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Settlers riot in another Palestinian village; IDF spokesman: ‘Shameful acts of terror’

On fifth consecutive day of violence, assailants drive on Shabbat to set fire to cars and homes in Umm Safa, near Ramallah; IDF troops detain one suspect

File: Itamar Ben Gvir (right), head of the Otzma Yehudit party, and chairman of the Religious Zionism party Bezalel Smotrich at an election campaign event in Sderot, October 26, 2022. (Flash90)

June 25, 2023, 3:59 am

Ministers slam security chiefs for calling settler attacks on Palestinians ‘terror’

Ben Gvir orders probe into ‘collective punishment’ at settlement of Ateret after assault on nearby Palestinian village; Smotrich rejects security chiefs’ denunciation of attacks

By ToI Staff

June 25, 2023, 12:29 am

Off-duty soldier among 4 detained in latest settler attack on Palestinian village

Serviceman is suspected of involvement in Saturday rampage through Umm Safa in West Bank, where settlers set vehicles and homes ablaze and opened fire on civilians

By Emanuel Fabian

A screenshot from video of settlers firing at the West Bank village of Umm Safa on June 24, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

June 24, 2023, 9:22 pm

IDF, Shin Bet, police chiefs denounce settler attacks as ‘terror,’ vow to fight them

In rare joint statement, top officials say vigilante attacks targeting Palestinian civilians ‘contradict Jewish values,’ divert forces from fighting Palestinian terror

By Emanuel Fabian

June 24, 2023, 4:32 pm

Settlers riot in another Palestinian village; IDF spokesman: ‘Shameful acts of terror’

On fifth consecutive day of violence, assailants drive on Shabbat to set fire to cars and homes in Umm Safa, near Ramallah; IDF troops detain one suspect

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

File: Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fox tours the scene of a shooting attack in the West Bank town of Huwara, March 26, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces).

May 18, 2023, 1:38 pm

IDF chief slams settlers’ latest ‘slanderous campaign’ against Central Command head

Banners hung up along main West Bank highway castigate Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fox for authorizing demolition of illegal outposts; Gallant: ‘Despicable campaign’

By Emanuel Fabian

Settlers celebrating Purim are seen dancing with IDF troops in the West Bank town of Huwara, March 6, 2023. (Screenshot/Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

March 7, 2023, 4:41 am

IDF soldiers seen dancing with settlers in flashpoint West Bank town of Huwara

Clashes between settlers, Palestinians reported on Purim more than a week after rampage in city; several said injured, including 2 year old; IDF opens probe into dancing troops

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Settlers pray as cars and homes burn in the West Bank town of Huwara on February 26, 2023. (Screenshot/Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

March 6, 2023, 6:28 pm

Court reduces detention without charges for 2 held over assault on Huwara

Time behind bars for suspects, an adult and a minor, cut to 3 months and under 2 months, respectively

By ToI Staff

Settlers protest for the return to the Evyatar outspot, near the West Bank city of Nablus, on February 18, 2022 (Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

February 28, 2023, 12:56 pm

Daily Briefing Feb. 28: Outpost sees return of settlers after terror attack

Legal affairs reporter Jeremy Sharon updates us on Evyatar outpost and judicial reform as environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at Jordan River rehabilitation

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: Hilltop youth in the central West Bank Inbalim outpost on July 28, 2009. (Matanya Tausig/FLASH90)

February 25, 2023, 9:34 am

Shin Bet chief said to blame tiny minority for settler attacks on Palestinians

Amid spike in violence, Bar tells conference vast majority of settlers are ‘super normative and law-abiding’

By ToI Staff

View of the settlement of Yitzhar, in the West Bank on October 31, 2019. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

February 20, 2023, 12:15 pm

Police arrest 5 settlers over clash with IDF soldiers, torching of Palestinian car

Four suspects are residents of hardline Yizhar settlement; residents accuse military of using unnecessary force, claim men are innocent

By ToI Staff

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Methqal Rayan, 27, during his funeral in the village Qarawat Bani Hassan near the West Bank town of Salfit, February 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

February 13, 2023, 4:55 pm

Shin Bet investigating killing of Palestinian, allegedly by settler in West Bank

No suspects have been questioned over violence near Qarawat Bani Hassan on Saturday; eyewitness says man was just standing when he was shot dead

By Emanuel Fabian

The scene of a deadly incident in the West Bank town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, February 11, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter)

February 11, 2023, 6:20 pm

Palestinian man said shot dead by settlers in West Bank

Rights group says ‘large group’ of Israelis arrived at Qarawat Bani Hassan from nearby outpost, attacked residents; IDF says soldiers not involved

By Emanuel Fabian

File: View of the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank on July 2, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

January 25, 2023, 11:44 am

Knesset passes settler law bill, months after legislation felled previous coalition

Right-wing MKs now lead push to renew extension of civil and criminal law to settlers; their opposition to it on political grounds in previous Knesset led to government’s collapse

By Jeremy Sharon

Settlers at the illegal West Bank outpost Evyatar before evacuating it as part of a deal with the government, July 2, 2021 (Courtesy)

January 4, 2023, 6:08 pm

New coalition stance emboldens settlers, who plan to reestablish flashpoint outposts

Thousands intend to spend Seder night in Homesh and Evyatar this Passover and then stay on, taking advantage of the hardline government’s policy reversal they see as a watershed

By Shalom Yerushalmi

The scene of a shooting incident near the West Bank settlement of Kochav Yaakov on November 25, 2022 (United Hatzalah)

November 24, 2022, 11:02 pm

Israeli shoots, wounds another Israeli following apparent argument in West Bank

Police arrest shooter after incident at gas station north of Jerusalem; separately, soldiers shoot and arrest alleged Palestinian stone-thrower

By Emanuel Fabian