West Bank

IDF court sentences terrorist who killed Staff Sgt. Amit Ben Yigal in 2020 to life imprisonment

Ben Yigal was killed after a half-brick was thrown from a rooftop during a security operation in the West Bank Palestinian village of Ya'bad in May 2020.

Amit Ben Yigal.
Palestinians and Israeli activists take part in the olive harvest in the village of Beitillu, northwest of Ramallah in the West Bank, overlooking Wadi Zarqa and opposite the illegal Israeli outpost of Or Binyamin, October 2, 2026.

IDF completes preparations for West Bank olive harvest, as nationalist violence, clashes expected

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026.

Palestinians deserve accountable leadership, not further delays to democracy - editorial

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the foundation stone ceremony of the Innovation and Excellence Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 9, 2026; illustrative

Palestinian Authority President Abbas postpones November legislative elections until late 2027


The West Bank revolution: How Bezalel Smotrich changed Israel's map for the better - opinion

Since the current government took office at the end of 2022, it has approved the establishment or retroactive legalization of 104 Jewish communities there.

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich attends a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Karmei Yehuda community in the Hebron Hills, Sept. 27.

'Excuse Me, Is This Yours?': Before you boycott settlers, meet them - review

Twelve Western countries announced plans to boycott trade with Israeli settlements, once again turning “the settlers” into an international political category. Who, exactly, are these settlers?

ISI AND TUVIA TENENBOM look out over the Judean Hills.

Two Arab Israelis, one PA resident indicted for stealing IDF shoulder-fired MATADOR missile

Police and Border Police have confiscated over 700 deadly weapons in 2026; however, police noted that the MATADOR shoulder missile was a highly unusual case.

Stolen IDF MATADOR missile, seized on September 5, 2026 by Israeli security forces during a raid in the West Bank.

Israeli settlers flank Palestinian cafe with dozens of Israeli flags - report

The café in the West Bank village of Luban al-Sharqiya sits along a main West Bank road used by both Palestinians and Israelis.

Israeli flags erected by settlers stand near a coffee shop owned by Mueyyid Hussein, which he says have obstructed the shop’s entrance and visibility, in Al-Lubban al-Sharqiya near Nablus in the West Bank, October 9, 2026.

A casualty of war: Israel's breathtaking historical site remains out of reach after October 7

St. George’s Monastery is a microcosm of that overlapping alphabet soup reality where security, tourism, settlements, and land intersect. 

INTERIOR OF one of the rooms at St. George's Monastery.

Global Sumud Flotilla recruiting for West Bank activism, Diaspora Affairs Ministry reveals

The organization has called for volunteers to join a program providing accompaniment and maintaining a presence alongside Palestinian communities ahead of the upcoming olive harvest.

A Palestinian flag is seen as people gather at the port of Ermoupolis before the departure of two sailing boats, Electra and Oxygen, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, on Syros island, Greece, September 14, 2025.

Examining NYT report alleging top US Embassy aide in Jerusalem suppressed Israel cables - editorial

Such an allegation deserves scrutiny, as does the way a newspaper presents the evidence and the response of those it accuses.

David Milstein

Shin Bet uncovers Bedouin terror cell plotting attacks on police station, Beersheba bus station

The Shin Bet statement further detailed an attack that was planned on a Beersheba nightclub that was uncovered following the arrest and interrogation of Israeli citizen Abdullah Jarjawi.

 Members of Israel's Bedouin Arab community ride their camels as they take part in a camel race, near Ashalim, in southern Israel, November 1, 2024.

US envoy Huckabee's senior advisor allegedly skewed West Bank reports to favor Israel- NYT

The NYT report accuses Milstein of enabling an alleged annexation effort of the West Bank by assisting in the acceleration of Israeli settlements in the region by suppressing negative reports.

  David Milstein, former Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador of Israel, speaks during the general session at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 4, 2022.

US will recognize Palestinian state after Trump's term ends in two years, Liberman claims

He also warned that the Palestinians are preparing for an “all-out confrontation” against Israel, claiming that its first stage would take place at the upcoming Palestinian Authority elections.

Yisrael Beytenu leader and MK Avigdor Liberman holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2026