Current sectionWest Bank NewsSome 15 settlers reportedly remain in the closed-off military zone near the West Bank village of Qusra, maintaining friendly relations with the guarding Israeli soldiers, as elsewhere in the West Bank, an anti-occupation activist was detained by soldiers for violating a similar orderShare 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 formatSubscribeMatan Golan10:53 PM • August 19 2026 IDTAs Israeli settlers continue to roam freely despite Israeli military troops deployed near the village of Qusra in the West Bank, an Israeli anti-occupation activist was arrested Tuesday after entering a closed military zone in another Palestinian community in the West Bank. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel settlersPalestiniansIsrael occupationIsrael settlementsWest BankIDFCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesIranLikudJared KushnerIsrael ElectionsNetanyahuAvraham BurgAnan KhalailiAIPACHaaretz PodcastIDF Bars Anti-occupation Activist From Closed Zone as Settlers Roam Around QusraChannel 14 Ran Gov't-funded Articles Promoting Likud Minister Before ElectionAttorney General: Decision on October 7 Probe Should Be Delayed Until ElectionUAE Suspends Trade With Iran After Coming Under Renewed Missile FireAfter Knesset Refuses Nursing Home Ballot Boxes, Elections Committee Steps InRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIShe's the Superstar of the Israeli Left, and She Wants PowerIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandIsrael Police Say Missing Israeli Mother and Daughter Found in ArgentinaReality Check: As the Election Nears, Haaretz Debunks Israeli Politicians' Biggest Lies'We're Not Nazis. This Isn't an Extermination Machine as During the Holocaust'So Will It Be a Problem if Miriam Adelson Flies to Israel to Vote?