West Bank Israel

Israel's Heritage Minister: Palestinians destroying archaeological sites like ISIS did in Syria

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu on archaeology, sovereignty, and the battle over history in Judea and Samaria

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu plants a flag at the archaeological site Sartaba in Judea and Samaria.
ISRAELI SOLDIERS stand near a vehicle, which Palestinians say was burned by Israeli settlers, in Hebron in the West Bank, March 19, 2026.

Israelis commit dozens of attacks against West Bank villages, burn buildings, vehicles

Security incidents reported during the night included Israelis throwing rocks at Palestinians and their vehicles, direct violence against residents, road blockages, graffiti, and arson.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Arizona State Highway welcome sign

Arizona House affirms Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, to use terms in all state comms

The Arizona House approved resolutions rejecting the term "West Bank" in official state business, instead recognizing Israel's historical and legal sovereignty.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
View of graffiti sprayed by extremist settlers in the village of Jaba, West Bank, November 18, 2025.

Court indicts 18-year-old over alleged racist revenge attack in Palestinian West Bank village

The case refers to the violent November attack on the Palestinian village of Jaba that erupted hours after security forces evacuated the unauthorized outpost of Tzur Misgabi in the Gush Etzion.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

The limits of Israel's control are being tested - analysis

If Israel chooses only military force, it will, at best, solve the issue for a few years, until a new group of adolescents grows up, with no memory of the earlier conflicts.

JANUARY 28, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Palestinians burn tires and hurl stones at Israeli forces during a protest on the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, January 26, 2022.

Jenin clashes bring spotlight back on illegal weapons in West Bank

Illegal weapons trading is fuelling crime and terrorism in the West Bank.

JANUARY 26, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Palestinians burn tires and blocking the streets leading to Joseph's Tomb, in the West Bank city of Nablus, January 17, 2023.

14-year-old Palestinian killed in West Bank clashes

A 14-year-old Palestinian boy has been killed after clashes where Palestinians attacked Israeli soldiers with rocks, petrol bombs, and improvised explosive devices

JANUARY 16, 2023ByREUTERS
An Israel soldier keeps guard at the scene of a security incident near Ramallah in the West Bank, January 15, 2023.

EU Delegation to the PA propose joint development of Area C - opinion

According to a Channel 13 correspondent, the plan is intended to help "expand Palestinian control of Area C."

JANUARY 16, 2023ByMAYA SION-TZIDKIYAHU, OMER ZANANY
BEZALEL SMOTRICH and Orit Struck visit Gush Etzion in October, days before the election

Housing Minister promises to help Israelis settle in West Bank

Yitzhak Goldknopf said that based on visits he had made there, "part of the solution to the housing crisis lies in these areas!"

JANUARY 1, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
View of the Jewish settlement of Eli, in the West Bank on January 17, 2021.

Israeli-Palestinian West Bank clashes could spill over - map, research

The FDD and their research analyst have spotlighted the rise in violence in the West Bank via a new mapping project.

DECEMBER 15, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Palestinian gunmen attend the funeral of their Lions’ Den comrade Tamer Kilani, who was killed in an explosion, in Nablus on October 23, 2022.

US pushes UN not to update 'threatening" Israeli settlement blacklist

The Biden administration opposes Israeli settlement activity but has argued against the UN's anti-Israel bias at the same time.

DECEMBER 10, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Overview of the session of the Human Rights Council during the speech of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2020.

It is unacceptable for the ICJ to deliver opinion on Israel, West Bank - opinion

It is unacceptable for the ICJ to deliver an opinion on this seminal issue reached in private and without the benefit of representations.

NOVEMBER 23, 2022ByNEVILLE TELLER
Palestinian Authority and Israeli flags (illustrative)

Blinken reaffirms commitment to two-state solution in call with Abbas

PA President Mahmoud Abbas demanded that the United States pressure Israel to stop its "crimes against the Palestinian people."

NOVEMBER 4, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS, REUTERS
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and PA President Mahmoud Abbas.

The Palestinian power struggle continues with Lions' Den

PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS: Palestinian security sources have claimed recently that Hamas was behind the Lion's Den armed group.

OCTOBER 14, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
PALESTINIAN YOUTHS clash with Israeli security forces in the Shuafat refugee camp in northern Jerusalem, this week.