Israeli settlement

Huckabee’s West Bank message: Condemn violence, defend truth - editorial

Mike Huckabee’s approach to the West Bank challenges both Israel’s critics and defenders: condemn crimes, enforce the law, and reject collective blame.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee gestures during a press conference after he met residents of Turmus Ayya, a Palestinian town near Ramallah in the West Bank, September 5, 2026.
Palestinians use their phones as Israeli settlers and military personnel stand outside a Palestinian home in Qusra, in the West Bank, August 15, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a video.

B'Tselem claims 47 Palestinian families at risk of expulsion, IDF says homes built illegally

Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinians as they hold Friday prayers during a protest against Israeli settlement expansion and land confiscation near Bethlehem in the West Bank, July 3, 2026.

IDF veterans tell Trump: Settler violence claims are distorted, ignore terrorism - exclusive

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the 8th General Conference of Fatah in Ramallah in the West Bank, May 14, 2026.

PA's Abbas calls for end to 'systemic' settler violence, requests support from UN, Arab leaders


Settlers warn of de-facto building freeze following annexation back-track

"We’re being played as if we were a chip on a backgammon board.”

A general view of the Givat Hamatos neighborhood is seen in east Jerusalem

Netanyahu to meet with settlement leaders who support Trump peace plan

The meeting comes in light of the planned annexation of certain regions of the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley, which was detailed in the "Deal of the Century".

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Jordan Valley community of Mevo’ot Yericho in February 2020

Dead Palestinian suspect of stealing cattle found, case investigated

The circumstances behind the Palestinian's death is unknown. The body was transferred to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abu Kabir for further investigation.

Israeli "cowboys" collect a herd of cattle to separate the bulls from the females, at their farms in Northern Israel.

Pompeo: UN blacklist shows its ‘unrelenting anti-Israeli bias’

"Attempts to isolate Israel run counter to all of our efforts to build conditions conducive to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that lead to a comprehensive and enduring peace."

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses a news conference in the Press Briefing Room at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2020

Is ICC being equal with Israeli settlements, Turkish occupation? - analysis

Seven weeks after Bensouda decided against Israel, all that has been said about the Turkish occupation of Cyprus is that a decision is anticipated at some undefined point later in 2020.

A UN guard post along the buffer zone of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus as a Turkish and Turkish-Cypriot flag wave nearby

Israel wants gradual annexation now, US wants it all at once later

The Prime Minister's Office drafted maps of eventual Israeli territory in West Bank to bring to US for review.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver joint remarks on a Middle East peace plan proposal in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020

ISIS calls on operatives to target Jews with chemical weapons

The message called on the operatives to begin targeting Jews and to turn the conquered territories into fields of weapons and rocket experiments.

A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds an ISIL flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul June 23, 2014.

Naftali Bennett approves new Jewish neighborhood in Hebron

Palestinians, left-wing groups denounces plans for new neighborhood for "perpetuating" Israeli military control over Palestinians

The site of new Jewish construction in Hebron

Pompeo is right, the settlements are not illegal

But statements alone can’t survive without acts on the ground.

A general view picture shows houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, in the West Bank February 15, 2017

EU court ruling defied by American declaration

More than 20 international law experts and jurists convened at The Hague to put together their understanding of the law.

European Union flags flutter as people take part in the demonstration "One Europe for all", a rally against nationalism across the European Union, in Vienna, Austria, May 19, 2019.