World Nov 13 Settlers in Israel’s West Bank hope Trump’s return will pave the way for major settlement expansion By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press
World Apr 15 Israel orders eviction of Palestinian family from east Jerusalem property, reigniting a legal battle The Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood has been the focus of a long-running battle between government-backed Israeli settlers and veteran Palestinian residents. It's part of a broader trend of settlers encroaching on Palestinian neighborhoods in east Jerusalem. By Jack Jeffery, Associated Press
World Apr 12 Israeli settlers storm a West Bank village, killing 1 Palestinian and wounding 25 An Israeli rights group says the settlers stormed the village on Friday while searching for a missing 14-year-old boy from their settlement, burning homes and shooting. By Jack Jeffery, Julia Frankel, Associated Press
World Jan 08 Israeli finance minister calls for reestablishing Israeli settlements in Gaza Bezalel Smotrich, a champion of West Bank Jewish settlements, recently sparked an international outcry over his comments calling for Palestinians in Gaza to leave the territory. By Associated Press
Politics Dec 05 WATCH: U.S. announces extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department says it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. By Matthew Lee, Associated Press
Nov 20 Israeli settler attacks on West Bank Palestinians have escalated since Oct. 7, UN says By Isabel DeBre, Associated Press With the world’s attention focused on the fighting in Gaza, Israeli settler violence against Palestinians since Oct. 7 has surged to the highest levels ever recorded by the United Nations. Continue reading
Oct 25 Biden condemns retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank By Aamer Madhani, Seung Min Kim, Colleen Long, Associated Press Biden said the attacks by what he calls "extremist settlers" amounted to "pouring gasoline" on the already burning fires in the Middle East since the Hamas attack. Continue reading
Sep 21 UN reports says West Bank settler violence has displaced over 1,100 Palestinians since last year By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Researchers say that as settlements expand under Netanyahu's far-right government and more newly established outposts are authorized, Palestinians living in villages nearby are experiencing unprecedented levels of violence. Continue reading
Feb 27 Israel sends more troops into occupied West Bank after latest wave of violence By Majdi Mohammed, Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press Settlers torched homes and cars late on Sunday in the worst such violence in decades. Continue reading
Feb 23 Israel approves over 7,000 settlement homes in West Bank, groups say By Josef Federman, Associated Press Israeli settlement supporters and opponents say Israel's far-right government has granted approval for the building of over 7,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Continue reading