Current sectionWest Bank NewsShare 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 formatSubscribeSmoke rises in the West Bank following a settler raid, in 2024. Credit: Itai RonOver the past three years, Israel has provided extensive funding, particularly for unauthorized outposts, while retroactively legalizing them and displacing Palestinian communities in the West Bank, according to a report by the Peace Now and Kerem Navot human rights group05:45 PM • July 07 2026 IDTThe Israeli government has accelerated the de facto annexation of the West Bank through "a systematic transformation of the control regime," including settlement expansion, the displacement of Palestinian communities, the retroactive legalization of outposts and increased control over areas previously under Palestinian Authority responsibility, according to a report published by the Peace Now and Kerem Navot nonprofits.In the NewsMade in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding IsraelJustice Minister Urges Knesset to Defy High Court on State Watchdog VoteMasked Vandal Smashes Haaretz Entrance Door OvernightSara Netanyahu Has Her Photos Retouched; Israel's Real Distorters Are Far WorseDitching 'Statesman' Playbook and Soft-right, PM Bets on Haredim and His BaseRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Has Long Ignored Warnings of a 'Diplomatic Tsunami.' Now It Has ArrivedDumber Than a 10-year-old: Are Israeli Students Really That Stupid?An Israeli Principal Desegregated a Tel Aviv School. Here's What HappenedAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff DoublesThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingRep. Dan Goldman Says Support for Israel Cost Him New York Democratic Primary