Palestinian population in West Bank
Court orders return for Jalud Palestinian families home after extremist settlers drove them out
Justices give authorities 14 days to secure families’ return and demand answers on why identified suspects, vehicles, and repeated attacks produced so little criminal enforcement.
Palestinians say settlers want to ‘expel us, kill us’ as Jewish extremists return to Kusra
Deadly Tell clash between settlers, Palestinians may mark West Bank turning point - analysis
PA's Abbas calls for end to 'systemic' settler violence, requests support from UN, Arab leaders
‘Area A’ prohibition is for Jews not just Israelis - comment
Mayor Kuznitz warns that traffic near Kalkilya puts Israelis at risk and urges enforcement of the entry ban.
Katz’s populist move threatens Israel’s stability in the West Bank - editorial
Katz halts settler detention orders, sparking backlash amid rising West Bank tensions.
Israeli settlers kill one Palestinian, wound three in West Bank, Palestinian health ministry says
The reported attack was said to have been carried out on Palestinian civilians in Bethlehem.
'No Palestinian state west of the Jordan River,' 63 Knesset members say
The 63 signatories are a majority of the 120-member Knesset and include prominent opposition members. Plans advanced for 5,300 new West Bank settler homes.
Palestinian poll shows Hamas widely supported in Gaza, West Bank - analysis
A recent poll shows that 61% of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza prefer Hamas to be in control of the Gaza Strip
Israeli settlements expand by record amount, UN rights chief says
The five-month-old Gaza war has put a renewed focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as foreseen by the Oslo accords from the early 1990s.
Israel's cabinet agrees to continue ban on Palestinian workers
The decision to stall the entry of Palestinian workers was made for security reasons, especially following reports that Gazan workers supplied Hamas with key information for its attack.
The myth of escalating settler violence - opinion
An ugly, fringe phenomenon falsely puffed up to ‘balance’ the crimes of Hamas
In the West Bank, spiking violence and an idle economy spur fears of a broadening conflict
This year is already the bloodiest in the West Bank in nearly two decades, and fears are compounding of the situation escalating further.
Palestinian unemployment in West Bank, Gaza Strip on decline - report
The report also indicated that 22% of Palestinian wage employees work in Israel and in settlements in the West Bank
