Palestinian population in West Bank
Palestinian family says settlers annexed unfinished West Bank home
A UN inquiry reported last month that settler attacks on Palestinian villages and agricultural land had surged since 2023, rising by 130%.
IDF rescues Israeli Breslov hassidim after they flee police into West Bank village
Palestinian Authority to hold presidential elections in 2027, Mahmoud Abbas says
Jewish settlers burn farms, buildings in West Bank as retaliation for Palestinian stone attack
UN says more than 36,000 Palestinians displaced by Israeli settlement drive
Israel's permanent mission in Geneva, where the UN office is based, said it was working on a response to the report.
West Bank settlers attack Palestinian cars with firebombs, detained by IDF
The three detainees were among a larger mob of masked settlers. Two Palestinians were wounded as a result of the incident and were evacuated for medical treatment.
‘Time to end the Oslo illusion’: Minister Strock says Israel must scrap PA security apparatus
Strock reserved some of her sharpest criticism for the PA security forces, which Western governments – including the US – have long supported as a stabilizing partner.
'Israel wants to destroy all of Palestine,' Mahmoud Abbas tells Arab media
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath that "Netanyahu does not want a fully-fledged Palestinian state."
Claims that extremist settlers set fire to ancient West Bank church may be inaccurate, probe finds
The report said it found evidence that local Jewish residents were fighting the fire; however, the investigation was inconclusive as to who the perpetrators of the fire were.
‘Area A’ prohibition is for Jews not just Israelis - comment
Mayor Kuznitz warns that traffic near Kalkilya puts Israelis at risk and urges enforcement of the entry ban.
Katz’s populist move threatens Israel’s stability in the West Bank - editorial
Katz halts settler detention orders, sparking backlash amid rising West Bank tensions.
Israeli settlers kill one Palestinian, wound three in West Bank, Palestinian health ministry says
The reported attack was said to have been carried out on Palestinian civilians in Bethlehem.
'No Palestinian state west of the Jordan River,' 63 Knesset members say
The 63 signatories are a majority of the 120-member Knesset and include prominent opposition members. Plans advanced for 5,300 new West Bank settler homes.
Palestinian poll shows Hamas widely supported in Gaza, West Bank - analysis
A recent poll shows that 61% of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza prefer Hamas to be in control of the Gaza Strip
