West Bank

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

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

Palestinian Authority

UK sends extra £10 million to Palestinian Authority despite lack of progress on reforms

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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

Israel

Government imposes new sanctions on ‘networks enabling settler violence’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

A view of Efrat in the Gush Etzion (Image: Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

West Bank

Palestinian driver arrested after Jewish pedestrian ‘run over’ in West Bank

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech during the eighth Fatah Conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 14, 2026 (Getty Images)

Palestinian Authority

Fatah opens leadership election to former terror convicts

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Security and medical forces at the Gush Etzion Junction following a terrorist attack in the area (Image: MDA)

West Bank

Israeli teenage girls injured in terror ramming

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Yachad

Middle East minister Hamish Falconer serves synagogue security shift with CST wearing stab vest

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

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Arrest warrant for Smotrich sought at ICC, he claims

The far-right minister on Tuesday also accused the Palestinian Authority of waging ‘war’ against Israel

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

May 19, 2026 16:49

Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich takes part in the Jerusalem Day parade at the Damascus Gate in the old city of Jerusalem, May 14, 2026 (Credit: Erik Marmor/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)

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.

By JC Reporter

1 min read

April 28, 2026 14:05

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

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

1 min read

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)

IDF soldier arrested on suspicion of murdering West Bank Palestinian

Police said the man was accused of ‘acting utside the scope of his duties’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

April 16, 2026 14:25

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

Herzog: settler violence ‘fuels hatred’ against Jews worldwide

Israel’s president thanks London Initiative for letter condemning West Bank extremism

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

March 31, 2026 16:05

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)

Knesset passes bill introducing death penalty for terror offences

Critics have claimed the law is discriminatory as it imposes capital punishment for terrorists convicted of murdering Israelis, but not those who kill Palestinians

By Melanie Swan

2 min read

March 31, 2026 10:36