West Bank Israel

Suspect shot in leg by Border Police at Shuafat crossing near Jerusalem

During the arrest the suspect was shot in the leg. No officers were injured.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ISRAELI BORDER police operate near Betlehem.
Police officers stand next to pro-Palestinian protesters outside the University of Amsterdam during a protest, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 8, 2024

Netherlands to prohibit imports, sales of West Bank settlement products

The ban, which will take effect on September 22, 2026, is more symbolic in value than practical, as it will be challenging to enforce.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Highway 465's expansion was approved.

Smotrich announces expansion of West Bank's Highway 465, pushes for new level of 'safety, security'

"The doubling of this important road will create a completely different level of safety, security, and quality of life," said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in a statement announcing the project.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR Gavin Newsom attends the inauguration of new installations at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center as part of the prison’s transformation plan, in San Quentin, California, US, February 20, 2026.

California Gov. Newsom says West Bank annexation, Netanyahu could lead Israel into apartheid state

Newsom insisted that he doesn't think Israel is an apartheid state, but that Netanyahu's actions in the last couple of years are what worry him.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

Palestinians pave new road over archaeological site in northern West Bank

A video was posted saying that a road leads from the northern area of Sebastia to the entrance of an ancient Roman horse racing stadium.

MARCH 14, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
Israelis visit the site of the ancient village of Sebastia near the West Bank city of Nablus, on April 22, 2019

Israel: EU is wrong to equate Palestinian terror with IDF actions

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell cannot compare or create equity between victims of terrorism, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said.

MARCH 14, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021

Netzah Yehuda soldier arrested for attempting to smuggle 2 Palestinians into Israel

The soldier had two Palestinian passengers in his car as he attempted to cross the Rantis crossing into Israeli territory.

MARCH 6, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Netzah Yehuda Battalion

American rabbinic orgs condemn Israeli settler violence in Huwara

OU executive VP Rabbi Moshe Hauer: "How could it come to this? Must never happen again"

FEBRUARY 28, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Palestinians walk near cars burned in an attack by Israeli settlers following an incident where a Palestinian gunman killed two Israeli settlers near Huwara in the West Bank, February 27, 2023.

Defense Minister Gallant vows to ‘exterminate’ terrorism in West Bank

“We will be crippled by terrorism everywhere until we exterminate it,” declared Israel's newest Defense Minister.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yoav Galant

Iran likely to do small nuke enrichment to 90% to test West - Lapid

Lapid said that at this point the Islamic Republic's strategy is to continue to escalate the threat it poses but in a very incremental way.

FEBRUARY 2, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Foreign Minister and Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid

In meeting with Blinken, Abbas again says Israel responsible for violence

PA official: We didn’t hear anything new

JANUARY 31, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with PA leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, in March. The Biden administration treats leaders of the PA as children or worse, says the writer.

What has been happening in Jenin? And what is Israel's nightmare? - analysis

The general IDF view is its two main moves: completing portions of the West Bank barrier wall and regular preemptive raids.

JANUARY 30, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IDF troops operate in the West Bank as part of Operation Break the Wave, September 25, 2022

The limits of Israel's control are being tested - analysis

If Israel chooses only military force, it will, at best, solve the issue for a few years, until a new group of adolescents grows up, with no memory of the earlier conflicts.

JANUARY 28, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Palestinians burn tires and hurl stones at Israeli forces during a protest on the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, January 26, 2022.

Jenin clashes bring spotlight back on illegal weapons in West Bank

Illegal weapons trading is fuelling crime and terrorism in the West Bank.

JANUARY 26, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Palestinians burn tires and blocking the streets leading to Joseph's Tomb, in the West Bank city of Nablus, January 17, 2023.