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Likud ministers call on Netanyahu to annex West Bank this month

The petition followed the announcement of an expansion of Israeli infrastructure in the territory

By Jacob Jaffa

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July 3, 2025 10:35

A group of 15 Likud ministers have urged Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the West Bank by the Knesset's summer recess this month (Image: Flash90)

Israel to build new power plant in the West Bank

Energy Minister Eli Cohen said the project, which will serve Israeli settlements, was ‘long overdue’

By JC Reporter

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July 2, 2025 10:11

Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has announced plans to build a new power plant in the West Bank (Image: Flash90)

By Jake Wallis Simons

Settler violence is corrosive to the soul of Israel – It must be confronted

But we must not lose sight of the fact that Jihadism and Arab rejectionism are the true enemies that squat at the heart of this conflict

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June 26, 2025 15:03

Palestinians clear burnt belongings in their house after a reported attack overnight by Israelis from a nearby settlement (Getty Images)

Three killed in settler attacks on West Bank villages, claims PA

Human rights groups claimed that more than 100 settlers took part in a number of raids, which saw Palestinians shot and property destroyed

By Jacob Jaffa

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June 26, 2025 11:38

Three Palestinians were reportedly killed during settler attacks in Kafr Malik (Image: Getty)

American-Israeli rabbi and human rights campaigner ‘attacked by settlers’ in West Bank

Arik Ascherman said he was beaten with a rifle butt and a large club, breaking his neck and his back in two places

By Imogen Garfinkel

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June 26, 2025 10:32

Rabbi Arik Ascherman in hospital being treated for injuries after a confrontation in the West Bank. (Photo: Arik Ascherman)

By Daniel Finkelstein

When Israel’s government uses extreme rhetoric, it tests the faith of its backers

Support for the Jewish state was once instinctive. But when its leaders flirt with extremism, even pragmatic Zionists must speak out

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June 11, 2025 09:19

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir who was sanctioned by the UK government this week (Photo:Getty Images)

Smotrich preparing ‘operational plan’ to enforce ‘Israeli sovereignty’ over West Bank

Critics of the move claim it would amount to an annexation of the PA-administered territory

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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June 6, 2025 13:21

Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich has ordered his office to draw up 'operational plans' to assert 'Israeli sovereignty' over the West Bank (Image: Flash90)

Baby of West Bank terror shooting victim dies in hospital

Ravid Chaim Gez was delivered by emergency caesarian after his mother, Tzeela, was fatally wounded while en route to give birth to him

By Jacob Jaffa

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May 29, 2025 09:22

Ravid Chaim Gez passed away in hospital this morning just under two weeks after he was delivered by emergency caesarian (Image: Gez family via X/@AmitSegal)

Israel approves 22 new West Bank settlements in ‘secret vote’

Some of the towns – which reportedly won the approval of the prime minister – will be newly built, while others will be outposts that were previously considered illegal under Israeli law

By JC Reporter

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May 28, 2025 10:17

Israel has reportedly approved the creation of 22 new West Bank settlements, including new building projects (Pictured: settlers set up tents and Israeli flags outside the village of Bruqin; Image: Flash90)

IDF arrests suspect over Bat Yam and Holon bus bombings

Eight injured in car ramming attack in central Israel

Knesset passes motion backing West Bank annexation

Jewish groups slam ‘selected outrage’ behind Irish bill to ban West Bank imports

Knesset to hold committee hearing on possible West Bank annexation

US national ‘beaten to death’ by West Bank settlers, family says

Hebron sheikhs ask to break with PA and join Abraham Accords

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IDF arrests suspect over Bat Yam and Holon bus bombings

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Likud ministers call on Netanyahu to annex West Bank this month

Israel to build new power plant in the West Bank

Settler violence is corrosive to the soul of Israel – It must be confronted

Three killed in settler attacks on West Bank villages, claims PA

American-Israeli rabbi and human rights campaigner ‘attacked by settlers’ in West Bank

When Israel’s government uses extreme rhetoric, it tests the faith of its backers

Smotrich preparing ‘operational plan’ to enforce ‘Israeli sovereignty’ over West Bank

Baby of West Bank terror shooting victim dies in hospital

Israel approves 22 new West Bank settlements in ‘secret vote’