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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


Jordanian lawmaker must face trial for weapon smuggling - Israel's Cohen

"The basic demand is for him to be put on trial and pay the price," Eli Cohen said. "Such an incident cannot be allowed to pass."

 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is seen at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023.

Winds of change in the Middle East: Will the focus shift to West Bank, Gaza? - analysis

If peace breaks out in the Middle East, is it plausible that the focus may shift towards the Israel-Palestinian conflict?

Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall

Israel is not, cannot be democratic based on Jewish superiority - opinion

No honest Israeli citizen can claim that the Palestinian citizens of Israel live as equal citizens in the State of Israel.

 ISRAELI ARAB students and other activists protest against an IDF operation in Jenin, at Tel Aviv University, in January. Arab citizens of Israel are 100% Palestinian, the writer argues.

Palestinians pave new road over archaeological site in northern West Bank

A video was posted saying that a road leads from the northern area of Sebastia to the entrance of an ancient Roman horse racing stadium.

 Israelis visit the site of the ancient village of Sebastia near the West Bank city of Nablus, on April 22, 2019

Israel: EU is wrong to equate Palestinian terror with IDF actions

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell cannot compare or create equity between victims of terrorism, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said.

European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021

Netzah Yehuda soldier arrested for attempting to smuggle 2 Palestinians into Israel

The soldier had two Palestinian passengers in his car as he attempted to cross the Rantis crossing into Israeli territory.

 Netzah Yehuda Battalion

American rabbinic orgs condemn Israeli settler violence in Huwara

OU executive VP Rabbi Moshe Hauer: "How could it come to this? Must never happen again"

 Palestinians walk near cars burned in an attack by Israeli settlers following an incident where a Palestinian gunman killed two Israeli settlers near Huwara in the West Bank, February 27, 2023.

Defense Minister Gallant vows to ‘exterminate’ terrorism in West Bank

“We will be crippled by terrorism everywhere until we exterminate it,” declared Israel's newest Defense Minister.

Yoav Galant

Iran likely to do small nuke enrichment to 90% to test West - Lapid

Lapid said that at this point the Islamic Republic's strategy is to continue to escalate the threat it poses but in a very incremental way.

Foreign Minister and Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid

In meeting with Blinken, Abbas again says Israel responsible for violence

PA official: We didn’t hear anything new

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with PA leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, in March. The Biden administration treats leaders of the PA as children or worse, says the writer.