Tel Aviv-based INSS reports an increase in settler attacks since the start of the Iran war, along with a rise in ‘the severity of the acts’
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 4:45pm, 2 Apr 2026Violence by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has reached unprecedented levels since the start of the war with Iran, with NGOs and opposition figures denouncing an environment of impunity.
While so-called “Jewish terrorism” has drawn widespread condemnation both in Israel and abroad, little has been done to curb it.
Assaults by violent settlers against Palestinians have been carried out for years, often to the indifference of mainstream Israeli society.
But the recent surge has prompted criticism from influential rabbis, settler leaders and even military chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, who described the attacks as “morally and ethically unacceptable”.
According to Reem Cohen, a researcher at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), “there has been an increase in acts of Jewish terrorism since the start of the war with Iran”, along with a rise in “the severity of the acts”.
