West Bank Population

Katz says Palestinian trash burning nat'l security threat, okays rules for confiscating vehicles

Reportedly, the Palestinians lack sufficient local landfill capacity, and according to an existing arrangement, they are supposed to use trucks to transport their trash to designated locations.

 Fire at illegal trash dumping ground caused dangerous air pollution level in Binyamin region of the West Bank, on August 7, 2023.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrives to a conference of the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon in Jerusalem, December 25, 2025

West Bank group lashes out at Smotrich over banks’ handling of foreign sanctions

Palestinians inspect the damage following an attack by Israeli settlers west of Nablus in the West Bank, on November 12, 2025

IDF says 'red line' crossed in West Bank riots after soldiers beaten, Palestinian buildings burned

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, along with other senior officals, sign a controverisal E1 "Roof Agreement" expansion plan in Maaleh Adumim.

PM Netanyahu signs West Bank settlement expansion plan, rules out Palestinian state


The Oslo generation

Nothing is normal.

Security personnel walk in front of the barrier with the West Bank near Havat Ella, 20 km. southwest of Hebron.

World Bank: Gaza economy is collapsing

“The economic deterioration in both Gaza and West Bank can no longer be counteracted by foreign aid, which has been in steady decline."

Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) wear orange jumpsuits as they protest against job cuts, outside UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City September 19, 2018

Knesset applies Israeli law to Ariel University in West Bank

The law passed on the same evening that Israel got into an exchange of statement with the US over Washington's position on possible Israeli annexation goals.

Ariel University in the West Bank

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

Defense Ministry touts better security for settlers, more W. Bank homes

The program is aimed at improving the quality of life and increasing security in Jewish settlements in the West Bank

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Knesset committees to discuss applying new laws to West Bank

Right views move as equality for all Israeli citizens; Left sees it as creeping annexation.

The West Bank

Protests over Jerusalem recognition continue in Bethlehem

Widespread protests have also emerged in Muslim majority countries such as Turkey and Lebanon.

A Palestinian protester uses a sling shot to hurl stones towards Israeli troops during clashes as Palestinians call for a "day of rage" in response to US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem December 8, 2017.

Netanyahu, settlers battle over West Bank roads

Settler leaders say public has tired of broken promises, threaten campaign to demand increased security.

Israeli pedestrians stand on a roadside near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat

A sweet success

According to the Israeli Honey Council, about 500 apiarists produce honey from some 100,000 beehives situated throughout the country.

wo of Yael Farbstein’s daughters in protective gear at Kedumim Honey.

Israel to advance plans for 3,000 homes in the West Bank

Netanyahu has also promised that in September he would give the go-ahead for marketing 300 homes for the Beit El settlement.

BULIDINGS ARE SEEN under construction in the settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim [File]