Hilltop youth

Dangerous, self-destructive anarchy: Why hilltop youth violence must end - opinion

The assumption that elements within the “hilltop youth” are engaged in a most important project does not give them the right to act in spheres that must be left to the state and its agencies.

 Screenshot of the incident of settler violence in Qusra from 21 June 2024.
 Israeli border police officers guard after clashes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers near the Palestinian village of Jalud, in the West Bank, June 22, 2023.

IDF creates new West Bank task force to tackle Jewish extremists

  A Palestinian woman inspects the damage to a house on April 13 after settlers attacked the village of al-Mughayyer.

Hilltop Youth, Hardal: The anti-Zionist Jews threatening Israel - opinion

Former US navy admiral Michael G. Mullen with former IDF general Gadi Shamni, on July 18, 2011 in Israel.

'Situation is critical': Ex-IDF general speaks on violent settlers, Iran, Hezbollah, and Gaza


US sanctions Lehava leader, fundraisers for violent settlers

The sanctions come the same day that similar measures were taken by the European Union Council, which sanctioned four individuals and two entities including Lehava.

 LEHAVA CHAIRMAN Benzi Gopstein and activists protest the annual Jerusalem Pride Parade under heavy security, in 2019.

EU sanctions hilltop youth, Lehava for human rights violations in the West Bank

The abuses include "torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment," the EU Council said in a statement.

Ben-Zion Gopstein (left), leader of the group Lehava, gathers with some of his young followers in Jerusalem in 2014

Settlers accuse Israeli government of 'total destruction' in West Bank

Settlers accused the government of a 'campaign of destruction' targeting settlements after an illegal West Bank outpost was razed Wednesday.

 Israeli officers demolish an illegal outpost in the West Bank on September 27, 2023

Amiram Ben-Uliel is a murderer and must be roundly condemned - editorial

They approached a house in which the Dawabsheh family was fast asleep, smashed several of the house’s windows, and threw in firebombs, causing it to go up in flames.

 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.

Israel's military court releases Palestinians suspected of attacking settlers

Israeli police have made six failed court appeals to extend custody of settler suspect, now some are calling it a distraction.

 Four detained Palestinians, a father and three of his sons, are seen during their military court hearing, August 10, 2023

Court says it won’t block rebuilding of West Bank’s Homesh on state land

“We order the deletion of the petition after it has been exhausted in its current form,” the court said.

 Visitors walk by the water tower on the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh on August 27, 2019.

Video surfaces of Israeli coalition MK brawling with Palestinian local council head

"As always, [Yesh Din] publishes half-truths and half-proofs," MK Zvi Sukkot said in a statement denying the NGO's claims.

 MK Zvi Sukkot attends a Religious Zionist Party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem ,January 23, 2023

Grapevine January 15, 2023: Beyond Chiune Sugihara

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 EFRAT SOPHER (left) with Colette Avital.

Mandelblit closes probe against police officers in Ahuvia Sandak case

It could not be proven that the police officers purposely crashed into Sandak's car, Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit ruled.

Israeli police officers clash with demonstrators during a protest following the death of Ahuvia Sandak a few days ago in a car crash during a police chase, outside the Police headquarters in Jerusalem, December 26, 2020

Rabbis for Human Rights former president assaulted by Jewish hilltop youth

Video footage of the incident shows a number of hilltop youth surrounding Ascherman when a masked suspect suddenly runs toward him and begins repeatedly beating him with a long wooden club.

Elderly Palestinian Woman gives thanks as Rabbi Ascherman plants olive trees near Kiryat Arba, 2003.

Netanyahu speaks to Sandak's parents as protesters block road to J'lem

Netanyahu told Sandak's parents that the truth regarding their son's death is "about to come to light."

Protestors demonstrate over the death of Ahuvia Sandak on Monday night at Bar Ilan Junction.