Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe07:41 PM • June 16 2026 IDTIn the wake of the Hamas-led October 7 attacks, Israel's army, fearing that the West Bank would be the next front to erupt, distributed weapons to Israeli settlers and enlisted new units to defend settlements and outposts (more than 140 of which have been established since the war began in October 2023).In the NewsIsrael Armed Settlers With Thousands of Guns. Now It Can't Control ThemBen and Jerry's Israel Has a New Zionist Ice Cream Flavor: Milk and HoneyArab Parties Are Talking Unity. Their Voters Have Much Bigger IssuesTrump: May Involve Syria in Lebanon if Israel Can't Avoid 'Killing Everyone'Inside the Deal: Iran Set the Terms, Trump Yielded, Israel SidelinedRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East AblazeTrump Just Dropped a Megaton Bomb on Netanyahu's Re-election Campaign'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelWhy Does the Jewish State Keep Deporting Diaspora Jews?The Fake Gaza Charity Linked to the Anti-left Disinformation Campaign in FranceTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel Ties