Gush etzion

Smotrich: Thank you Trump for the help, but now Israel needs to control Gaza

Smotrich thanked Trump for his support for Israel and efforts to assist in returning hostages, but said the US president’s Gaza plan should be canceled.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich seen after a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on December 4, 2025.
A helicopter is seen falling out of its harness near Gush Etzion, on January 16, 2026.

Helicopter falls out of towing harness, crashes near houses in West Bank

Israel security forces apprehend five terrorists planning an  imminent terror attack in the Barta'a area near Jenin, November 30, 2025.

IDF: Staying in West Bank refugee camps will quell lone-wolf terror

Ohr Torah Stone’s Neveh Shmuel Yeshiva High School dedicated the “Hall of Heroes,” a permanent memorial honoring 25 alumni of the yeshiva who fell in Israel’s wars and terror attacks over the past decades, including 11 who fell in the past two years.

This high school’s library is now a memorial to 25 fallen alumni in Efrat


Jerusalem affairs: My sister, my hero

People with special needs and challenges are not prevented from making aliyah, but the state stipulates a few rules before they can become an Israeli citizen.

ACCORDING TO the JDC report, 95% of parents of special-needs children claimed they are in great need of financial assistance.

Book review: ‘The Jerusalem Post’ at its birth

A story of pre-state Israel and self-discovery.

HISTORIC ISSUE of ‘The Palestine Post’ from the current ‘Jerusalem Post’ conference room.

Jews, even settlers, have the right to protect themselves from harm

The insidious optics of terrorism

Dvir Sorek

PA accuses Israel of extra-judicial killings of Palestinians

The allegation came in wake of the recent terrorist attacks in the Old City of Jerusalem and Gush Etzion.

Soldiers and emergency worker gather following clashes between an IDF soldier and a Palestinian who threw a rock at his head

Terror victim killed days before 19th birthday eulogized as gentle soul

“Our dear and beloved Dvir, in a few days we were supposed to celebrate your 19th [birthday],” his father, Yoav Sorek eulogized.

Teenagers mourn at the funeral of 19-year-old Dvir Sorek, who was killed in a terror attack on Wednesday night.

Palestinian terrorist factions applaud West Bank terror attack

A PA official in Ramallah pointed out that the murder of Sorek came on the eve of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha. He said he did not rule out the possibility that a Hamas cell was behind the attack.

PALESTINIAN HAMAS SUPPORTERS in Gaza celebrate the Ariel terrorist attack, earlier this week

In response to West Bank terror, Netanyahu hints at annexation of Area C

"Our mission is to establish the nation of Israel in our country," said the prime minister.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Beit El

Gush Etzion Regional Council holds conference regarding 'Arab' land theft

The conference is part of the transformation that the Gush Etzion Council has been pushing forwards to over the past year and a half - focusing mainly on protecting state land.

A grove of trees in Gush Etzion in the West Bank.

Two Gush Etzion teens killed in car accident

The victims, Amit Barlev and Hillel Lalum of the town of Elazar, were just shy of their 18th birthdays.

Teens killed in car crash

Israel marks 5 years since kidnapping, murder of three teens in West Bank

"For us this is a living heart, this is a continuation of the lives of the sons we can't hug anymore, but I can imagine them here in this place, full of life and action," said Iris Yifrach.

Ceremony marks 5 years since kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens at Oz veGaon Nature Reserve in Gush Etzion, July 2019