Palestinian population in West Bank

PA's Abbas calls for end to 'systemic' settler violence, requests support from UN, Arab leaders

The President of the Palestinian National Authority sent letters to Arab nations and the UN requesting international support after violent incidents in the West Bank saw an uptick in the last week.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the 8th General Conference of Fatah in Ramallah in the West Bank, May 14, 2026.
Israeli security forces investigate the scene of a violent incident between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank, near Beitar Illit. Image released on July 26, 2026.

Seven Palestinians arrested after Israeli assaulted in West Bank, police seize several weapons

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank.

Palestinian family says settlers annexed unfinished West Bank home

IDF soldiers participate in an operation to locate missing Israelis in the West Bank, July 2, 2026.

IDF rescues Israeli Breslov hassidim after they flee police into West Bank village


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.

Tel Aviv woman caught trying to smuggle Palestinians into Israel in trunk

Woman has three daughters in car, including 1-year-old baby; admits to trying to smuggle men into Israel for money.

Border crossing officers find 2 Palestinians in trunk of car

Bennett: ‘We’ll annex Area C and offer the Palestinians autonomy on steroids’

Bayit Yehudi leader says Israel "will be gradually attempting to apply Israeli law on Israeli controlled areas of Judea and Samaria."

Economy Minister Naftali Bennett in the Gush Etzion settlement of Neveh Daniel

Crossing the point of no return

It could be that we have already missed the two-state option.

How many settlers in the West Bank create an irreversible new reality?

The C-section solution

With Kerry’s peace initiative clinically dead, it’s time to take up Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett’s approach, under which Israel would annex Area C of the West Bank.

Demonstrators rally in favor of construction in E-1, between Jerusalem and Ma'aleh Adumim

Model city

Bashar al-Masri is the driving force behind Rawabi, the largest private-sector project ever carried out in the Palestinian areas.

Entrepreneur Basher al-Masri shows off his Rawabi project, February 23