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Former MK Oren Hazan physically attacks Ariel municipality employee in attempt to disrupt meeting

The municipality employee required medical attention following Hazan's attack, and the police were notified.

Likud MK Oren Hazan
Yaniv Sardal, an Israeli who went missing in the West Bank.

Security forces successfully locate missing Israeli who entered Palestinian village in West Bank

The damage caused from an attack by Jewish settlers on olive groves in Burin, near the West Bank city of Nablus, June 18, 2024.

Security forces block left-wing activists' entry into West Bank for Palestinian olive harvest

US House Speaker Mike Johnson visits the West Bank, August 4, 2025.

Wider Israeli society should visit Israel's heartland to build support for annexation - opinion


35 municipalities to hold second election round on Sunday

According to Israeli law, in this scenario, the top two finishers in the race go head-to-head, and therefore, 70 candidates will be up for election on Sunday. 

 Jerusalemites cast their ballots for the 2024 municipal elections, on February 27, 2024.

Attempted ramming, stabbing attack in West Bank, terrorist shot

The terrorist was shot by nearby soldiers before he managed to hurt people.

 Soldiers at the scene of an attempted ramming and stabbing attack near Ariel, April 27, 2023.

Despite wave of terrorism, settlers aim to continue life as usual

Shoppers in the city of Ariel have spoken about their experience of living in the West Bank during the current wave of terrorism.

A grocery store that stays open on Shabbat, across from Mamilla Mall

US envoy visits terror victim's family in 1st trip to Israeli settlement

The shiva call to Avihai’s family is Tom Nides’s first visit to a settlement, though the US Embassy clarified that it does not reflect a change in his or the position opposing settlement growth.

 US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides visits the family of Tamir Avihai in the West Bank, on November 17, 2022.

IDF map home of Ariel terrorist overnight, operate across West Bank

According to Beilinson Hospital, two of the three wounded in the Ariel terror attack are in serious but stable condition.

 Israel security forces mapped the home of the Ariel terrorist overnight after he killed three civilians on Tuesday and injured three more, November 16, 2022.

Three Israelis killed, three injured in Ariel terrorist stabbing rampage

Lone attacker identified as 18 year-old Muhammed Soof who worked as a cleaner in the Ariel industrial zone.

 Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai at the scene of a stabbing attack, outside Ariel, in the West Bank, on November 15, 2022.

Settlers alarmed as Ariel Rabbinical Court reduces operating hours

The court provides services on family law, property disputes, wills, inheritance and more to tens of thousands of settlers.

View of the Israeli settlement of Ariel, in the West Bank on July 2, 2020. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90

IDF demolishes homes of terrorists behind deadly Ariel attack

23 year-old security guard Vyacheslav Golev was gunned down and stabbed in April by two attackers who were later caught by the Shin Bet and IDF

 Israeli Defense Forces demolish the home of Palestinian terrorist who carried out an attack in Ariel in April, July 26, 2022

High Court approves house demolition for Palestinian Ariel terrorist

The three conservative justices on the court unanimously rejected the families' claims that demolishing a home is a disproportionate punishment, instead acknowledging it as a regrettable consequence.

 IDF soldiers map the house of the terrorist who killed Golev Vyacheslav at the entrance to Ariel on April 29, 2022.

14 Days: Ariel attack

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

 Vyacheslav (Vladi) Golev