Settlers have wounded 689 Palestinians in the West Bank since January; the Israeli army has killed 1,123 in Gaza since the "cease-fire." The silence of Israeli mothers and wives is a historical contributionAmira Hass12:42 PM • July 23 2026 IDTEvery hilltop youth and every grown man with dangling sidelocks and tzitzit, who beats an elderly man with a club, torches a field of crops and drives an ATV into a herd, has a mother.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:West BankGazaIsrael settlementsPalestiniansIDFHuman rightsTerrorismOCHACommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesU.S.-Saudi DealIranGazaPalestinian AuthorityLindsey GrahamIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastBehind Every Israeli Who Bombs and Burns Is a Mother or Wife Who Refuses to KnowOver 1,000 Jews Visit Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa/Temple Mount Compound for Tisha B'AvU.S., Iran Exchange Fire for 12th Night in a Row; Houthis Target Saudi Tankers'Liars, Poison': Shin Bet Chief Shared His Anti-media Manifesto With Top AgentsTrump Wants a Lebanon Triumph. Israel Is Losing Its Seat at the TableRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World CupDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli Election