Current sectionWest Bank NewsAnalysis Settler incursions, expanding outposts and the military's response have created conditions in which confrontation, as seen in the deadly clashes over the weekend, was increasingly inevitableShare 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 formatSubscribeAmira Hass08:38 AM • July 26 2026 IDTPalestinians in the West Bank have shown and still exercise impressive restraint given the increasing number of attacks and provocative "hikes" by settlers into their midst. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:TerrorismIsrael settlersPalestiniansPalestinian AuthorityIsrael occupationIsrael settlementsWest BankIDFIsrael-PalestineHuman rightsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesTrumpEisenkotMamdani-NetanyahuPalestinian AuthorityLindsey GrahamIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastChoosing Pathetic Populism, Defense Minister Katz Shows Contempt for the IDFFriday's West Bank Pogroms Show Yair Golan is Another Ultranationalist GeneralHow Arab Party Leader Mansour Abbas Changed Israel's Political GameEnd the Hasbara Campaigns: Israel Needs Accountability Not More Public RelationsIDF Bars Palestinians From West Bank Settlements for the Coming DaysRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World Cup'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli ElectionAn Israeli Election Surprise Called the DemocratsEd Miliband, the U.K.'s New Foreign Secretary – and His History With IsraelIsrael's Far Right Is Repeating the Sin That Brought Down the Temple