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Israel withholds over $200 million in PA tax revenue

‘We will not transfer funds that ultimately reach terrorists who harm Israeli civilians,’ said Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2026 (Flash90)

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot speaks to journalists during his visit to the Faculty of Law and Political Science to meet with students in Montpellier, southern France, on April 17, 2026 (Getty Images)

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EU to impose sanctions on West Bank settlers, says French FM

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Defence Minister Israel Katz, (3L), Yossi Dagan, Head of the Shomron Regional Council (4L), and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (4R) stand for the national anthem as they attend the resettlement ceremony of Sa-Nur, south of Jenin, in the West Bank on April 19, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Israeli ministers hail restored West Bank settlement for ‘killing the idea of a Palestinian state

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Mourners carry the body of Amir Mutasem Odeh in the village of Qusra, West Bank, on March 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

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IDF soldier arrested on suspicion of murdering West Bank Palestinian

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Israeli President Herzog speaks to the media as he visits an area hit by a reported overnight Iranian strike in Tel Aviv on March 1, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Herzog: settler violence ‘fuels hatred’ against Jews worldwide

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir opens champagne in the Knesset to celebrate the passage of the death penalty bill on March 30, 2026 (Flash90)

Israel

Knesset passes bill introducing death penalty for terror offences

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A Palestinian boy walks past Hebrew graffiti on the walls of a damaged house following a reported attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Jalud (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP via Getty Images)

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Israeli president urged to take action over settler violence in letter from diaspora leaders

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Three Palestinian women killed in Iranian West Bank strike

Cluster munitions hit the territory as the Islamic Republic took aim at Jerusalem

By Jacob Jaffa

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March 19, 2026 11:39

A Palestinian civil defence worker inspects the site where shrapnel from projectiles fell in Beit Awa near the West Bank city of Hebron on March 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Ireland risks US relationship over its anti-Israel obsession

Just as the Taoiseach travels to the White House, his deputy announces that legislation to ban imports from settlements would soon be ready – a move Washington strongly opposes

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March 16, 2026 16:36

US President Donald Trump meets with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in the Oval Office of the White House on March 12, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Police investigating after Palestinian family shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank

Investigators said the family’s car accelerated towards soldiers and border police officers during an operation to arrest suspected terrorists

By Jacob Jaffa

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March 16, 2026 13:32

Residents of the West Bank town of Tammun grieve over the bodies of four members of a Palestinian family, shot by Israeli security forces, during their funeral on March 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

Smotrich calls on next government ‘encourage migration’ of Palestinians from the West Bank

Critics claim that the plan outlined by the Israeli finance minister amounts to a de facto annexation of the territory

By Jamie Shapiro

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February 19, 2026 13:46

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Image: Getty Images)

Settler rabbis issue statement condemning violence against West Bank Palestinians

The religious leaders suggested that an uptick in attacks by Jewish extremists could harm the settlement agenda as a whole

By Jacob Jaffa

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February 18, 2026 10:59

Palestinians inspect cars burned by extremist Jewish settlers the previous night in the town of Hawara, near Nablus in the West Bank, November 21, 2025 (Flash90)

US reaffirms opposition to annexation after Israeli cabinet approves expansion of West Bank powers

Ministers made it easier for Israelis to purchase property in the territory and expanded their administrative authority in areas run by the Palestinian Authority

By Jacob Jaffa

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February 10, 2026 13:32

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Flash90)

Israeli security cabinet approves repeal of West Bank land laws to ‘enable accelerated development of settlement’

The legislation, passed when the territory was under Jordanian control, prevents the sale of land there to non-Muslims

By Jacob Jaffa

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February 9, 2026 11:41

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a vote on the state budget in the Knesset on January 28, 2026 (Flash90)

Settler violence increased by nearly a third in 2025, IDF confirms

Palestinian terrorism in the West Bank saw a significant decline in the same period, though those attacks which did occur were more deadly than in previous years

By Jacob Jaffa

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January 20, 2026 15:08

Palestinians inspect the scene of an attack on a Palestinian family by extremist settlers, during which several sheep were killed, in the town of As-Samu, south of Hebron, December 23, 2025 (Flash90)

Chief Rabbi condemns settler violence against ‘innocent Palestinians in the territories’

Sir Ephraim Mirvis said the phenomenon ‘deserves to be called out’, but that the ‘best way’ members of the Diaspora can help to combat it is to ‘live in Israel’

By Alma Green

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January 12, 2026 14:48

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis speaks during a reception to celebrate Chanukah at Downing Street on December 16, 2025 (Getty Images)

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Israel withholds over $200 million in PA tax revenue

EU to impose sanctions on West Bank settlers, says French FM

Israeli ministers hail restored West Bank settlement for ‘killing the idea of a Palestinian state

IDF soldier arrested on suspicion of murdering West Bank Palestinian

Herzog: settler violence ‘fuels hatred’ against Jews worldwide

Knesset passes bill introducing death penalty for terror offences

Israeli president urged to take action over settler violence in letter from diaspora leaders

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