West Bank Israel

Christian Zionists ignore reality of West Bank living, Palestinian Christian leaders say

Palestinian Christian leaders told CNN that US Christian Zionists ignore their experiences and fund West Bank settlements, while Mike Huckabee defended evangelical support for Israel.

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Members of the clergy take part in the yearly Christmas procession led by Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem outside the Church of the Nativityon December 24, 2025 in Bethlehem, West Bank.
Israeli soldiers inspect the damage following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 24, 2026.

UN human rights office warns of worsening settler violence in West Bank as attacks keep increasing

The UN human rights office warned that settler violence and settlement expansion in the West Bank have intensified, urging international action.

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PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir attend the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course in southern Israel, June 25, 2026.

Israel Katz boasts of halting detention orders for settlers while permitting detention of Arabs

"Why didn't I sign for the settlers? Because that is not terrorism. Only someone who acts against the security of the state, someone who acts to harm [the state]," the defense minister said.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ISRAELI BORDER police operate near Betlehem.

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

IDF suspends soldiers for reciting Jewish prayer inside Jenin mosque

An IDF soldier is seen holding a microphone and reciting Shema Yisrael through the mosque's loudspeaker.

DECEMBER 14, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A general view of a mosque, after the Israeli army's withdrawal from the Jenin camp, July 5, 2023

Israel's indecisiveness on Palestinian workers shows shifting dynamics - analysis

What has remained unchanged? First, a tendency to put off tough decisions; an inclination to kick the can down the road.

DECEMBER 12, 2023ByHERB KEINON
Palestinian workers in Israel

Settler violence in the West Bank endangers Muslims and Jews

Since Oct. 7, more than 100 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been killed, mostly by soldiers but also by settlers.

NOVEMBER 4, 2023BySAM STEIN/JTA
Palestinians inspect the damage after last night raid of Israeli security forces, in the West Bank city of Jenin, October 30, 2023.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas MIA as Hamas wages war against Israel

As Hamas launches attacks on Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas keeps a low profile, leading to speculations about his political motives.

OCTOBER 10, 2023ByMOHAMMED AL-KASSIM/THE MEDIA LINE
Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2023.

West Bank's Area C 'integral to State of Palestine' - PA prime minister

PA Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh warned his cabinet that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government was working to "annex" Area C.

OCTOBER 3, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A Jewish settler walks past Israeli settlement construction sites around Givat Zeev and Ramat Givat Zeev in the West Bank, near Jerusalem June 30, 2020.

Eli terrorists' homes mapped in West Bank, Erez crossing remains closed - IDF

It was also decided on Tuesday morning that the Erez crossing at the Israel-Gaza Strip border would remain closed to Gazans throughout Tuesday. 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli security forces on September 18, 2023 map the homes of the three terrorists responsible for the deadly Eli gas station attack in June 2023.

Settlers aim for 1 million Israelis living in West Bank's Samaria by 2050

Should this plan come to fruition there would be at least 25 cities in Samaria by 2050, compared to Samaria’s one settler city of Ariel.

AUGUST 23, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A construction site of a new residential neighborhood at the mixed religious-secular Jewish settlement in the West Bank Kfar Adumim, March 9, 2023.

Did the IDF operation in Jenin 'cut the grass' in West Bank terror?

MILITARY AFFAIRS: Discussions with many Israeli sources with knowledge on the situation, reveal that there are still some fundamental disagreements about the impact of the operation.

JULY 21, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
AN IDF jeep on the outskirts of Jenin earlier this month, at the beginning of one of its biggest military operations in the Palestinian territory in years.

Settler leader: Huwara attack fueled US anger at Israeli judicial reform

Violence in the West Bank and the judicial reform crisis has pushed the Biden administration away from closer relations with Israel.

JULY 12, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli security forces during a protest in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the West Bank city of Nablus, October 7, 2022.

Netanyahu, Biden strike blow to already weak Abbas, PA - analysis

If Israel and the US want to retain it as a legitimate diplomatic partner then it has to do more to legitimately strengthen it.

JULY 11, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Gunmen attend a funeral of two Palestinians, who were killed during an Israeli raid, in Nablus in the West Bank July 7,2023.