IsraelIsraeli ministers join settler activists on march through ‘closed military zone’ near Gaza borderCabinet members Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich defied the instructions of the IDF to join the processionBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelOrthodox rabbis cast ethical spotlight on Israel at London conferenceSettler violence was among the subjects raised at an event that provided space for exploring sensitive issuesBy JC Reporter2 min read
Foreign OfficeYvette Cooper: Burnham right to apologise for Labour’s Gaza stanceThe foreign secretary also spoke about tying sanctions to settlement expansionBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
IrelandIreland approves bill banning imports from West Bank settlementsIreland will become the second EU member to impose such a ban after Spain did so earlier this yearBy JC Reporter1 min read
Jeremy CorbynMiddle East minister urges MPs to be ‘careful in our language’ after Corbyn’s ‘Greater Israel’ claimsHamish Falconer told the former Labour leader to stop tarring ‘communities in this country or the whole nation of Israel’ as supporters of settler violenceBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
West BankGovernment ‘in discussion’ on trade ban for goods from Israeli settlementsForeign Office minister Hamish Falconer criticised proposed settlement expansions as ’a serious breach of international law’By JC Reporter2 min read
Israeli PoliticsIsraeli far-right slam Bennett over claim West Bank zones could remain under Palestinian controlThe former prime minister also condemned illegal settlement activity, but backed the construction of communities permitted under Israeli lawBy Melanie Swan1 min read
Government asks advertising watchdog to ‘urgently look into’ alleged West Bank land sales at Edgware synagogueReal estate event subjected to protests, which see 14 arrested, despite organisers’ claim that no properties in settlements would be on offerBy JC Reporter2 min read||June 17, 2026 10:32
Police make 14 arrests after clashes at protest outside synagoguePro-Palestine protesters had claimed that a real estate event at the synagogue was being used to sell land in West Bank settlements, which had been denied by organisersBy JC Reporter2 min read||June 15, 2026 09:39
No charity should be supporting Israeli settlements, Starmer tells MPsLabour MP Melanie Ward says during PMQs that she has complained about 32 groups to the Charity CommissionBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||June 10, 2026 13:30
Government imposes new sanctions on ‘networks enabling settler violence’The UK now officially advises against economic and financial activity in illegal settlementsBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||June 9, 2026 14:21
EU confirms sanctions against violent West Bank settlersIsraeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar claimed the bloc’s measures were ‘arbitrary and political’By Jacob Jaffa2 min read||May 11, 2026 15:17
EU to impose sanctions on West Bank settlers, says French FMJean-Noël Barrot suggested that such a move would now be possible after a change of leadership in Hungary1 min read||April 24, 2026 12:04
Israeli ministers hail restored West Bank settlement for ‘killing the idea of a Palestinian stateDefence Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attended a ceremony to mark the reopening of Sa-Nur, which was forcibly evacuated in 2005By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||April 20, 2026 14:04
IDF soldier arrested on suspicion of murdering West Bank PalestinianPolice said the man was accused of ‘acting utside the scope of his duties’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||April 16, 2026 14:25
Israeli president urged to take action over settler violence in letter from diaspora leadersJLC chair among 1,000 signatories voicing concern over ‘Jewish-Israeli extremists’ in the West BankBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||March 27, 2026 17:50