LiveLive Updates August 26, 2026Share 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 formatSubscribeAugust 26, 2026Israeli left-wing youth group plans kibbutz-style settlement in occupied Jordan ValleyA left-wing youth movement has been seeking in recent months to establish a new settlement in the West Bank's Jordan Valley, aiming to populate the area with a left-wing presence, instead of far-right settlers who are often involved in violence against Palestinians.The Hamahanot Haolim movement says it has been exploring the idea with the Aravot Hayarden Regional Council in recent months, and the possibility of implementing it looks "positive." No exact spot for the planned settlement has yet been chosen, but the organization is looking at the area around Kibbutz Beit Ha'arava, north of the Dead Sea.Organization director Ilan Gazit confirmed the group is leaning toward establishing a kibbutz-style settlement in the Jordan Valley, which would mostly focus on agricultural activities.Gazit said he is aware of the damage West Bank settlements do to Palestinian rights, but argued that since new settlements will be built in the Jordan Valley in any case, it's preferable to have as many of them as possible populated by leftists.Read the full articleSmotrich calls UAL's Mansour Abbas a ‘dangerous enemy,’ accuses him of hiding true aimsFinance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Wednesday called United Arab List chair Mansour Abbas a "dangerous enemy" and accused him of concealing his alleged political goals as part of what Smotrich described as the Muslim Brotherhood's strategy.In a post on X, Smotrich said he had "for years" warned about what he called Abbas' "taqiyya" – concealment – which he said was a fundamental part of the Muslim Brotherhood's method of hiding its true goal, accumulating power and then using it for "jihad and the elimination of the infidels," particularly Jews and Israel.כבר שנים אני מתריע מפני שיטת ה"טאקיה" (ההסתרה) של מנסור עבאס.