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The West Bank revolution: How Bezalel Smotrich changed Israel's map for the better - opinion

Since the current government took office at the end of 2022, it has approved the establishment or retroactive legalization of 104 Jewish communities there.

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich attends a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Karmei Yehuda community in the Hebron Hills, Sept. 27.
ISI AND TUVIA TENENBOM look out over the Judean Hills.

'Excuse Me, Is This Yours?': Before you boycott settlers, meet them - review

  David Milstein, former Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador of Israel, speaks during the general session at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 4, 2022.

US envoy Huckabee's senior advisor allegedly skewed West Bank reports to favor Israel- NYT

MOHAMMAD DAHLAN, leader of Fatah’s Democratic Reform faction, has called for Palestinians to put past divisions aside and build a political system in which elections transfer power, and institutions are ‘greater than individuals.’

Mohammed Dahlan: The man who could help reshape Gaza after Hamas – opinion


Jewish violence in the West Bank is terrorism - and Israel must admit it - opinion

But there is another simpler word for what is happening in parts of the West Bank, and we should not be afraid to use it. On the contrary, we have an obligation to use it. It is “terrorism.”

Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinians as they hold Friday prayers during a protest against Israeli settlement expansion and land confiscation near Bethlehem in the West Bank, July 3, 2026.

Can we all agree on zero tolerance for all political violence, even among our allies? - opinion

Israel outlaws all political violence – whether committed by Palestinians or Jews, right-wingers or left-wingers, in the territories or in major cities.

 Israeli president Isaac Herzog at a memorial ceremony for former prime minister Menahem Begin, in Jerusalem, March 7, 2022.

IDF, COGAT evacuate illegal outpost near Hebron three months after residents attack police - report

The outpost, known as Givat Or Yehuda, was reportedly the site of a violent incident three months earlier, which Army Radio cited as the reason for Monday's evacuation.

Israeli settlers are evacuated from illegal outpost Givat Or Yehuda, in the southern Hebron hills, on August 17, 2026.

Jewish educators should stop relying on archaeology to prove Israel’s history - opinion

For a student who has never held an ancient artifact, a relic proves our history beyond argument. It connects us to distant times with a tangible demonstration of the Jewish people’s bond to the land

Workers and volunteers on an archaeological dig sift through dirt at Alexandrion/Sartaba in the Jordan Valley.

Why is there no Palestinian state? The answer lies in decades of failed opportunities - opinion

Palestinians cannot repeatedly pass up opportunities, embrace or tolerate violence instead, and then insist that someone else is solely responsible for the consequences.

REAL PRIORITY: The PLO’s original charter demanded the whole of Israel.

Shepherd attacked by Palestinians in West Bank, as gunshots fired at Israeli settlement

The Binyamin Regional Council noted that both forms of attacks are becoming more common despite rarely receiving public attention.

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank; Illustrative.

Netanyahu barred the Palestinian Authority from Gaza - what about the West Bank? - analysis

The lessons of October 7 demand a new approach to the growing security threat posed by the Palestinian Authority

Israeli security operations in the West Bank have intensified amid continued concerns over terrorist activity and the stability of the Palestinian Authority.
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Settler extremists clash with IDF after outpost evacuation, lay siege to West Bank village

Extremists appear to be dismantling fences, blocking roads, and besieging the area near Kusra, in footage seen by The Jerusalem Post.

Settlers near Kusra blocking a road with rocks.

‘We are not going anywhere’: Danon defends West Bank settlements at UN meeting

Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon rejected claims that West Bank settlements are obstacles to peace, telling the Security Council that they would remain and continue to grow.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a meeting at the United Nations headquartes in New York City, March 20, 2025.

Israelis routinely enter West Bank without military approval, senior IDF officer says

The officer gave an example of a hike that continued for nearly two hours without the IDF soldiers operating in the area being aware of it.

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank; Illustrative.