Efrat settlement

Jewish rioter lightly wounded in ramming by Palestinian at Efrat Junction

Later the IDF stated that, prior to the event, dozens of Israeli Jewish rioters had blocked roads in the area, forcing Palestinian cars to turn around and throwing rocks at their vehicles.

View of the Jewish settlement of Efrat, Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, July 31, 2025.
US passport, illustrative

US will offer passport services in West Bank for first time

IDF soldiers operating at the scene of the terror attack in Binyamin, August 21, 2025.

Masked men infiltrate West Bank settlement: 'Two years after Oct. 7 and security still fails' - KAN

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee with Efrat Regional Head Col. (Res.) Dovi Shefler.

Huckabee visits Efrat as officials claim that US supports Israeli sovereignty over West Bank


How Efrat's community will rise out of tragedy to honor a family's legacy - opinion

When the bullets of the terrorists pierced the pure hearts of Maia, Rina and Lucy Dee, they had hoped to pierce our hearts as well. They didn’t understand that we as a people are unstoppable.

 Efrat Residents standing outside their homes with Israeli flags to show solidarity with the Dee family, following the death of Lucy Dee, who died of her wounds three days after the deadly terror attack that killed her two daughters Rina and Maia, in Efrat, in the West Bank, April 10, 2023.

Israelis of Gush Etzion help the Dees cope with terror, loss

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Efrat has a population of 13,500. An estimated 50%-60% of residents are native English-speakers. After the terror attack, the community leapt into action.

 ONE OF several signs of support for the Dee family created by neighbor Ashira Landau.

In wake of heavy loss, Rabbi Leo Dee calls for unity behind Israeli flag

It only took about an hour after Rabbi Dee's speech before the hashtag #DeesDay started picking up on social media platforms.

An Israeli flag [Ilustrative]

Thousands attend funeral of terror victims Maia, Rina Dee

The Dee sisters were murdered in a terror attack on Friday morning, and their mother still remains in critical condition.

 Family and friends attend the funeral of Maia and Rina Dee at the Gush Etzion Regional Cemetery in Kfar Etzion on April 9, 2023. The two sisters were killed 2 days ago at a terror attack in the Jordan valley, Their mother, injured in the attack, is still in critical condition.

Progressives, liberals alike perpetuate evil with moral ambivalence - opinion

See no evil: In what universe is there a moral equivalency between ramming a vehicle into people standing at a bus stop and a young person losing his life in a crossfire with terrorists?

 AFTER THE funeral, a mourner crouches at the grave of six-year-old Yaakov Israel Pally, killed in a car-ramming attack in Jerusalem, earlier this month.

High Court to rule on whether to give land to Palestinians or Efrat

While the land would reportedly double the size of Efrat, Palestinians are concerned it would block future development of Bethlehem.

View of the Jewish settlement of Efrat and the surrounding fields, in Gush Etzion, West Bank, on December 1, 2020.

Teenage girl from Efrat found dead after going missing

The girl, who was a resident of Efrat, had last been seen in the afternoon that day shortly after she left her house.

 Avia Beruria Kaufman, 14, who went missing from Efrat on Sunday

Efrat mayor under fire from rabbis for promoting LGBT issues

15 rabbis signed a letter of protest after the Efrat municipality released a survey on a variety of LGBT issues and topics.

 People participate in the first Gay Pride Parade in Mitzpe Ramon, on July 2, 2021.

Court to tackle issue of allocating state land in Efrat to Palestinians

“This is the first time the issue of land allocation [in the West Bank] is being brought to trial,” the left-wing NGO Peace Now stated.

 Palestinian construction workers work at a construction site in the Jewish settlement of Efrat in the West Bank, on September 29, 2020.

Efrat to shutter schools, student transport after mutation outbreak

It is unclear as of yet what the origin of the strain is or what its implications are.

View of the Jewish settlement of Efrat and the surrounding fields, in Gush Etzion, West Bank, on December 1, 2020.