Jewish Extremism

Three Israelis arrested for espionage, plot to assassinate officials on Iran's direction

The task force will be under the command of Israel Police's Samaria region commander.

 Palestinians stand next to a burnt car after an attack by Israeli settlers in Kafr Malik, in the West Bank, June 26, 2025.
 Far Right Jewish activists set fire to security facility in the West Bank, June 29, 2025.

'Jewish terrorism': Israeli officials denounce far Right West Bank violence

 Far Right Jewish activists set fire to security facility in the West Bank, June 29, 2025.

Far Right settlers damage IDF facility worth millions, meant to protect Jewish residents

 Israeli rescue personnel inspect the remains of a ballistic missile fired from Iran into the Golan Heights, Northern Israel on Thursday

US embassy in Israel eases restrictions, Golan leaders push for Israel sovereignty amid peace talks


Shooting of Jewish minor in West Bank incident was unintentional, IDF finds

The IDF also pointed out that this type of wounding would be permissible under the rules of engagement, as throwing rocks at a moving vehicle is considered extremely dangerous.

 IDF operating in the West Bank June 18, 2025.

Jewish violence in the West Bank is a moral and strategic liability for Israel - analysis

While the numbers can be debated – depending on who is doing the reporting and what is being reported – wider trends are harder to deny.

 Israeli security forces guard as Jews tour in the West Bank city of Hebron, June 28, 2025

Jewish extremists set Palestinian house on fire north of Jerusalem - report

The Jewish extremists fled the scene before the IDF was able to arrive, a security official told Army Radio.

 Jewish extremists set a fire in Hizma, June 29, 2025.

IDF mixed record containing Jewish extremist retaliation to Palestinian attack

Since the January 6 attack, there have been reports of numerous Jewish extremist attacks on Palestinian villages.

 SETTLERS HURL stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season, near the settlement of Yitzhar in 2020.

Can secular Israel survive as the country marches into an extreme Messianic Age? - opinion

According to lawyer Yair Nehorai, Messianic Judaism is on the ascendancy and is in danger of taking over our police, army, and fragile democracy itself.

 Rabbi Yigal Levinstein delivers a lesson while activists protest against him outside an apartment building in Tel Aviv, on September 19, 2023.

Israelis in West Bank set fire to mosque, graffiti 'revenge' on building - report

The words "the righteous will rejoice because he takes vengeance," from the Torah, was sprayed on the building.

 A mosque in the village of Marda in Samaria was set on fire last night by Jews. The verse "The righteous will rejoice because he has revenge" was sprayed on the site.

IDF managing Second Intifada-levels of West Bank terror better despite fewer soldiers

Is PA crackdown on terror too little, too late; Jewish extremist violence still high; confronting the Iranian smuggling threat from Jordan

 IDF soldiers from the Central Command carry out operational activities in the West Bank

Light sentences expected for 4 Jews convicted of endangering Palestinians in Ahuvia Sandak

Had the defendants been only convicted of less dangerous rock throwing, lighter sentences might have been less surprising.

 SETTLERS HURL stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season, near the settlement of Yitzhar in 2020.

Rabbis have a duty to speak out against the Jewish extremism threatening Israel - opinion

While the threat of our enemies today feels so palpable, we must not lose sight of ourselves and of who we are as Am Yisrael.

 Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, October 23, 2023

Can Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth bring stability to the West Bank amid ongoing violence?

For the first religious Zionist in the job, tackling both Palestinian terror wave, extremist Jewish violence could be a nearly impossible task.

 NEW OC Central Command Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth has his work cut out for him dealing with extremist Jewish violence and a rise in Palestinian terrorism.

How years of impunity for violent Jewish extremists in the West Bank led to current gov't - Report

In a New York Times report, the writer discusses the history of violence among Jewish residents of the West Bank against Palestinians and how it led to the emersion of their supporters in government.

 Amiram Ben Uliel, accused of the Duma arson murder in July 2015 where three members of the Dawabshe family were killed, arrives to a court hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022.