Efrat settlement

US will offer passport services in West Bank for first time

The service, which is set to begin in Efrat on February 27, comes in addition to the current US consular services offered at its Embassy in Jerusalem and at a Tel Aviv branch office.

US passport, illustrative
IDF soldiers operating at the scene of the terror attack in Binyamin, August 21, 2025.

Masked men infiltrate West Bank settlement: 'Two years after Oct. 7 and security still fails' - KAN

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee with Efrat Regional Head Col. (Res.) Dovi Shefler.

Huckabee visits Efrat as officials claim that US supports Israeli sovereignty over West Bank

 Efrat.

Terror infiltration sirens sound in Efrat after car with Palestinian plate enters West Bank city


In Memoriam: Mordechai Goodman

Israel’s ageless quarterback, pizza man, father and friend.

Memorial candles.

Israeli settlement to become first to use drone to thwart terror

“We are going to have this drone in our own yard in case we do have any other terrorists who want to come into Efrat."

A security drone flies on the outskirts of Efrat yesterday

US on Jerusalem annexation bill: Israel, Palestinians must support peace

Politicians spar over the legitimacy of folding more Jewish communities into Jerusalem city limits.

Heather Nauert

A strategic plan for Judea and Samaria

When we offer all kinds of initial solutions, we are conducting ourselves on a tactical level and not on a strategic plane.

THE MITZPE KRAMIM outpost is seen, east of Ramallah.

Chief Rabbinate considers kashrut supervision reforms

The Chief Rabbinate has stated that it is considering the settlement of Efrat's kashrut procedures as a model for the rest of the country.

kashrut certification

PA detains four Palestinians for drinking coffee with settlers in Efrat succa

“It’s quite pathetic to be arrested for having a cup of coffee with your neighbors,” said Efrat council head Oded Revivi

EFRAT COUNCIL head Oded Revivi hosts 30 Palestinians from the Bethlehem and Hebron area and representatives of the IDF and Border Police in his succa on Wednesday.

Settler population was 385,900 by end of 2015

The annual growth of 4.1% is slightly more than double the 2% rate in the rest country.

Houses can be seen at the Jewish West Bank settlement of Maale Efrayim in the Jordan Valley

Editor's notes: The settlers’ foreign minister

As mayor of Efrat in Gush Etzion, Revivi is used to getting phone calls from his residents. This one though came from a Palestinian.

ODED REVIVI speaks to a group on a recent tour of Efrat.

Road needed to build 2,500 new settler homes in Efrat

Peace Now has warned that the construction project “would have a devastating impact on the two-state solution.”

Efrat settlement, West Bank

CBS: 53% Drop in settler housing starts

It was the sharpest drop in housing starts for any region. Nationwide, the decline was 8.1%.

Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in a settlement near Jerusalem