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Smotrich: US supports Israeli West Bank settlement expansion - interview

In past efforts by Israel to expand control in the West Bank, the US has called for maintaining stability in the area, adding that US President Donald Trump has not backed total annexation.

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference ahead of the vote on the state budget at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 29, 2026.
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu plants a flag at the archaeological site Sartaba in Judea and Samaria.

Israel's Heritage Minister: Palestinians destroying archaeological sites like ISIS did in Syria

ISRAELI SOLDIERS stand near a vehicle, which Palestinians say was burned by Israeli settlers, in Hebron in the West Bank, March 19, 2026.

Israelis commit dozens of attacks against West Bank villages, burn buildings, vehicles

Arizona State Highway welcome sign

Arizona House affirms Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, to use terms in all state comms


US 'devastated' by death of citizen in West Bank, seeks probe

Tawfic Abdel Jabbar's uncle told Reuters he died during clashes with the Israeli military that included stone-throwing by Palestinians.

 Mourners react during the funeral of American-Palestinian Tawfiq Ajjaq, 17, who according to Palestinian officials was killed by the Israeli security forces, near Ramallah in the West Bank, January 20, 2024.

WATCH: IDF demolishes homes of Hamas terrorists in Hebron, arrests seven in West Bank

IDF, Shin Bet, and Border Police officers arrested seven wanted individuals in the West Bank overnight.

 IDF troops demolish the Hebron homes of two terrorists who carried out a terror attack in November. January 21, 2024.

Do not allow Palestinian workers into Israel, Likud MKs and ministers demand

Some 90,000 Palestinian workers from the West Bank are employed in Israel.

 Palestinian laborers, who were in Israel during the Hamas October 7 attack, arrive at the Rafah border after being sent back by Israel to the strip, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 3, 2023.

IDF, Shin Bet kill head of terror cell in Nablus during overnight operation

The IDF and the Shin Bet eliminated the head of a terror cell who was planning to carry out a large-scale terror attack, by using an IAF aircraft.

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a car in Nablus, in the West Bank January 17, 2024

Jordan's PM says peace with Israel remains strategic choice despite Gaza war

The only solution to avoid deeper conflict and regional instability was to put in place a process with a time frame that leads to a two-state solution, the PM said.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG shakes hands with Jordan’s King Abdullah II during his visit to Amman on Wednesday.

Crowds protest in Ramallah as Secretary of State Blinken meets with PA President Abbas

Demonstrators called on the Palestinian Authority to cut off contact with the US, saying that rather than demanding a ceasefire, the US has been enabling Israel to continue its offensive in Gaza.

  Palestinians protest against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit and his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Ramallah in the West Bank, January 10, 2024.

‘A fence is not enough’: West Bank border residents fear October 7 repeat

Residents of the Hasharon region on the border with the West Bank convened a forum to communicate their security concerns to the Israeli government.

 Kochav Yair, as seen from southeast

Israel approves NIS 75 million for West Bank settlement security

The money is intended to supply security equipment like security cameras, patrol vehicles, and sirens to settlements in the West Bank.

Israeli soldiers guard in a bus station at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Ofra, where a Palestinian man tried to ram Israeli security forces who stopped him for inspection, October 4, 2022.

IDF disarms explosives used for terror in West Bank raid

Four Palestinians were killed in a drone strike by the IDF amid clashes in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm.

 IDF soldiers find explosive devices during operation in in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm in the northern West Bank early Sunday morning

Bill Maher says Palestinians should 'move on' in pro-Israel monologue

Maher argued that "east Jerusalem could have been the capital of a Palestinian state that today might look more like Dubai than Gaza."

Comedian Bill Maher speaks during ceremonies unveiling his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood