Settlers

Katz denies urging replacement of IDF West Bank for detaining ‘violent settler’ after military backlash

The Israeli defence minister seemed to announce the move back a potential replacement on live TV, but later said his meaning had been deliberately distorted

By Jacob Jaffa

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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz, (L), Yossi Dagan, head of the Shomron Regional Council (C), and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (C-R) attend a ceremony to mark the re-establishment of the Sa-Nur settlement in the West Bank on April 19, 2026 (Getty Images)

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IDF soldier filmed damaging Palestinian’s car during West Bank violence

By Jacob Jaffa

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Israel

Israeli ministers join settler activists on march through ‘closed military zone’ near Gaza border

By Jacob Jaffa

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Israel

Orthodox rabbis cast ethical spotlight on Israel at London conference

By JC Reporter

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Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, being questioned by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (Image: Parliament TV).

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Yvette Cooper: Burnham right to apologise for Labour’s Gaza stance

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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The Dáil Éireann building in Dublin (Getty Images)

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Ireland approves bill banning imports from West Bank settlements

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Middle East minister urges MPs to be ‘careful in our language’ after Corbyn’s ‘Greater Israel’ claims

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Government ‘in discussion’ on trade ban for goods from Israeli settlements

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer criticised proposed settlement expansions as ’a serious breach of international law’

By JC Reporter

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July 1, 2026 15:24

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer in the House of Commons (ParliamentTV)

Israeli far-right slam Bennett over claim West Bank zones could remain under Palestinian control

The former prime minister also condemned illegal settlement activity, but backed the construction of communities permitted under Israeli law

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

June 23, 2026 15:16

Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference in the southern Israeli city of Ofakim, June 23, 2026 (Flash90)

Government asks advertising watchdog to ‘urgently look into’ alleged West Bank land sales at Edgware synagogue

Real estate event subjected to protests, which see 14 arrested, despite organisers’ claim that no properties in settlements would be on offer

By JC Reporter

2 min read

June 17, 2026 10:32

Yvette Cooper in the House of Commons on June 16, 2026 (ParliamentTV)

Police make 14 arrests after clashes at protest outside synagogue

Pro-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 organisers

By JC Reporter

2 min read

June 15, 2026 09:39

(Illustrative)Police and protesters outside the Great Israeli Real Estate show at the United Synagogue, Edgware, on June 14, 2026 (Elliott Franks)

No charity should be supporting Israeli settlements, Starmer tells MPs

Labour MP Melanie Ward says during PMQs that she has complained about 32 groups to the Charity Commission

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

June 10, 2026 13:30

Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV).

Government imposes new sanctions on ‘networks enabling settler violence’

The UK now officially advises against economic and financial activity in illegal settlements

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

June 9, 2026 14:21

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper delivers a speech during the Global Partnership Conference on May 19, 2026 (Getty Images)

EU confirms sanctions against violent West Bank settlers

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar claimed the bloc’s measures were ‘arbitrary and political’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

May 11, 2026 15:17

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas arrives to attend the 8th European Political Community (EPC) summit in Yerevan on May 4, 2026 (Getty Images)

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

Jean-Noël Barrot suggested that such a move would now be possible after a change of leadership in Hungary

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April 24, 2026 12:04

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)

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

Defence Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attended a ceremony to mark the reopening of Sa-Nur, which was forcibly evacuated in 2005

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

April 20, 2026 14:04

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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Settlers

Katz denies urging replacement of IDF West Bank for detaining ‘violent settler’ after military backlash

IDF soldier filmed damaging Palestinian’s car during West Bank violence

Israeli ministers join settler activists on march through ‘closed military zone’ near Gaza border

Orthodox rabbis cast ethical spotlight on Israel at London conference

Yvette Cooper: Burnham right to apologise for Labour’s Gaza stance

Ireland approves bill banning imports from West Bank settlements

Middle East minister urges MPs to be ‘careful in our language’ after Corbyn’s ‘Greater Israel’ claims

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