West Bank checkpoint

Three injured after vehicle attempts to evade security check near Nablus, IDF makes arrests

The driver of the vehicle lost control and fell into a ditch.

Israeli soldiers inspect the Shavei Shomron checkpoint after a Palestinian was killed near Deir Sharaf, west of the West Bank city of Nablus, November 12, 2024.
A three-year-old haredi child found on his own at a bus terminal at the Kalandiya West Bank crossing, December 15, 2025

Ultra-Orthodox child forgotten on bus and left alone at West Bank checkpoint, police probe parents

 View of a car that was damaged in the stone-throwing attack in the West Bank. January 12, 2025.

Terrorists stone Israeli cars in Gush Etzion, wounding one

 IDF soldiers operate in the West Bank, June 23, 2024

Three Israelis injured by IDF while in vehicle that aroused suspicion at West Bank checkpoint


Inspectors prevent trucks from illegally dumping trash in West Bank

44 trucks have been impounded since the beginning of the year for trying to dump garbage there without permits.

A dump truck impounded by COGAT inspectors.

Settlers: West Bank Meitar Crossing an accident waiting to happen

There are some 28 crossing in the West Bank, out of which 13, like Meitar, are also for those walking on foot.

Palestinians wait outside of  Meitar crossing

Rivlin and Kahlon inspect Kalandiya crossing

Rivlin and Kahlon gained a perspective of the upgrades made in recent months by the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Crossings.

PRESIDENT REUVEN Rivlin and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon are briefed at the Kalandiya Crossing

IDF imposes four-day closure on West Bank, Gaza Strip for Purim

Such closings are not uncommon during Jewish holidays.

Palestinians wait to cross through Kalandiya checkpoint into Israel, near Ramallah.

Israel planning to increase work permits for Palestinians

According to the World Bank, unemployment in the West Bank in 2016 stood at around 18%.

ALI JAFAR takes a break at the SodaStream factory in Rahat last year

Israel Border Police rescue Palestinian man near Cave of the Patriarchs

A Border Police spokesperson said, "Israel Police and Border Police officers operate without distinction of religion, race or gender."

Israeli Border Police treating a Palestinian man who fell unconscious in Hebron.

While we spoke of many things

The Friday night dinner table type discussions lasted three days.

Nowa Huta in Kraków, Poland (above) and New Harmony, Indiana (right) serve as unfinished/failed examples of utopian communities: ‘While New York and Berlin, London, Rawabi and Jerusalem are not yet perfect, some great minds have just been working hard on unpicking the problems.’ (

Planning for the morning after

Ultimately, Israeli sovereignty over Area C should be seen as the positive, ethical and logical step to be taken in the wake of yet another failure to craft a by-definition un-craftable deal.

TWO SETTLERS stand atop a ridge in the West Bank.