Judea and samaria

IDF Chief Zamir doubles West Bank forces for holidays, warns of Jewish extremist violence

All of this takes place as IDF officials have said Jewish extremist violence has reached new levels, with hundreds of extremists recently drawing out a conflict with the IDF.

Israeli security forces guard as Jews tour the West Bank city of Hebron, August 22, 2026
Israeli minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference announcing his plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 settlement project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, August 14, 2025.

The E1 area: The strategic link between Jerusalem and Israel’s eastern border - opinion

AN ISRAELI settler (R) and a Palestinian farmer are seen arguing during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, on October 29, 2025.

West Bank settler violence and illegal farms are no surprise, veteran journalist warns - opinion

MK Zvi Sukkot and several others seen smashing a monument in in Kafr Madama near Nablus, August 25, 2026.

Sledgehammer sovereignty: Zvi Sukkot’s vigilante stunt hurts Israeli security, law - editorial


Israelis routinely enter West Bank without military approval, senior IDF officer says

The officer gave an example of a hike that continued for nearly two hours without the IDF soldiers operating in the area being aware of it.

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank; Illustrative.

UNESCO joins Palestinians in rewriting Jewish history in Judea and Samaria - opinion

This year, the PA submitted a long list of obviously and undeniably Jewish historical sites to the World Heritage List at UNESCO, rebranding the sites as “Palestinian” or “Islamic” heritage locations

The dramatic mountaintop site rising 650 meters above the Jordan Valley

IDF soldier injured by stray bullet in basic training, taken to hospital in serious condition

Military Police Criminal Investigation Division investigators were dispatched to the base following the unusual incident and opened an investigation into the circumstances.

Magen David Adom vehicles.

Christian Zionists believe the West Bank is Bible land - opinion

Many Christians reject the term “West Bank.” The Bible never calls the region that. Scripture calls it Judea and Samaria, the biblical names of the land where the story of redemption unfolded.

People attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the New Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, on December 14, 2025.

Katz assures West Bank leaders IDF Central Command head Bluth has not been dismissed

Katz's clarification followed a statement he made during a live Channel 14 interview on Sunday, in which he called for Bluth to be removed before walking back his claims.

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the new settlement of Doran in the Mount Hebron region of the West Bank, June 16, 2026.

Deadly Tell clash between settlers, Palestinians may mark West Bank turning point - analysis

Competing accounts of the deadly Tell confrontation highlight growing tensions over settler violence, Palestinian attacks, and the risk of a wider uprising.

Israeli soldiers operate in the village of Tell, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2026.

Could the Palestinian Authority be planning a Jewish genocide in the West Bank? - opinion

The government might be making the same mistake with the PA as it did with Hamas by believing it is a peace partner rather than an enemy

Palestinian Security Forces, who have been trained under US General Keith Dayton in Jordan, train in the West Bank city of Nablus on August 13, 2009.

Israel's real West Bank problem is not settler violence - it is the settlement enterprise - opinion

The very existence of Israeli settlements in the West Bank constitutes a form of structural violence against Palestinians, and that reality faces virtually no opposition within Israel’s Jewish public

AN ISRAELI settler (R) and a Palestinian farmer are seen arguing during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, on October 29, 2025.

American politicians, please stop using my backyard as your political stage - opinion

Recent visits and speeches by American politicians such as Congressman Ro Khanna and former mayor Rahm Emanuel have left me frustrated and concerned.

US Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) is interviewed by Reuters during a visit to Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, July 9, 2026.

Israel Katz boasts of halting detention orders for settlers while permitting detention of Arabs

"Why didn't I sign for the settlers? Because that is not terrorism. Only someone who acts against the security of the state, someone who acts to harm [the state]," the defense minister said.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir attend the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course in southern Israel, June 25, 2026.