The European Union and United Kingdom have demanded that Israel halt a surge in violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that has taken place since the start of the country’s war with Iran. Six Palestinians have been killed during attacks by settlers across the West Bank over […] 11 days, according to the United Nations. The Israeli military condemned the violence and said it was working to bring those responsible to justice. Israel h

For the first time since Israel occupied the territory in 1967, the government will create a mechanism to officially register large swaths of land under the state. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalal Smotrich said the land registry would continue “the settlement and governance revolution across all parts of our land” as he referenced Judea and Samaria, the biblical term for the West Bank. Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 war and subsequently began establis