Palestinian population in West Bank

PA temporarily bars Arab Israelis from land transactions after settlers buy homes near Jericho

The temporary measure marks one of the first instances in which the Palestinian Authority has formally distinguished Arab Israelis from Palestinians living under its jurisdiction.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Members of Israeli forces next to Israeli settlers as they move into homes in the Palestinian city of Jericho in the West Bank, November 5, 2026.
Palestinians sit near the closed entrance of Hebron, in the West Bank, October 24, 2026.

Hundreds of Hebron families displaced by IDF operations, uncertain when they can return - interview

Some 407 households, comprising 2,649 people, had been affected by the IDF's military action, the spokesperson for Hebron’s official Support and Relief Committee, told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
IDF forces detain volunteers with Rabbis for Human Rights in the West Bank village of Nehalim on October 21, 2026.

WATCH: IDF detains 90 West Bank olive harvest volunteers, including US congressional nominee Lander

Rabbis for Human Rights said its volunteers were working near Bethlehem to accompany Palestinian farmers to groves as part of the olive harvest • Lander released with warning, source tells 'Post'

|ByCORINNE BAUM
Illustrative: A Palestinian farmer gestures during the harvest season, in Palestinian-owned olive groves in Beit Anan, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, October 15, 2026.

Palestinian farmers petition High Court over three years of blocked access to West Bank land

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, which submitted the petition on their behalf, is seeking an urgent hearing as the olive harvest begins.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Israel delays 24-hour opening of Allenby crossing for Palestinians once more

This marks the second delay in the project since Prime Minister Yair Lapid promised US President Joe Biden in July that he would expand the hours of operation.

OCTOBER 23, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli soldiers stand near the entrance to Allenby Bridge, a crossing point between Jordan and the West Bank, March 10, 2014.

US concerned by Israel's new West Bank restrictions for foreigners

Critics have warned that the new Israeli rules regarding West Bank visitors limit foreign engagement with Palestinian society.

OCTOBER 19, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli security forces guard as Palestinians make their way through an Israeli checkpoint to attend Friday prayer of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, April 22, 2022.

US monitoring 'onerous' IDF limits on foreign visits to West Bank Palestinians

The regulations streamline West Bank exit and entry for some, but more often it limits the timeframe most foreigners can stay in the West Bank.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinian workers in Israel strike against Israel and Palestinian Authority's recent agreement to have their wages transferred to bank accounts, at an Israeli checkpoint in Tulkarm in the West Bank, August 21, 2022; Illustrative.

Hamas, PIJ ‘attracting’ many Palestinians, top Fatah official tells Post

Many Fatah activists are turning to Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad because they have lost confidence in their leaders, senior Fatah official Jamal Tirawi says.

AUGUST 13, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
A picture taken with a drone shows Hamas supporters taking part in a protest against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' decision to postpone planned parliamentary elections, in the northern Gaza Strip April 30, 2021.

Israel advances Palestinian development in Area C on eve of Biden visit

"Approval of six zoning plans for Palestinians in the Judea and Samaria area," stated the Office of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories.

JULY 12, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A Palestinian man looks on as Israeli machineries guarded by Israeli forces demolishe a Palestinian house in Masafer Yatta, in the West Bank July 4, 2022

Settlers fear Biden visit may strengthen Palestinian hold on Area C

The Palestinians believe that all of Area C, where the Israeli settlements are located, must be part of the final borders of their state.

JULY 11, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
People gather as Israeli machineries demolish a Palestinian house in Masafer Yatta, in the West Bank July 4, 2022.

Attacks up, fatalities down in the West Bank

Violent attacks in the West Bank have jumped significantly over the past year but the number of deaths from terror attacks is the lowest in a decade.

DECEMBER 28, 2021ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Palestinian youth clash with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron, December 10, 2021

Palestinian claims rabbis teach kids to 'kill those who are not Jewish'

JANUARY 2, 2021ByGADI ZAIG
Palestinian Media Watch shows Palestinian girl reciting poem that calls for a "war that will smash the oppressor and destroy the Zionist's soul,"

IDF targets illegal Palestinian building, UN warns of spike in such razing

From March to August 389 Palestinian-owned structures in the West Bank, on average 65 per month, were razed.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Civil Administration demolishes illegal Palestinian structures in the West Bank, September 23, 2020

IDF arrests 3 Palestinians in manhunt for bomb attack perpetrators

17 year-old Rina Shenrav was killed Friday near Ein Buvin spring in the West Bank

AUGUST 25, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IDF soldiers searching in the West Bank for the terrorists who killed Rina Shnerb, August 2019