Efrat settlement

Israel 'will return to the whole of Gaza,' should 'erase' Oslo Accords, Smotrich says

“Gush Katif is small,” Smotrich told Pulse of Israel podcast host Avi Abelow. “We will return to the whole of Gaza in a big way.”

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, July 1, 2026.
View of the Jewish settlement of Efrat, Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, July 31, 2025.

Jewish rioter lightly wounded in ramming by Palestinian at Efrat Junction

US passport, illustrative

US will offer passport services in West Bank for first time

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


Youngest council candidate running in Efrat

Harow said that if elected, his goals would be helping second-generation Efrat residents stay in Efrat, developing the local tourism industry.

Matanya Harow, the youngest candidate running for municipal council in the October 30 local races in Efrat, West Bank

Settlers to Trump: Thousands more homes needed

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee spoke in favor of the settlements from behind a podium with a red and white sign which read, “Build Israel Great Again.”

HOUSES IN the Jewish community of Efrat

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.