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Shin Bet foils West Bank terror network operated by entities in Lebanon

Shin Bet uncovered and thwarted a Lebanon-linked terror cell in the West Bank, arresting five operatives. The cell was planning an attack, with ties to Hamas and Hezbollah.

Shin Bet, IDF, publish infographic identifying a Lebanon-linked terror cell operating in the West Bank, published on February 10, 2026.
Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

'A clear violation of int’l law': Hamas decries Israeli bill proposing West Bank annexation

A drone view of Al-Arroub refugee camp alongside a new road, part of the expansion of Israeli bypass roads connecting Israeli settlers in the West Bank with Jerusalem, in the West Bank, September 29, 2025.

Suspected terrorist infiltration in West Bank settlement Kohav HaShahar

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich interacts with a man, on the day of a press conference regarding settlements expansion for the long-frozen E1 settlement, that would split east Jerusalem from the West Bank, near the Israeli settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim, August 14, 2025.

EU foreign ministers condemn Israel's new West Bank E1 settlement plan


West Bank settlement construction drops 32% in 2019

The low numbers continue a trend, in which cumulative settler starts down by over 20% during the three years since US President Donald Trump took office.

A view of the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim February 25, 2020.

Does Netanyahu's failure to hit 61-seats place annexation on the rocks?

There has rarely been a time in Israeli history with such political unity of thought on annexation of West Bank settlements.

A view shows the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank February 25, 2020.

Bennett advances 1,800 new settler homes, says won’t give land to Arabs

The list of projects that were advanced include the approval of a master plan for 620 homes in the Eli settlement and a 2 million sq.m. industrial park off of Rt. 5 in the West Bank's Samaria Region.

Then Minister of Defense Naftali Bennett visits new housing projects in Judea and Samaria

EU warns Israel’s Har Homa, Givat Hamatos building harms 2-states

Building in these areas would undermine the viability of a future Palestinian state, the EU and Ireland, Germany, France and Italy say.

A laborer works on an apartment building under construction in the Har Homa neighborhood of Jerusalem

EU pulls statement referring to settlement activity on “disputed” land

The statement was re-issued with the land instead being referred to only as being "occupied".

A Jewish settler walks at the Jewish settlement outpost of Adei Ad B in the West Bank

Push for over 2,000 settler homes, after 617 Palestinian structures razed

Plans to retroactively legalize 180 homes in the MItpze Dani outpost as a neighborhood of the Ma'aleh Mikhmas settlement is expected to be advanced.

Demolition of al-Abed family home comes less than a month after deadly attack

Orthodox U.S. rabbis denounce Dem letter against U.S. settlement policy

The Coalition for Jewish Values strongly objected to the arguments put forward by the Democrats and rejected the assertions made in their letter to Pompeo.

Revava - An Orthodox Jewish Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Located between Barkan and Karnei Shomron. Revava, Oct 23, 2018

Immigrants come together to celebrate ‘Yom Aliyah’

This year, the festivities included a fascinating tour of the Herodium and the Gush Etzion Art Fair plus a live music performance.

Israelis in Gush Etzion celebrate ‘Yom Aliyah’

Right in uproar over Netanyahu’s Palestinian building plan

The prime minister “must stop the delusional demands of our great friend [US President Donald Trump]” who, if he is a friend, would understand.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Jared Kushner in Israel

Hate on the holiday of love

I stood outside the home of a family torn apart by hatred on the holiday of love.

Yotam Ovadia