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'A clear violation of int’l law': Hamas decries Israeli bill proposing West Bank annexation

The statement calls the bill "to annex the West Bank and impose sovereignty over the so-called Ma'ale Adumim settlement" a "flagrant violation of all relevant international laws and resolutions."

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.
A drone view of Al-Arroub refugee camp alongside a new road, part of the expansion of Israeli bypass roads connecting Israeli settlers in the West Bank with Jerusalem, in the West Bank, September 29, 2025.

Suspected terrorist infiltration in West Bank settlement Kohav HaShahar

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich interacts with a man, on the day of a press conference regarding settlements expansion for the long-frozen E1 settlement, that would split east Jerusalem from the West Bank, near the Israeli settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim, August 14, 2025.

EU foreign ministers condemn Israel's new West Bank E1 settlement plan

Israeli security forces seen during an operation in the Tulkarm refugee camp, in the West Bank, July 6, 2025

Extremist settlers torch Palestinian vehicles in West Bank, claim act of 'vengeance' - report


What makes someone a settler? The loaded politics of a single word - explainer

In a region where every word can carry ideological weight, the question of who gets labeled a “settler” isn’t just about where someone lives. It’s about who they are and what they stand for.

 SETTLERS HURL stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season, near the settlement of Yitzhar in 2020.

Majority of Israeli Arabs and Jews against resettling the Gaza Strip, survey finds

Supporters of resettlement said that the main reason would be "to correct the mistake of the unilateral disengagement from Gaza in 2005."

 A visit to the Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem.

Biden's sanctions will damage the economy of West Bank settlements - opinion

The damage to the settlement enterprise will not be abated by the signing of a nullification order in Washington.

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich cries as he recounts the sacrifices of the Religious Zionist community during the war, October 28, 2024.

Jewish extremism is threatening Israel's legitimacy - opinion

Unchecked violence by extremist settlers threatens to undermine Israel’s international legitimacy and could lead to increased global isolation

 Screenshot of the incident of settler violence in Qusra from 21 June 2024.

Masked Israelis settlers club Palestinians in Mount Hebron region

KAN wrote that two Palestinians, a 38-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman, were wounded, and the woman remains in hospital.

 Screenshot of the incident involving Palestinians and Israelis on Friday 19 June.

Stop the tit-for-tat: Settlements cannot be used as a punishment for terrorism - editorial

Using the threat of settlements as a “punishment” feeds directly into the narrative that an Israeli presence on the West Bank is an obstacle to a peace agreement and is inherently counterproductive.

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, on June 10, 2024

France to impose travel bans on violent Israeli settlers

Paris has backed that initiative and diplomats have said they hoped that once its measures were in place it could speed up the European process.

 Elisha Yered, an Israeli settler suspected of being involved in the death of a Palestinian teenager, is seen at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, on August 5, 2023.

UK sanctions four Israelis over aggression against Palestinians in West Bank

The UK Foreign Secretary's office says these four Israelis threatened human rights in the West Bank.

 Israeli border police officers guard after clashes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers near the Palestinian village of Jalud, in the West Bank, June 22, 2023.

Canada to sanction West Bank settlers and Hamas leaders - minister

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said he was considering imposing sanctions on "extremist" settlers in the West Bank.

 Israeli settlers hurl stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season near the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank on October 7, 2020.

'Campaign of lies': Smotrich blasts Biden order against Jewish settler violence

The order was set to be released later Thursday, according to the documents and the US official, and is expected to include sanctions against the settlers, the news outlet reported.

 People overlook the Jewish settlement of Kokhav Hashahar, in the West Bank during a scouting mission to find new hilltops to settle, November 6, 2022.

Extremist violence in West Bank settlements must stop - EU's von der Leyen

"The Palestinian people and the Arab neighbors need the reassurance that there will be no forced displacement but a viable perspective, with an independent Palestinian state," she added.

 ‘YOU HAVE literally made the desert bloom,’ declared European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.