them even more vulnerable

|ByDANA BEN SHIMON
Arab Israelis survey the damage following a missile strike in the Arab Israeli city of Kafr Kassem on March 26.
A NEW REPORT by NGO Regavim analyzes the UN database which documents violent incidents in Judea and Samaria. Here, a Palestinian man looks towad Israeli flags placed over a Palestinian house after an incident with Israeli settlers in Bruqin village near Salfit, in the West Bank last month.

West Bank violence tests Israel’s rule of law amid rising settler attacks - analysis

Increasing settler violence and reprisals in the West Bank are drawing international condemnation, with leaders warning that lawlessness could undermine security and Israel’s democratic foundations.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

Is recent police rally against Jewish extremist violence in West Bank sufficient? - analysis

As Jewish extremist violence escalates in Israel, a new police task force takes action. With initial signs of success, can this unit sustain its progress and curb violence in the West Bank?

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Defense Minister Israel Katz attends the state ceremony marking 52 years since the Yom Kippur War, held at the military cemetery at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, on October 5, 2025.

Defense Minister Katz finally condemns Jewish extremist violence against Palestinians

Katz's condemnation came months after a spike in such attacks, six days after a new mass attack last week, and after yet another mass attack earlier Monday.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Man flees in vehicle after suspected terrorists stab, seriously wound him in West Bank

The man was reportedly stabbed by two terrorists while doing shopping outside a Palestinian village.

NOVEMBER 8, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Eliyahu crossing in the West Bank, the checkpoint to which a man who was stabbed in his vehicle by a suspected terrorist fled on Sunday, November 8

WATCH: Dramatic footage of Betar Illit stabbing attack

Six people were wounded in terror attacks on Sunday morning.

NOVEMBER 8, 2015ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Scene of stabbing attack in Betar Illit

Five Israelis wounded in vehicular terror attack in West Bank

Two pedestrians were seriously wounded; The terrorist was reportedly killed.

NOVEMBER 8, 2015ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
The body of the terrorist killed at the scene of vehicular terror attack near Tapuah Junction on November 8, 2015

Palestinian views

"What could motivate a 19-year-old Palestinian grandson to stab an 80-yearold Jewish grandmother in the back?"

NOVEMBER 4, 2015ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A Palestinian holding a knife in Hebron

The Intifada of the Knives: The Correct Strategy Going Forward

NOVEMBER 2, 2015ByBOB BROWN
The Jerusalem Post

Analysis: What this Mideast war is about and how it will end

Parallel to negotiations, a process, designed to create a two-state reality through independent and unconditional steps, must be implemented.

OCTOBER 31, 2015ByAMI AYALON
Palestinians walk near an opening in Israel's controversial barrier in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of A-tur

Analysis: Pressured premier, at home and abroad

Palestinian violence has left Netanyahu feeling the heat on the domestic and international fronts.

OCTOBER 31, 2015ByLESLIE SUSSER
Netanyahu and Kerry meeting in Berlin

On the margin

The Palestinian issue is just one of many on the crowded agenda of Mideast governments and nowhere near the top of their priorities.

OCTOBER 29, 2015ByBRUCE MADDY-WEITZMAN
Members and supporters of the Islamist party Hizb Ut-Tahrir rally in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, in support of Palestinians and against Russian and US intervention in Syria, October 16

Slim chance of peace

The ongoing violence only emphasizes that a comprehensive peace deal or even the renewal of negotiations is becoming more and more distant.

OCTOBER 29, 2015ByYOSSI MELMAN
Israeli soldiers gather around the body of a Palestinian man who was shot dead after stabbing and wounding a soldier at the entrance to Hebron

Police and Thieves: After the knives are put away

"It has been years since there was this sort of public fear here, and it shouldn’t be taken lightly. "

OCTOBER 29, 2015ByBEN HARTMAN-POLICE & THIEVES
Magnum 2525 owner Itzik Mizrahi shows a Beretta handgun to customers in Jerusalem