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Security forces block left-wing activists' entry into West Bank for Palestinian olive harvest

In a brief but disruptive demonstration, the protesters exited the buses and blocked the main road through the Shomron Junction, creating a safety hazard by impeding traffic.

The damage caused from an attack by Jewish settlers on olive groves in Burin, near the West Bank city of Nablus, June 18, 2024.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson visits the West Bank, August 4, 2025.

Wider Israeli society should visit Israel's heartland to build support for annexation - opinion

US House Speaker Mike Johnson visits the West Bank, August 4, 2025.

Republican recognition grants Israel historic chance to cement West Bank sovereignty - editorial

US House Speaker Mike Johnson visits the West Bank, August 4, 2025.

US speaker Mike Johnson in Ariel visit: West Bank must remain 'integral part of Israel'


Security forces catch Palestinian terrorists who killed guard outside Ariel

23-year-old shielded fiancée with his body, saving her life.

IDF soldiers prepare for action after a man was killed in a drive by shooting at the entrance to Ariel on April 29, 2022.

IDF lone soldier from UK thwarts stabbing, Palestinian attacker killed

Cpl. Lian Harush said that after she pushed the attacker with her gun, "he went back and forth between me and my commander, trying to stab us.”

Corporal "L." from the Home Front Command's Search and Rescue Unit following the stabbing attack on Tuesday, January 26, 2021.

Ariel University to send research nanosatellite SATLLA-1 into orbit

SATLLA-1's mission, which starts on Thursday, is to test out its star-tracking program, which helps the satellite position itself by using imaging from the surrounding stars.

The SATLLA-1 nanosatellite

Molecules: Retraction of Israeli article was 'misunderstanding'

The publication originally asked the author of the special issue, who works out of Ariel University, to remove her Israeli address from the report.

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Ariel U. study rejected because author refused to remove 'written in Israel'

An activist group asked the journal to change the address to say "Ariel University, illegal Israeli settlement of Ariel, Occupied Palestinian Territory."

Ariel University

Stabbing attack reported near Ariel

The suspect was reportedly neutralized and captured by security forces.

PALESTINIANS WAIT at an IDF checkpoint in the West Bank late last year.

Ariel mayor breaks with settler leaders, throws support behind Trump plan

Ariel is home to 20,000 residents, boasts the only Jewish university and medical school in the West Bank and aspires to one day open a hospital.

General view of Ariel

Bennett looks to demolish illegal Palestinian businesses at Ariel Junction

The defense minister reportedly gave the order after meeting with Tamar Ettinger, widow of Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger, who was killed at Ariel Junction last year along with 19-year-old St.-Sgt. Gal Keidan.

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Did Bennett teach Netanyahu a lesson this week?

Amnesty: TripAdvisor profiting from war crimes with settlement listings

Listing giant places Efrat, Ariel in Palestinian Territories

HOUSES IN the Jewish community of Efrat

Battalion commander reprimanded over Ariel attack failures

The investigation of the incident, overseen by Brigadier General Avi Gil, found that the soldiers at the Ariel junction that day were not mentally or operationally prepared to carry out their duties.

Ariel Junction after a reported terror attack, March 17th, 2019