Palestinian population in West Bank

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

Justices give authorities 14 days to secure families’ return and demand answers on why identified suspects, vehicles, and repeated attacks produced so little criminal enforcement.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Chief Justice Esther Hayut and fellow Israeli Supreme Court judges at the High Court in Jerusalem
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

Palestinian residents who remain in the area told KAN News that they still feel threatened by Jewish extremists in the area.

|ByCORINNE BAUM, SHIR PERETS, REUTERS
Israeli soldiers operate in the village of Tell, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2026.

Deadly Tell clash between settlers, Palestinians may mark West Bank turning point - analysis

Competing accounts of the deadly Tell confrontation highlight growing tensions over settler violence, Palestinian attacks, and the risk of a wider uprising.

|ByGIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINE
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the 8th General Conference of Fatah in Ramallah in the West Bank, May 14, 2026.

PA's Abbas calls for end to 'systemic' settler violence, requests support from UN, Arab leaders

The President of the Palestinian National Authority sent letters to Arab nations and the UN requesting international support after violent incidents in the West Bank saw an uptick in the last week.

|ByRUBY SADIKMAN

Rioters gathered on Gaza Border after West Bank calls for Day of Rage

Hundreds of people congregated and burned tires near the edge of the Gaza fence. Security sources say the riots are incitement for a “day of rage” in Gaza in solidarity with Palestinians in West Bank

FEBRUARY 17, 2023ByAMIR BOHBOT/WALLA!
Palestinians burn tires and hurl stones at Israeli forces during a protest on the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, January 26, 2022.

Family of activist who died in Palestinian custody turn to ICC

Nizar Banat, a critic of President Mahmoud Abbas, died in 2021 within an hour of his arrest. His family now seeks accountability for the death.

DECEMBER 15, 2022ByREUTERS
Palestinian demonstrators attend an anti-Palestinian Authority protest, forty days after the death of Nizar Banat, a critic of the Palestinian Authority, Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 2, 2021.

Hamas: PA won’t let us celebrate in West Bank

Hamas, established in 1987, is expected to hold a major rally in the Gaza Strip later this week to mark its birthday.

DECEMBER 12, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in an anti-Israel rally over tensions in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 14, 2022

UNRWA opens new school garden for Palestinian girls in the West Bank

This garden marks the start of UNRWA's "community greening" initiative for Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

NOVEMBER 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A young girl places stones at the base of a tree in the new garden at Beit Anan Girls School in the West Bank during the garden's inaugural ceremony on November 10, 2022.

Israel delays 24-hour opening of Allenby crossing for Palestinians once more

This marks the second delay in the project since Prime Minister Yair Lapid promised US President Joe Biden in July that he would expand the hours of operation.

OCTOBER 23, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli soldiers stand near the entrance to Allenby Bridge, a crossing point between Jordan and the West Bank, March 10, 2014.

US concerned by Israel's new West Bank restrictions for foreigners

Critics have warned that the new Israeli rules regarding West Bank visitors limit foreign engagement with Palestinian society.

OCTOBER 19, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli security forces guard as Palestinians make their way through an Israeli checkpoint to attend Friday prayer of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, April 22, 2022.

US monitoring 'onerous' IDF limits on foreign visits to West Bank Palestinians

The regulations streamline West Bank exit and entry for some, but more often it limits the timeframe most foreigners can stay in the West Bank.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinian workers in Israel strike against Israel and Palestinian Authority's recent agreement to have their wages transferred to bank accounts, at an Israeli checkpoint in Tulkarm in the West Bank, August 21, 2022; Illustrative.

Hamas, PIJ ‘attracting’ many Palestinians, top Fatah official tells Post

Many Fatah activists are turning to Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad because they have lost confidence in their leaders, senior Fatah official Jamal Tirawi says.

AUGUST 13, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
A picture taken with a drone shows Hamas supporters taking part in a protest against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' decision to postpone planned parliamentary elections, in the northern Gaza Strip April 30, 2021.

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.

JULY 12, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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.

JULY 11, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
People gather as Israeli machineries demolish a Palestinian house in Masafer Yatta, in the West Bank July 4, 2022.