Palestinian population in West Bank

UN says more than 36,000 Palestinians displaced by Israeli settlement drive

Israel's permanent mission in Geneva, where the UN office is based, said it was working on a response to the report.

An Israeli settler rides a donkey near an Israeli vehicle, during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, October 29, 2025.
People examine cars damaged and vandalized by attackers in the Arab village of Ein Rafa, near Jerusalem, January 8, 2026

West Bank settlers attack Palestinian cars with firebombs, detained by IDF

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not pictured) meet at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, November 7, 2025.

‘Time to end the Oslo illusion’: Minister Strock says Israel must scrap PA security apparatus

 Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beirut, Lebanon, May 22, 2025.

'Israel wants to destroy all of Palestine,' Mahmoud Abbas tells Arab media


Abbas mulls another UN Security Council bid for Palestinian state

Palestinian chief undaunted by failed bid to win a United Nations Security Council resolution mandating an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the UN Headquarters in New York [File]

UN blasts West Bank house demolitions

“Punitive demolitions are a form of collective penalty that punishes people for acts they did not commit,” says a UN representative.

A PALESTINIAN removes a wall to allow a bulldozer access to clear the rubble at the home of Amer Abu Aysha in Hebron in August. The IDF earlier destroyed the home of Abu Aysha, one of the two main suspects in the June kidnapping and murder of three teenagers.

Palestinian with improvised weapon reportedly killed by IDF at Al-Arroub riot

200 Palestinians riot in West Bank, southwest of Bethlehem.

The riots centered on Kalandiya, with smaller clashes in Isawiya.

Defense Minister: A bus with 20 Arabs and only a few Jews is a guaranteed terror attack

Currently, Palestinian workers are checked only when going into Israel, but not when coming back, which security sources said increases the chances for terrorist attacks.

Israeli soldiers check cars at a checkpoint near the West Bank City of Jericho

From Hillary to Shimon: Two states is no solution

Remarks made by Clinton, Peres, Netanyahu and others indicate that Israel’s need to retain control of Judea and Samaria has become, at last, a mainstream position.

Former president Shimon Peres.

Two Palestinians killed in separate West Bank clashes

One killed at violent 300-person protest; 50 Palestinians throw stones at the Psagot community.

Stone-throwing Palestinian protesters take cover behind a garbage bin amidst tear gas fired by Israeli troops during clashes at a checkpoint near Ramallah last month.

Former MI chief: Israel beat terror, can now afford unilateral withdrawal from West Bank

Amos Yadlin says Israeli 'Plan B' to failed peace talks should be "coordinated unilateral withdrawal" from West Bank from "a position of strength" on its own terms.

Amos Yadlin 370

As the search for missing youths continues, UN urges Israeli restraint

"Some nations behave as if Israel should roll out the welcome mat for Hamas," says Israel's UN ambassador.

 Ron Prosor

Five arrested for illegally repairing cars in West Bank without owners' knowledge

The suspects are also being charged with forging car parts and committing tax offenses.

Towing one of the illegal trucks.

Tel Aviv woman caught trying to smuggle Palestinians into Israel in trunk

Woman has three daughters in car, including 1-year-old baby; admits to trying to smuggle men into Israel for money.

Border crossing officers find 2 Palestinians in trunk of car