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IDF troops catch of West Bank car ramming attack suspect

No injuries were reported in the reported car ramming, the IDF said in a statement. 

|ByCORINNE BAUM
Israeli soldiers inspect the Shavei Shomron checkpoint after a Palestinian was killed near Deir Sharaf, west of the West Bank city of Nablus, November 12, 2024 (Illustrative).
Protest against the rise in West Bank settler violence at Habima square in Tel Aviv, April 16, 2026.

Yitzhar resident indicted after armed sheep search erupts into violence in Huwara, West Bank

Cohen is not charged with carrying out the beating. The indictment says he pulled the helmeted passenger away while he was punching one of the victims.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
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.

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.

|ByKESHET NEEV
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

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu on archaeology, sovereignty, and the battle over history in Judea and Samaria

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH

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.

FEBRUARY 2, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
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

JANUARY 31, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
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.

What has been happening in Jenin? And what is Israel's nightmare? - analysis

The general IDF view is its two main moves: completing portions of the West Bank barrier wall and regular preemptive raids.

JANUARY 30, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IDF troops operate in the West Bank as part of Operation Break the Wave, September 25, 2022

The limits of Israel's control are being tested - analysis

If Israel chooses only military force, it will, at best, solve the issue for a few years, until a new group of adolescents grows up, with no memory of the earlier conflicts.

JANUARY 28, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Palestinians burn tires and hurl stones at Israeli forces during a protest on the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, January 26, 2022.

Jenin clashes bring spotlight back on illegal weapons in West Bank

Illegal weapons trading is fuelling crime and terrorism in the West Bank.

JANUARY 26, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Palestinians burn tires and blocking the streets leading to Joseph's Tomb, in the West Bank city of Nablus, January 17, 2023.

14-year-old Palestinian killed in West Bank clashes

A 14-year-old Palestinian boy has been killed after clashes where Palestinians attacked Israeli soldiers with rocks, petrol bombs, and improvised explosive devices

JANUARY 16, 2023ByREUTERS
An Israel soldier keeps guard at the scene of a security incident near Ramallah in the West Bank, January 15, 2023.

EU Delegation to the PA propose joint development of Area C - opinion

According to a Channel 13 correspondent, the plan is intended to help "expand Palestinian control of Area C."

JANUARY 16, 2023ByMAYA SION-TZIDKIYAHU, OMER ZANANY
BEZALEL SMOTRICH and Orit Struck visit Gush Etzion in October, days before the election

Housing Minister promises to help Israelis settle in West Bank

Yitzhak Goldknopf said that based on visits he had made there, "part of the solution to the housing crisis lies in these areas!"

JANUARY 1, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
View of the Jewish settlement of Eli, in the West Bank on January 17, 2021.

Israeli-Palestinian West Bank clashes could spill over - map, research

The FDD and their research analyst have spotlighted the rise in violence in the West Bank via a new mapping project.

DECEMBER 15, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Palestinian gunmen attend the funeral of their Lions’ Den comrade Tamer Kilani, who was killed in an explosion, in Nablus on October 23, 2022.

US pushes UN not to update 'threatening" Israeli settlement blacklist

The Biden administration opposes Israeli settlement activity but has argued against the UN's anti-Israel bias at the same time.

DECEMBER 10, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Overview of the session of the Human Rights Council during the speech of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2020.