The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), a research institute focusing on national security and foreign policy, has identified 28 Iran-backed terrorist groups and branches in the Biblical areas of Judea and Samaria in Israel, sometimes referred to as the West Bank, where Palestinians have consistently murdered Jews for decades.

“Iran-backed terrorist groups, including, al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, and Hamas, have proliferated in number and strengthened their presence in the West Bank in recent years,” FDD’s Long War Journal reported. “The groups have established battalions (Katibat) in Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm and beyond. Iranian arms and funding have primarily fueled this violent escalation. FDD’s Long War Journal has identified 26 West Bank branches belonging to established terrorist organizations, and two independent armed groups.”

Terrorist groups affiliated with Hamas include Jund Allah – Tubas, which has published video of terrorists throwing explosives; Katibat Tulkarm, whose members claimed responsibility in May for carrying out a shooting attack on the Israeli community of Bat Hafer, and Katibat Aqabat Jabr, which claimed responsibility for a coordinated shooting attack with Islamic Jihad against the Israeli community of Yafit.

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Terrorist groups affiliated with Islamic Jihad include Katibat Beit Ummar a.k.a. Katibat Hebron, which claimed responsibility for attacking Israeli troops near the Israeli community of Karmei Tzur; Qabatiya Groups, which claimed it detonated an IED against an Israeli military vehicle; Burqin Groups, which published a video demonstrating fighters training and clashing against Israeli forces; Jabaa Groups, whose members shot at Israeli forces on July 20, 2023; Katibat Tulkarm, which claimed responsibility for detonating an IED against the IDF; Katibat Jenin, which claimed responsibility for wounding Israeli troops with an IED blast; Katibat Tubas; Katibat Ariha, which fired on Israeli forces operating in Jericho in September 2023; Kafr Dan; and Katibat Nablus.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades is affiliated with Cheetah Battalion – Jenin, which claimed responsibility for carrying out a shooting attack on the community of Mevo Dota; Tubas; Nour Shams Camp; Katibat Qaffin, which claimed it targeted an Israeli military vehicle with a “high explosive device,”: Lions of Glory Groups Qalqilya; Rapid Response Group Tulkarm; Jalazoun Battalion; Youth of Revenge and Liberation – Nablus; Youth of Revenge and Liberation – Tulkarm; Occupied Territory, and Youth of Revenge and Liberation – Balata Camp.

“The battalions or branches of established terrorist groups included in this visual have claimed responsibility for an attack, provided proof corroborating an assault, and/or created a logo that conveys an allegiance to an established armed organization operating in the West Bank,” Long War Journal noted.

For a comprehensive list of Israeli terror victims from the Palestinians over the last three decades, including those in Judea and Samaria, see here.

Israel has announced it is banning United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who has consistently vilified the Jewish state while refusing to denounce terrorism against it, from entering its country.

Only weeks after the Hamas massacre of more than 1200 people in Israel on October 7, 2023, Guterres suggested that Israel was ultimately to blame for the massacre perpetrated by Hamas, stating, “Nothing can justify the deliberate killing, injuring and kidnapping of civilians — or the launching of rockets against civilian targets. All hostages must be treated humanely and released immediately and without conditions. I respectfully note the presence among us of members of their families. Excellencies, it is important to also recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation.”

Guterres referred to the “relentless bombardment of Gaza by Israeli forces,” claiming there were “clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing in Gaza.”

On Wednesday, Israel Katz, the Foreign Minister of the Jewish state, wrote on X, “Today, I have declared UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres persona non grata in Israel and banned him from entering the country. Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on Israel, as almost every country in the world has done, does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil.”

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“This is a Secretary-General who has yet to denounce the massacre and sexual atrocities committed by Hamas murderers on October 7, nor has he led any efforts to declare them a terrorist organization,” Katz continued. “A Secretary-General who gives backing to terrorists, rapists, and murderers from Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and now Iran—the mothership of global terror—will be remembered as a stain on the history of the UN. Israel will continue to defend its citizens and uphold its national dignity, with or without António Guterres.”

Today, I have declared UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres persona non grata in Israel and banned him from entering the country.

Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran's heinous attack on Israel, as almost every country in the world has done, does not deserve to step…

— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) October 2, 2024

One month after the Hamas massacre, Guterres falsely claimed, “We are witnessing a killing of civilians that is unparalleled and unprecedented in any conflict since I have been secretary general.”

Guterres’ false claim — which also ignored the fact that Hamas had blocked Palestinians from escaping Gaza and had used them as human shields — was quickly refuted online, with others pointing out that he was conveniently ignoring facts that might impede the anti-Israel narrative.

“Secretary Guterres took office in 2017, considered to be deadliest year for civilians in Syria, with over 10,000 killed. Although the Yemen War began before Guterres took office, its death toll reached 377,000 in both direct and indirect deaths during his tenure,” community notes on X, formerly known as Twitter, pointed out.

“Syria: 500,000 killed (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 2021) Yemen: 377,000 killed Afghanistan: 176,000 killed Darfur: 300,000 killed Iraq: 400,000 killed Ukraine: 500,000 killed Congo: 860,000+ killed, these are UN figures, just FYI,” writer Hen Mazzig responded.

Oof this community note. https://t.co/C9nTPYTLLV

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) November 21, 2023

Syria: 500,000 killed (Syrian Observatory for Human Right, 2021)
Yemen: 377,000 killed
Afganistan: 176,000 killed
Darfur: 300,000 killed
Iraq: 400,000 killed
Ukraine: 500,000 killed
Congo: 860,000+ killed

These are UN figures, just FYI…

— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) November 20, 2023

Others weighed in on the secretary’s false claim:

You are a shameless liar!

These are the figures of the casualties in the Syrian war only since 2017 when you became Secretary-General of the @UN.#GuterresStepDown pic.twitter.com/av1mwHQCJt

— Emrah Erken 🔥🎺 (@AtticusJazz) November 20, 2023

You have been in office since 2017.

Let me remind you of one of many tragic conflicts: the Tigray war in East Africa (2020-2022): 600,000 people died.

— Michal Maayan 🎗🇮🇱 (@MichalMaayan) November 20, 2023

As part of a comprehensive report dealing with the United Nations’ long-term hostility toward the Jewish state — given by Hillel C. Neuer, Executive Director of United Nations Watch, to the U.S. House of Representatives — he noted, “From its creation in June 2006 to June 2023, the Council has adopted zero resolutions on serial human rights abusers such China, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Zimbabwe and Cuba. It adopted 2 condemnatory resolutions on Sudan, 3 on Venezuela, 12 on Eritrea, 14 on Iran, 16 on North Korea, 42 on Syria — and 103 on Israel.”