West Bank Population

Palestinian family says settlers annexed unfinished West Bank home

A UN inquiry reported last month that settler attacks on Palestinian villages and agricultural land had surged since 2023, rising by 130%.

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank.
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen walking past haredi lawmaker Yitzhak Goldknopf, at the Prime Minister’s Office in 2023.

Goldknopf protests 'exclusion' of haredi West Bank communities from budget in letter to Netanyahu

 Fire at illegal trash dumping ground caused dangerous air pollution level in Binyamin region of the West Bank, on August 7, 2023.

Katz says Palestinian trash burning nat'l security threat, okays rules for confiscating vehicles

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrives to a conference of the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon in Jerusalem, December 25, 2025

West Bank group lashes out at Smotrich over banks’ handling of foreign sanctions


Knowing your ABC: A primer to understand the different areas of Judea and Samaria

Even avid followers of Israel’s political scene might be confused over what areas A, B and C mean more than 20 years after they came into existence.

Jewish settler Refael Morris stands at an observation point overlooking the West Bank village of Duma, near Yishuv Hadaat, an unauthorized Jewish settler outpost

Next Libel in War of Words Against Israel: Genocide

The Jerusalem Post

'Still not one arrest or even a lead’ in hunt for Duma killers

A number of alleged Jewish extremists have been arrested since the attack, including three placed under administrative detention, but neither the Shin Bet nor the Israel Police have said if any are suspected of being involved in the attack.

A burnt baby bottle found in the bedroom where the Dawabsha family slept when Israeli terrorists threw a molotov cocktail through the window

7 Palestinians indicted for terrorist attacks

The main defendant in one attack is Ahmed Najar, a Hamas operative who was serving six life sentences when he was released as part of the Schalit deal.

Two of the three terrorists indicted at Ofer military court yesterday for their alleged  involvement in the murder of Danny Gonen this June.

Inside the Palestinian 'watchmen' patrolling West Bank villages

Carrying clubs and tools, some patrolmen have set up their own checkpoints where they question passersby and motorists.

Palestinians walk on a dirt road near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maon, south of Hebron May 19, 2014

The revolt of the nation

Israel must undergo some serious change if we do not want to watch society decay. It must start with education.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks in front of a poster of the late Prime Minister Menachem Begin upon his arrival at the Likud party meeting at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem

Livni: Justice Minister Shaked playing into BDS hands, will bring Israel to ICC

"If you want Judea and Samaria to be like Ra'anana, you must annex it," Livni said.

Tzipi Livni and Ayelet Shaked

‘Don’t open up an international front over Sussiya demolitions’

Residents of West Bank village to EU: Stop trade with Israel

A Palestinian boy places a Palestinian flag on a tent in the West Bank village of Sussiya

Palestinians to EU: Suspend trade agreements with Israel to protest demolition of homes

European support for village of Sussiya must be backed with action, community spokesman writes in a letter to EU's Mogherini.

Participants run in Israeli Bible Marathon in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.

Soldier injured, Palestinian killed in overnight clash north of Bethlehem

A mob of 70 to 100 Palestinians hurled rocks and firebombs at IDF soldiers who fired back "toward an instigator," source says.

A Palestinian protester wearing a mask featuring the Palestinian flag, uses a slingshot to hurl stones towards Israeli troops in Bil'in