West Bank checkpoint

'Unacceptable activity': IDF condemns Israelis taking over Palestinian homes, land in West Bank

The IDF specifically called an extremist settler takeover of Palestinian property near Kusra and Jalud “illegal, reprehensible, and unacceptable.”

Israeli soldiers inspect the damage following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 24, 2026.
Israeli soldiers inspect the Shavei Shomron checkpoint after a Palestinian was killed near Deir Sharaf, west of the West Bank city of Nablus, November 12, 2024 (Illustrative).

Suspected car ramming at checkpoint near Hebron, IDF searching for perpetrator

Israeli soldiers inspect the Shavei Shomron checkpoint after a Palestinian was killed near Deir Sharaf, west of the West Bank city of Nablus, November 12, 2024 (Illustrative).

Police commander charged with assaulting Palestinian at West Bank checkpoint

Father of Sam Abu Haykal, a 7-month-old Palestinian child who was killed by Israeli soldiers, reacts as he holds his body during his funeral in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 6, 2026.

WATCH: Footage shows IDF appearing to shoot seven-month-old Palestinian baby in Hebron


Rivlin and Kahlon inspect Kalandiya crossing

Rivlin and Kahlon gained a perspective of the upgrades made in recent months by the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Crossings.

PRESIDENT REUVEN Rivlin and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon are briefed at the Kalandiya Crossing

IDF imposes four-day closure on West Bank, Gaza Strip for Purim

Such closings are not uncommon during Jewish holidays.

Palestinians wait to cross through Kalandiya checkpoint into Israel, near Ramallah.

Israel planning to increase work permits for Palestinians

According to the World Bank, unemployment in the West Bank in 2016 stood at around 18%.

ALI JAFAR takes a break at the SodaStream factory in Rahat last year

Israel Border Police rescue Palestinian man near Cave of the Patriarchs

A Border Police spokesperson said, "Israel Police and Border Police officers operate without distinction of religion, race or gender."

Israeli Border Police treating a Palestinian man who fell unconscious in Hebron.

While we spoke of many things

The Friday night dinner table type discussions lasted three days.

Nowa Huta in Kraków, Poland (above) and New Harmony, Indiana (right) serve as unfinished/failed examples of utopian communities: ‘While New York and Berlin, London, Rawabi and Jerusalem are not yet perfect, some great minds have just been working hard on unpicking the problems.’ (

Planning for the morning after

Ultimately, Israeli sovereignty over Area C should be seen as the positive, ethical and logical step to be taken in the wake of yet another failure to craft a by-definition un-craftable deal.

TWO SETTLERS stand atop a ridge in the West Bank.