Dozens of attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers have been documented in the West Bank since the olive harvest season began earlier this month – despite an order from the head of the Civil Administration obliging soldiers to protect Palestinian farmers. On the ground, settlers act freely
The same equation Israel has adopted in Gaza – where Palestinian society is consumed by internal strife, fighting over the crumbs of what little they have – is also applied to the West Bank, where repression and trampling of rights are the order of the day under a brutal Israeli military regime
As the Knesset opens its final session before elections, Netanyahu's coalition is preparing a legislative blitz – from renewed efforts to weaken the legal system and enshrine Haredi draft exemptions to advancing West Bank sovereignty – while a weakened opposition braces for battle
Ahmed Barahmeh's killing marks the second Palestinian fatality in the West Bank in 12 hours. Separately, the IDF announced it was conducting searches in the Tulkarm area after a rocket was discovered and disabled by a bomb squad
The Palestinian Authority's tax revenue is collected by Israel as part of the Oslo Accords, but Israel has been refusing to hand over the money for several months, leading to a financial crisis in the West Bank
The Israeli military is bracing for possible unrest in the West Bank this month. The IDF found dozens of explosives and rockets on a site that was used to launch rockets into Israel
Bulldozers arrived in the village of Khalet al-Daba in the southern West Bank, demolishing the remaining buildings and infrastructure, as well as the house of a Palestinian resident who was stabbed in a violent settler raid
Two Palestinians, including one man the IDF described as a 'key militant involved in arms trafficking', were killed by Israeli forces in Qalqilyah during a security operation. Israeli forces also arrested two others and seized a Carlo-type firearm, amid ongoing efforts to crack down on weapons trafficking in the West Bank
School visits to West Bank sites under the 'Tours on the Bible Trails' program will be fully funded for security costs, including armored buses, though some principals remain unwilling despite ministry efforts to encourage fully-subsidized visits to the region
The event has drawn criticism from employees over its extravagance during wartime and its West Bank location. 'We are the country's public face, and this leaves a bad impression,' one source said
Amid reports of rising rates of racially-motivated violence against drivers since October 7, some Arab drivers either skipped work or couldn't reach their lines due to a lockdown imposed on certain West Bank villages implicated in Monday's Jerusalem shooting attack
Though careful not to explicitly endorse Israel's settlement project in the West Bank, the U.S. State Department's recent visa bans on Palestinian officials and groups, as well as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's upcoming visit to a Jewish settler site, point to a tacit green light for annexation
In the recording, anonymous individuals spoke about the problems that worry West Bank residents – fears of government collapse, damage to workers' wages, and progress in annexation by Israel. Sources in the PA told Haaretz: It is no coincidence that the leadership was quick to deny it, the public is anxious and discouraged
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared earlier Wednesday that 'the time has come to apply Israeli sovereignty' to the West Bank, telling Haaretz that the 80,000 Palestinians who live in the territories that are expected to be annexed will not be given the right to vote in Israeli elections
According to the United Nations' reports, which only include attacks that resulted in deaths, injuries or property damage, 11 Palestinians were killed and 696 were injured so far in 2025. The data indicate a continued upward trend in the number of violent incidents by Israelis in the West Bank
According to the activists, after Israel's West Bank police failed to prevent Jewish settlers from pasturing sheep on Palestinian land, the settlers assaulted Palestinians and activists with clubs, stole equipment and smashed house windows
'I won't take part in divisive discourse,' said singer Eden Hason, whose concert is scheduled for Tuesday for residents of West Bank settlements north of Jerusalem, after a group of rabbis in said his appearance at the event 'conflicts with family values'