Judea and samaria

May 1964: The day the myth of the ‘occupation’ was born - opinion

The PLO was established three years before the Six Day War, before Israel controlled Judea and Samaria and Gaza. The "occupation" didn't exist yet. So what was the PLO seeking to liberate?

IDF Soldiers arrive at the Temple Mount during the Six Day War in June of 1967. A few months later, the Arab League met, declaring, ‘No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with it.’
A Palestinian family leaves their farmin the Tana area near Beit Furik, east of Nablus in Judea and Samaria, May 15, 2026.

State says Bedouin Palestinians may return to Jordan Valley but rejects extra security

Gregoire and Abou Hassira.

Paris mayor to propose granting honorary citizenship to Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich gives a Jerusalem Day address, May 14, 2026.

WATCH: 'All of Israel is ours': Smotrich calls to annex West Bank in Jerusalem Day speech


Florida House adopts bill to ban use of West Bank term in official documents

At the House Government Operations Subcommittee on Tuesday, the bill received 16 yes votes and 1 no, making it adopted.

An Israeli border policeman runs as a pro-Palestinian Jewish activist holds a sign during a protest against Jewish settlements in Salfit in the West Bank, December 3, 2020

IDF draft equality is minimum condition to restore Israeli solidarity - editorial

The Israel-Hamas War did not only take bodies; it took spirit. It took marriages, jobs, sleep, and the sense that someone competent is steering.

MK Boaz Bismuth seen with haredi MKs and Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer in the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 14, 2026.

Is the death penalty for terrorists proposed by Ben-Gvir 'Jewish'? - opinion

As terror rises, Israel faces a fierce debate: Does justice require executing convicted terrorists, or does it betray Jewish values?

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir wore a gold pin of a noose, December 8, 2025.

West Bank's mountains and molehills: Is Israel's settler violence real? - opinion

The overwhelming majority of incident reports were supplied by only one source: the Palestinian Ministry for Resistance to the Settlements, or extreme anti-Israel organizations. 

The IDF closes main roads as Israeli settlers try to enter the Qizoun area east of Hebron, December 10, 2025

West Bank group lashes out at Smotrich over banks’ handling of foreign sanctions

HaShomer Yosh says a Bank of Israel directive provides lenders with legal cover to restrict services for Israelis targeted by overseas measures, and calls for government action.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrives to a conference of the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon in Jerusalem, December 25, 2025

Yisrael Ganz: “Judea and Samaria face a clear choice – Iranian chaos or a new horizon.”

The governor of the Binyamin Regional Council to speak at the upcoming Miami Conference on the challenges and opportunities his region will face in the near future.

Yisrael Ganz, governor of the Binyamin Regional Council and chairman of the Yesha Council

Modern blood libel: When Jewish self-defense gets labeled 'settler violence' - opinion

West Bank Jews do not wake up in the morning seeking to attack their Arab neighbors. When friction occurs, it is almost always in the context of self-defense.

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 is not a fringe phenomenon – it is Israeli government policy - opinion

According to Yesh Din data, law enforcement against settlers who harm Palestinians is virtually nonexistent: 94% of police investigations are closed without indictment.

IDF soldiers stand behind a masked man swinging a slingshot while hurling stones at Palestinians who had gathered for the annual olive harvest season, during an attack by Israeli settlers on the Palestinian village of Beita, south of Nablus in the West Bank, on October 10, 2025.

Israel strips planning powers for Tomb of Patriarchs from Hebron

The powers were withdrawn and transferred to the Administration following the rejection of a planned roofing project by the municipality and the Muslim Waqf.

JEWS STAND at the Abraham’s tomb monument in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.

A quiet, historic revolution - opinion

For too long, Israel allowed international pressure to dictate Jewish life in Judea and Samaria. Terror flourished, deterrence eroded, and our enemies inevitably interpreted restraint as weakness.

A general view shows new buildings in the Jewish settlement of Kadim in the West Bank, earlier this year.