'Jewish terrorists': Pro-Israel columnist Bret Stephens speaks against West Bank settler violence

Stephens, who has spent years pushing back on what he sees as double standards applied to Israel, wrote that he decided to speak out against what he called “Jewish terrorists” despite his reluctance.

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, July 29 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday warned of worsening violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, and urged international action against the killing of Palestinians as well as the creation of settlements, which it said had reached an all-time high.

GENEVA, July 29 - The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday warned of worsening violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, and urged international action against the killing of Palestinians as well as the creation of settlements, which it said had reached an all-time high.

Violence in the occupied West Bank is worsening as the Israeli Government continues to approve new settlements, while settlers and Israeli security forces have “often” acted together to attack local Palestinian communities, the UN’s human rights office (OHCHR) warned on Wednesday.

Israeli protesters marched in Tel Aviv against settler violence in the occupied West Bank as police blocked their route and confronted demonstrators.

NewsFeedA Palestinian-American quarry owner is calling on President Trump to intervene after Israeli settlers attacked his quarry in the occupied West Bank, setting machinery on fire and attacking guards. The attack came days after a wave of deadly settler violence across the region.Published On 28 Jul 2026

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered the military to prepare to seize another Palestinian refugee camp as Israeli forces and settlers intensified raids.

Analysis • West Bank settler violence is Israel's strategy, no matter how Israelis frame it  Haaretz

Palestinians in the West Bank face increasing Israeli military raids, settler violence Palestinians in the occupied West Bank say that the ongoing Israeli settler violence and military raids are bringing them to a breaking point. Following a settler raid in the village of Tal on Friday, at least four Palestinians

Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged since the Gaza war began.

3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 26, 2026 10:38 PM IST Children stand outside a mosque that was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers early in the morning in the West Bank village of Qusra as on its wall a Hebrew graffiti reads "Revenge Benayahu", referring to an Israeli settler killed during clashes with Palestin

Israel also arrested more than 70 Palestinians over the weekend

Two mosques have been set on fire in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in an apparent Israeli settler attack following a spate of deadly violence that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers

Mosques in West Bank are set on fire during a weekend of settler violence  AP News

Israel’s military said it detained over 70 suspects across the occupied West Bank overnight and on Saturday, a day after troops deployed across the territory following violence that left two Isrelisoldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead. Soldiers remained in the village of Tell, in the northern West Bank, where 

The Israeli military said troops sent to Qusra, which sits near several large Israeli settlements, had found graffiti and signs of arson and ‌were searching for suspects.

Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in the occupied West Bank overnight Sunday, after this week’s deadly clashes in the territory left six people dead.Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged since the Gaza war began with Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.For the late

Israeli settlers torch 2 mosques in West Bank: Palestinian officials  Dawn

Israeli settlers set fire to West Bank mosques after deadly clash  Reuters