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(Photo by HAZEM BADER \/ AFP)\"><\/div><figcaption>A Palestinian man checks a broken window at the damaged al-Taqwa Mosque, whose entrance was torched and walls were daubed with Hebrew graffiti in an attack carried out by Israeli settlers last month [Hazem Bader\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-info m--t-20 m--desktop-b-30 m--b-mobile-20\">\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\"><a class=\"avatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"\/author\/simon-speakman-cordall\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Me-1731669679.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline-content\">\n<div class=\"contributors-list contributors-list--byline\"><span class=\"contributors-list__by-prefix\">By <\/span><a href=\"\/author\/simon-speakman-cordall\">Simon Speakman Cordall<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<div class=\"date-simple\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 4 Aug 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">4 Aug 2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>As Israel gears up to hold elections in October, a dramatic surge in settlement activity has heightened concerns that the settler movement is stepping up efforts to cement its grip on the occupied West Bank, in stark defiance of international law.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the United Nations warned that attacks by Israeli settlers \u2013 often carried out alongside Israeli forces \u2013 and the creation of illegal settlements and outposts had hit \u201can all-time high\u201d.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"more-on__list\">\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/3\/hilltop-youth-a-group-intent-on-taking-over-the-west-bank-by-violence\">Hilltop Youth: A group intent on taking over the West Bank by violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 2 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/4\/palestine-weekly-israel-kills-dozens-in-gaza-after-hamas-disarmament-deal\">Palestine weekly: Israel kills dozens in Gaza after Hamas disarmament deal<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 3 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/8\/4\/cars-burn-in-reported-settler-attack-in-occupied-west-bank\">Cars burn in reported settler attack in occupied West Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 4 of 4<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/4\/who-is-behind-settler-violence-in-the-occupied-west-bank\">Who is behind settler violence in the occupied West Bank?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The uptick comes as members of Israel\u2019s hard right seek to ratchet up the political temperature ahead of the crucial polls. It also follows a parliamentary term during which Israel moved to entrench control over the West Bank deeper within the machinery of the state, shifting authority from military administration to civilian institutions, accelerating settlement planning and expanding infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Religious Zionist Party of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich \u2013 the man widely credited as pushing the settler project to the forefront of Israeli political debate \u2013 is suggested by numerous opinion polls to be far from certain to even meet the electoral threshold for the post-election Knesset.<\/p>\n<p>This has prompted what analysts describe as a desperate scramble to promote the settlement mission while consolidating the support of the <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/2\/12\/bezalel-smotrichs-gradual-struggle-annex-west-bank-israel\">settler minority<\/a> that Smotrich grew up within.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a meeting of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s right-wing Likud Party in late July, Israel\u2019s Defence Minister Israel Katz boasted that, under the governing coalition and Smotrich\u2019s supervision, Israel had approved the establishment of 104 illegal settlements and some 160 settlement farms in the West Bank since coming to power in 2022, according to Israeli media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In August of last year, Smotrich announced the creation of the <a href=\"\/news\/2025\/8\/14\/smotrich-says-illegal-west-bank-settlement-buries-palestinian-state\">E1 settlement project<\/a>, linking occupied East Jerusalem with the existing settlement of Maale Adumim, located several kilometres to the east \u2013 a proposal which, Smotrich bragged, \u201cburies the idea of a Palestinian state\u201d.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;position:relative;min-width:0px;max-width:770px\">\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"the-race-to-settle\">The race to settle<\/h2>\n<p>Smotrich, who made increased administrative control over the West Bank a condition for supporting Netanyahu\u2019s right-wing coalition in 2022, has undertaken a series of measures to expand the influence of settlers within policymaking.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, he established his influential Settlements Administration agency within the Ministry of Defence \u2013 which oversees the West Bank\u2019s occupation. And last month, he legally embedded the agency within the ministry, making it harder to reverse any of the decisions taken under its watch.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli political analyst Nimrod Flaschenberg said it is \u201chard to imagine\u201d that Netanyahu \u201cwon\u2019t come up with some kind of imaginative ploy to keep him and the far right on the ticket\u201d, referring to Smotrich.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has very strong support within the settlements and the ideological far-right,\u201d Flaschenberg added, \u201cbut that might not be enough in and of itself to get him securely past the threshold. He\u2019s being squeezed between the populism of [far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar] Ben-Gvir and what many people in the lower middle class see as the security of Netanyahu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4805841\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Interactive_West_Bank_Settler_Attacks_July26_2026-1785063933.jpg?quality=80\" alt=\"Interactive_West_Bank_Settler_Attacks_July26_2026-1785063933\" data-interactive=\"true\"><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"keeping-the-hard-right\">Keeping the hard right<\/h2>\n<p>Allied to Smotrich is a prime minister who observers describe as facing not simply an electoral battle, but an existential battle for both his freedom \u2013 as a consequence of his long-running corruption trial \u2013 and legacy, should the independent inquiry into his failings ahead of the Hamas-led attack of 2023 go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Given the stakes, some analysts have suggested the incumbent was far from ready to gamble on losing the support of Israel\u2019s hard right and settler movement by condemning the increasing levels of violence in the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw him come out on US TV and concede that there may have been a few incidents in the West Bank, but nothing serious,\u201d\u00a0Chatham House\u2019s Yossi Mekelberg said of Netanyahu\u2019s response to the widespread violence that has swept the West Bank in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe needs the hard right and settlers\u2019 support, if not for him individually, then at least for his bloc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Netanyahu may feel he has room to manoeuvre over the hugely controversial issue of ultra-Orthodox conscription, no such margin existed within the hard right and settlers. Ultra-Orthodox parties, a key component in the 2022 coalition government, have made the exemption of their constituents from the draft \u2013 which almost all Israeli adults are eligible for \u2013 a pillar of their political campaigning in recent years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNetanyahu knows that the ultra-Orthodox will likely stay with him,\u201d added Mekelberg. \u201cThe settlers are more binary. You\u2019re either for them or against,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4739616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4739616\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4739616\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26006647624899-1783325735.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"FILE - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a map that shows the E1 settlement project during a press conference near the settlement of Maale Adumim, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4739616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a map that shows the E1 settlement project during a news conference, in August 2025 [File: Ohad Zwigenberg\/AP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"cresting-the-wave\">Cresting the wave<\/h2>\n<p>Irrespective of electoral tactics, the consequences for people living in the occupied West Bank have been catastrophic. In July alone, according to the Palestinian Authority\u2019s Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, there were 2,256 attacks against Palestinians and their property: 1,458 by the Israeli army and 798 by settlers.<\/p>\n<p>After Yair Golan, leader of the opposition Democrats party, offered a rare criticism of the settler \u201cextremism\u201d which triggered the latest round of violence, Katz accused him of spreading a \u201cblood libel\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to leaks of the same meeting in Hebrew-language media, other ministers present called for a harsher response to any resistance from Palestinians, and for the military to be given even greater freedom to shoot at them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the election gets closer, we\u2019re seeing an even greater increase in the violence that\u2019s been escalating ever since October 2023,\u201d said Yair Dvir, of the Israeli rights group B\u2019Tselem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to add this isn\u2019t just the scale of the violence, but also its brutality and the participation of the Israeli state \u2013 both the soldiers and the political support they\u2019re receiving.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ListenListen (6 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo A Palestinian man checks a broken window at the damaged al-Taqwa Mosque, whose entrance was torched and walls were daubed with Hebrew graffiti in an attack carried out by Israeli settlers last month [Hazem Bader\/AFP] By [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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