Israeli settlers

Israeli soldiers from Netzah Yehuda Battalion and family members attend a swearing-in ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 10, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90

The ‘gray arm’ of Israeli annexation

A settler-led wing of the army is driving Palestinian displacement on the state's behalf. But as Yagil Levy explains, this devil's bargain comes not without costs.

By Amos Brison September 25, 2026

Israeli settlers seen at a new outpost next to the Palestinian town of Majd Al-Krum in the Galilee, northern Israel, September 13, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

A West Bank-style settler outpost comes to northern Israel

Palestinians fear the encampment, which has been temporarily evacuated, is only the start of efforts by the Israeli right to further ‘Judaize’ the Galilee.

By Oren Ziv and Baker Zoubi September 17, 2026

Tawfiq Hajj Qassem, a resident of the Palestinian village of Atuf in the northern Jordan Valley, August 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Israel’s new West Bank separation wall closes in on Palestinian communities

While the army damages water pipes and confiscates cars, settlers from Jordan Valley outposts terrorize shepherding families — forcing dozens to flee.

By Oren Ziv September 9, 2026

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Jewish Israeli attends an event marking the fourth anniversary of the establishment of the Ramat Arbel settlement in the Lower Galilee, northern Israel, July 26, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

The Israeli right is rekindling a Zionist classic: Judaizing the Galilee

Ministers, NGOs, and news sites are joining forces to portray Palestinian urban growth in northern Israel as an ‘invasion’ and advance Jewish settlement.

By Baker Zoubi September 7, 2026

Israeli settlers march to celebrate Israel's 71st Independence Day, near the Havat Gilad settlement, in the northern West Bank, May 9, 2019. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)

Armed Israeli settler ‘hikes’ aren’t new — but they’re becoming deadly

A spate of recent killings have resulted from settlers trekking the West Bank under military escort, expanding Jewish presence at Palestinians’ expense.

By Aharon Porath and Roei Kleitman August 26, 2026

A screenshot from a video showing Farouk Ramadan (circled) walking unarmed toward Israeli soldiers before he is shot dead, in the village of Tel, occupied West Bank, July 24, 2026. (Used in accordance with Section 27A of the copyright law)

Palestinian who snatched settler’s weapon was killed while unarmed, videos show

An analysis of four clips capturing different angles of the shooting incident in the West Bank village of Tel calls into question Israel’s version of events.

By Oren Ziv and Ariel Caine July 28, 2026

A young Palestinian man looks through the broken window of his house after an attack by Israeli settlers the previous night in the village of At-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta, southern occupied West Bank, July 19, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

What an Israeli settler pogrom feels like

For the first time in my life, I found myself completely helpless. My car was engulfed in flames, but all that mattered to me was my family's survival.

By Mohammad Hesham Huraini July 27, 2026

Right-wing Israeli activists gather near the Gaza perimeter fence, during the "March of the Thousands," July 19, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Nearly half of Israel’s government joins march vowing Gaza settlements

Thousands of right-wing activists walked through a closed military zone to the Gaza fence, singing genocidal anthems as soldiers handed out bottled water.

By Oren Ziv July 20, 2026

An Israeli soldier ignores a Palestinian woman as he protects a settler grazing cows on agricultural lands belonging to the Palestinian village of Susiya, in Masafer Yatta, January 31, 2026. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)

Jews have historical ties to Palestine. Israel is still a settler-colonial project

The debate over origins is irrelevant to defining the nature of the Zionist regime, which is built on the dispossession and erasure of the Palestinians.

By Sleman Altehe June 10, 2026

A Palestinian child reads her schoolbook in front of newly erected barbed wire fence bearing Israeli flags, which Israeli settlers put up to block the passage of Palestinian teachers and students from their homes in the village of Umm Al-Khair to their school, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, April 13, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

Despite global outrage, Israel is still blockading our children’s education

It’s been three weeks since settlers fenced off my students’ path to school, trying to show that Umm Al-Khair has no future. We refuse to let them win.

By Tariq Hathaleen May 5, 2026

Israeli soldiers arrest Palestinian shepherds in the village of Rujum ‘Ulya, Masafer Yatta, West Bank, March 25, 2026. (Basel Adra)

Brief, arbitrary abductions: A new tool of Israeli intimidation in Masafer Yatta

In recent months, soldiers have arrested dozens of West Bank Palestinians — many blindfolded, beaten, and then released without explanation.

By Basel Adra April 15, 2026

Palestinians inspect the damage caused during overnight attacks by Israeli settlers near Al-Arroub refugee camp in Hebron, March 30, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Israeli leaders are condemning settler attacks. It’s a smokescreen

The recent wave of denunciations from ministers, army chiefs, and right-wing pundits aims to obscure the fact that settler violence is state policy.

By Oren Ziv April 2, 2026

Israeli settlers fly an Israeli flag on the house of Ahed Khatib, inside Area B near Aqarba, in the West Bank, February 2026. (Oren Ziv)

‘Erasing the lines’: How settler outposts are seizing new regions of the West Bank

After decades consolidating their control over Area C, Israeli settlers are expanding into Areas B and A — nominally under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction — and displacing communities, a joint investigation reveals.

By Oren Ziv and Ariel Caine March 24, 2026