Yossi Dagan


Leaders call for West Bank lockdown after police arrest arson suspect

Leaders urged the government to lock down the West Bank in response to terrorists' online campaigns to light fires next to Israeli communities.

 Police found a lighter and cotton on the suspect arrested for arson
 Yossi Dagan (L) standing with IDF Central Command chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth (R).

Authorities arrest Hamas terrorist threatening to murder Samaria Regional Council head

Agam Berger and her mother visit Joseph's Tomb in Nablus alongside Yossi Dagan

'Through faith, I returned': Agam Berger visits Joseph's Tomb, prays for soldiers

 An illustrative image of Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Katz: Lack of settlements led to security deterioration in Samaria


Head of West Bank Regional Council protests IDF actions in West Bank

The letter also mentioned that a military unit that guarded the road had been removed. 

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan at Sa-Nur, April 15, 2021.

Resettle Gaza conference strikes at deep debate on security and destiny

Chants heard at the conference included "death to terrorists" and "Oslo is dead."

 The Resettle Gaza Conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on January 28, 2024

Tomb of Joshua bin Nun renovated after pro-Hamas vandalism

The graffiti was removed by Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council, and IDF soldiers.

 Yossi Dagan (L), head of the Samaria Regional Council, paints over 'Death to Jews' graffiti at the Tomb of Joshua bin Nun, December 13, 2023

10,000 march to Joshua's altar to protect West Bank archaeological sites

Settler groups have repeatedly warned of attempts by the Palestinian Authority to damage Mt. Ebal.

 Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and Settlement and National Missions Minister Orit Struck at a march to Mt. Ebal. October 2, 2023

Court says it won’t block rebuilding of West Bank’s Homesh on state land

“We order the deletion of the petition after it has been exhausted in its current form,” the court said.

 Visitors walk by the water tower on the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh on August 27, 2019.

Thousands of Jewish worshippers visit Joseph's Tomb year after arson

The visit, which was the largest since before the coronavirus pandemic, was held one year after Palestinians torched the shrine.

 Thousands of Jewish worshippers visit Joseph's Tomb, May 16, 2023

Charges dropped against West Bank settlers after disengagement repeal

The basis for the indictments against Rabbi Elishama Cohen and his colleagues and students, the 2005 Disengagement Law, was repealed on March 21.

 Visitors walk by the water tower on the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh on August 27, 2019.

Israeli right-wing leaders call for unity at Joseph's Tomb

During the visit, armed clashes broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the area, with three Palestinians injured amid the clashes.

 Culture Minister Miki Zohar, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, MK Zvi Sukkot and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan at Joseph's Tomb.

Palestinian shot and killed by Israeli in central West Bank - report

The incident occurred after violence broke out between residents of a Palestinian village and a nearby Israeli settlement.

 Israeli soldiers stand guard between Jewish settlers and Palestinians from the West Bank village of Burqah on December 23, 2021.

Yossi Dagan's slander against the IDF is a step too far - opinion

Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan should know better than to try to taint an IDF officer or IDF unit due to his own partisan politics.

 IDF soldiers cast their votes in a ballot box of the Golan Brigade 474 for Israel's general election at the Sa'ar military base in central Golan Heights on November 1, 2022.

IDF chief rejects accusation army spokesman is left-wing

Kohavi said, "Any attempt to connect the IDF spokesman to political activities is part of a smear campaign which must be stopped immediately and has no place" in Israeli public rhetoric.

 BRIG.-GEN. RAN KOCHAV, former commander of the air force’s Air Defense Command, takes over as the new chief IDF spokesperson and member of the General Staff.