Palestinian population in West Bank

Palestinian elections: Why canceling the vote in November would be a mistake - opinion

None of these concerns should become an excuse to deny Palestinians the right to choose their leadership. Palestinian politics has suffered for years from a deep crisis of legitimacy.

A Palestinian woman is seen voting in local elections, in Gaza.
US Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) questions US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 02, 2026 in Washington, DC.

US Senators introduce resolution seeking answers on West Bank violence, human rights abuses

Chief Justice Esther Hayut and fellow Israeli Supreme Court judges at the High Court in Jerusalem

Court orders return for Jalud Palestinian families home after extremist settlers drove them out

Israeli settlers gather outside a Palestinian home in Qusra, in the West Bank, August 15, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a video.

Palestinians say settlers want to ‘expel us, kill us’ as Jewish extremists return to Kusra


Palestinians to ban sale of products from 6 major Israeli companies

The sellers are to be given a two week window in order to get rid of existing products from the banned Israeli companies.

Abbas in Ramallah supermarket

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.