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Ireland rejects antisemitism claims, limits trade curbs to goods from Israeli settlements

"It's an extremely limited measure, which would prohibit imports of goods from illegally-occupied territories," said Ireland's Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence Thomas Byrne.

People hold a banner with images of Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence Simon Harris and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, in Dublin, Ireland, May 17, 2025.
IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth (C) meets with Israel Police officers, local leaders in the West Bank; illustrative.

Peace Now CEO demands dismissal of Central Command Chief Avi Bluth over West Bank settlement policy

Weapons confiscated in IDF raids on the West Bank over the past week.

Tackling West Bank terror: IDF arrests more than 40 suspects, seizes weapons in a week of raids

Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

IDF launches manhunt for Jewish settler extremists amid rampant West Bank riots


WATCH: Settler extremists riot in Palestinian West Bank village, set fire to homes and cars

Israeli forces were dispatched to the scene of the riot, carried out in response to an earlier demolition of an illegal settlement outpost in the Judean hills.

Israeli settlers riot at a Palestinian village in the West Bank, setting fire to cars and homes, on November 17, 2025

Knesset advances first reading for tax benefits bills for Ashkelon, southern Israel, West Bank

The bills will now be brought to the Knesset’s committees for further discussion before being brought back to the plenum, where they will need to pass a second and third reading to become law.

View of buildings and houses in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, August 27, 2024.

'A clear violation of int’l law': Hamas decries Israeli bill proposing West Bank annexation

The statement calls the bill "to annex the West Bank and impose sovereignty over the so-called Ma'ale Adumim settlement" a "flagrant violation of all relevant international laws and resolutions."

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

Knesset approves bill to apply Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank

According to the proposal, “the laws, judicial system, administration, and sovereignty of the State of Israel shall apply to all areas of settlement in Judea and Samaria.”

 Muslim women walk, as Israeli settlers carry Israeli flags next to a checkpoint near the Ibrahimi mosque, also known as the Cave of Patriarchs, on the day of the first Friday prayers of Ramadan, in Hebron's Old City, in the West Bank March 15, 2024.

Military prosecution indicts four Palestinians involved in Ramot Junction terror attack

The indictment explains that these people were responsible for providing the terrorists with weapons and transporting them from the West Bank to the bus stop before the attack.

Deadly shooting at the Jerusalem Ramot Junction on September 8, where six people were murdered and dozens were wounded.

Right-wing ministers call for West Bank annexation after countries recognize Palestine

The politicians and regional heads call to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank come after the UK, Canada, Portugal, and Australia recognized a Palestinian state.

Israeli security forces near the scene where two Israelis were killed in a terror shooting attack at Allenby bridge, a crossing between West Bank and Jordan, September 18, 2025.

Spanish travel company eDreams blocks accommodation listings in Israeli settlements in West Bank

The company, after it was the only Spanish firm named on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights' list, published in 2023.

Javier Perez-Tenessa, CEO and Co-Founder of Spanish travel company eDreams Odigeo, delivers a speech during its bourse debut in Madrid April 8, 2014.

Inside Operation Iron Wall: How the IDF is reshaping the West Bank

The campaign, led in coordination with the Shin Bet, targeted armed terror cells—some directly funded by Iran.

 IDF soldiers operate in Tammun as part of the Operation Iron Wall, February 2, 2025.

Can tribal leaders in Hebron bring peace with Israel? - analysis

The fact that the Sons of Iraq or the leaders of Jordan and Iraq emerged under US and British support, illustrate that these tribal structures often require outside support.

 Palestinians shop at a market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on June 5, 2025.

IDF issues evacuation warnings for northern Gaza, Shas expected to leave gov't

IDF announces reservist killed in Gaza • IDF strikes Syria following exchange of rocket fire • UN Security Council to vote Wednesday on Gaza action

 The IDF continues to expand its ground operations across the Gaza Strip, June 2025.

IDF confirms Mohammed Sinwar killed in Gaza, Hamas adds hostage deal terms

Freedom Flotilla Coalition attempts to sail aid to Gaza • Hamas continues to look at Witkoff proposal • Hamas to issue response to Witkoff's ceasefire proposal

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, June 1, 2025.