Palestinian population in West Bank

Palestinian family says settlers annexed unfinished West Bank home

A UN inquiry reported last month that settler attacks on Palestinian villages and agricultural land had surged since 2023, rising by 130%.

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank.
IDF soldiers participate in an operation to locate missing Israelis in the West Bank, July 2, 2026.

IDF rescues Israeli Breslov hassidim after they flee police into West Bank village

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the 8th General Conference of Fatah in Ramallah in the West Bank, May 14, 2026.

Palestinian Authority to hold presidential elections in 2027, Mahmoud Abbas says

Armed Israeli soldiers, settlers, Palestinians, and reporters watch smoke rise during West Bank clashes in November 2025.

Jewish settlers burn farms, buildings in West Bank as retaliation for Palestinian stone attack


US concerned by Israel's new West Bank restrictions for foreigners

Critics have warned that the new Israeli rules regarding West Bank visitors limit foreign engagement with Palestinian society.

 Israeli security forces guard as Palestinians make their way through an Israeli checkpoint to attend Friday prayer of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, April 22, 2022.

US monitoring 'onerous' IDF limits on foreign visits to West Bank Palestinians

The regulations streamline West Bank exit and entry for some, but more often it limits the timeframe most foreigners can stay in the West Bank.

 Palestinian workers in Israel strike against Israel and Palestinian Authority's recent agreement to have their wages transferred to bank accounts, at an Israeli checkpoint in Tulkarm in the West Bank, August 21, 2022.

Hamas, PIJ ‘attracting’ many Palestinians, top Fatah official tells Post

Many Fatah activists are turning to Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad because they have lost confidence in their leaders, senior Fatah official Jamal Tirawi says.

 A picture taken with a drone shows Hamas supporters taking part in a protest against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' decision to postpone planned parliamentary elections, in the northern Gaza Strip April 30, 2021.

Israel advances Palestinian development in Area C on eve of Biden visit

"Approval of six zoning plans for Palestinians in the Judea and Samaria area," stated the Office of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories.

 A Palestinian man looks on as Israeli machineries guarded by Israeli forces demolishe a Palestinian house in Masafer Yatta, in the West Bank July 4, 2022

Settlers fear Biden visit may strengthen Palestinian hold on Area C

The Palestinians believe that all of Area C, where the Israeli settlements are located, must be part of the final borders of their state.

 People gather as Israeli machineries demolish a Palestinian house in Masafer Yatta, in the West Bank July 4, 2022.

Attacks up, fatalities down in the West Bank

Violent attacks in the West Bank have jumped significantly over the past year but the number of deaths from terror attacks is the lowest in a decade.

 Palestinian youth clash with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron, December 10, 2021

Palestinian claims rabbis teach kids to 'kill those who are not Jewish'

Palestinian Media Watch shows Palestinian girl reciting poem that calls for a   "war that will smash the oppressor and destroy the Zionist's soul,"

IDF targets illegal Palestinian building, UN warns of spike in such razing

From March to August 389 Palestinian-owned structures in the West Bank, on average 65 per month, were razed.

Civil Administration demolishes illegal Palestinian structures in the West Bank, September 23, 2020

IDF arrests 3 Palestinians in manhunt for bomb attack perpetrators

17 year-old Rina Shenrav was killed Friday near Ein Buvin spring in the West Bank

IDF soldiers searching in the West Bank for the terrorists who killed Rina Shnerb, August 2019

ECJ holds hearing on labelling products manufactured in West Bank

On June 14, the Advocate General will present his opinion. The Court will then take that opinion into account before giving its decision at a later date, according to a statement.

Palestinian worker carries a bag of salt at a factory near Jericho, West Bank, 2018.