Palestinian population in West Bank

Palestinian elections: Why canceling the vote in November would be a mistake - opinion

None of these concerns should become an excuse to deny Palestinians the right to choose their leadership. Palestinian politics has suffered for years from a deep crisis of legitimacy.

A Palestinian woman is seen voting in local elections, in Gaza.
US Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) questions US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 02, 2026 in Washington, DC.

US Senators introduce resolution seeking answers on West Bank violence, human rights abuses

Chief Justice Esther Hayut and fellow Israeli Supreme Court judges at the High Court in Jerusalem

Court orders return for Jalud Palestinian families home after extremist settlers drove them out

Israeli settlers gather outside a Palestinian home in Qusra, in the West Bank, August 15, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a video.

Palestinians say settlers want to ‘expel us, kill us’ as Jewish extremists return to Kusra


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.

 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.

 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.

 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'

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.

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

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

ECJ holds hearing on labelling products manufactured in West Bank

On June 14, the Advocate General will present his opinion. The Court will then take that opinion into account before giving its decision at a later date, according to a statement.

Palestinian worker carries a bag of salt at a factory near Jericho, West Bank, 2018.

Netherlands to let Palestinians register birthplace as West Bank, Gaza

It’s a step that underscores the Netherlands acceptance of the pre-1967 border lines as the future boundaries of a Palestinian state.

A woman walks past a national flag, the day before a general election, in Delft, Netherlands, March 14, 2017.

For first time in 3 years, Israel allows some Palestinian cars on Hebron road

During the second intifada, Israel banned Palestinians residing near Othman bin-Affan Street from driving their cars on the streets adjacent to their homes.

The Old City of Hebron as seen from the Tel Rumeida neighborhood

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.