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דוחפים לריבונות : מדינות בארהב יקדמו הצעת חוק - במקום גדה מערבית יהודה ושומרון

Settler leaders push US states to rename West Bank as Judea and Samaria

US state-level efforts to reframe terminology around disputed territory gain traction, as Israeli officials aim to build pressure on Trump and block any future recognition of a Palestinian state

Elisha Ben Kimon | 01.15.26

Israeli security forces stand between Jewish settlers and Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and foreign activists, each side carrying their flags in West Bank

In Judea and Samaria’s war of narratives, whose story will win?

Netanyahu’s coalition is pushing Trump for a sovereignty nod, but the American president is signaling caution on annexation

Maayan Hoffman | 01.08.26

An Israeli settlement in Judea and Samaria

Congressional candidate pledges to push US recognition of West Bank as part of Israel

On West Bank visit, Brian Cole briefed by security officials who explained that a terrorist could hold a handheld rocket launcher and fire it directly over the Green Line; reaffirms Israel's right to defend itself

Maayan Hoffman/The Media Line | 01.04.26

Israel's next war may already be coming, expert says

JCFA's Dan Diker says the next October 7 could come out of the Palestinian territories in Judea and Samaria

Maayan Hoffman, ILTV | 01.03.26

Israel moves to restore another settlement evacuated in 2005 disengagement

Government approves plan to allow settlers to return to Sa-Nur 20 years after its evacuation, de facto repealing 2005 disengagement in northern West Bank

Elisha Ben Kimon | 12.23.25

גרעין שא־נור מדליק נר שמיני של חנוכה, אמש

Settlers mark 50 years in northern Samaria and press ahead with government backing

After rebuilding Homesh, settlement leaders are racing toward Sa Nur and approved returns to Ganim and Kadim, moves backed by the government that effectively undo the 2005 pullout from northern Samaria

Elisha Ben Kimon | 12.22.25

Israel boosts archaeological enforcement and excavations in the West Bank

Archaeological activity in the West Bank has greatly expanded after approving 120 million shekel plan, boosting budgets, enforcement powers and excavations; officials say move aims to protect heritage sites, amid political and academic controversy

Elisha Ben Kimon | 12.21.25

Israel moves to curb illegal Palestinian land takeovers

Naomi Kahn, director of the International Division of Regavim: The government is now beginning to crack down

Sivan Raviv, ILTV | 12.18.25

The illegal hilltop outpost thriving as enforcement fades in the West Bank

Founded by yeshiva students in 2022, Nahalat Zvi has grown as residents describe repeated evictions ending under the current government, with new structures added even as legal experts warn the access road crosses private Palestinian land

Elisha Ben Kimon | 12.09.25

Smotrich launches 2.7B-shekel plan to reshape communities ‘beyond the Green Line’

In a dramatic move likely to shape a reality future governments will struggle to reverse, the finance minister is channeling unprecedented funds for new communities, roads, land registration and security; a key step is relocating three IDF bases to northern Samaria

Elisha Ben Kimon | 12.08.25

A man dressed as Santa Claus sells balloons near Nativity Square during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Bethlehem, West Bank, on December 6, 2025

Christmas celebrations return to Bethlehem after 2 years of war in Gaza

After two bleak holiday seasons, families and vendors fill Manger Square again as Bethlehem cautiously rebuilds its tourism lifeline, even as West Bank tensions, checkpoints and violence temper hopes for recovery and peace

Associated Press | 12.07.25

רכבו של המחבל שביצע את פיגוע הדריסה בחברון סמוך לקריית ארבע

Palestinian terrorist, bystander killed in Hebron ramming attempt, IDF says

Troops shoot dead an attacker who tried to ram soldiers at a Hebron checkpoint, as well as a municipal cleaning worker and an Israeli man was wounded; it's the latest in a series of West Bank assaults this week that included stabbings, a prior ramming and an iron rod hurled at an Israeli vehicle near Highway 5

Yoav Zitun, Einav Halabi | 12.07.25

From Shiloh, Dr. Mike Evans urges Vance and Trump to back Israel’s claims to Judea and Samaria

Dr. Mike Evans, a top Trump supporter in Israel and a leading evangelical figure, issued a direct public call to Vice President JD Vance and President Trump during an address in Shiloh, Israel’s first capital

ynet Global | 12.06.25

החווה של נריה בן פזי ליד כוכב השחר. "תופסים שטח אסטרטגי"

Netanyahu backs regulating West Bank farm outposts, document shows

Internal summary reveals PM supports expanding and formalizing Jewish agricultural outposts used to hold Area C, even as he directs officials to deploy educational tools to pull hundreds of at-risk settler youths out of rising violence in the West Bank

Amir Ettinger | 12.03.25

Woman lightly hurt in West Bank ramming attack as IDF hunts terrorist

Assailant, who may have been hit by IDF gunfire, remains at large; 'IDF troops are now conducting extensive searches for the attacker,' military says

Elisha Ben Kimon | 12.01.25