Palestinian population in West Bank

Hundreds of Hebron families displaced by IDF operations, uncertain when they can return - interview

Some 407 households, comprising 2,649 people, had been affected by the IDF's military action, the spokesperson for Hebron’s official Support and Relief Committee, told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.

Palestinians sit near the closed entrance of Hebron, in the West Bank, October 24, 2026.
IDF forces detain volunteers with Rabbis for Human Rights in the West Bank village of Nehalim on October 21, 2026.

WATCH: IDF detains 90 West Bank olive harvest volunteers, including US congressional nominee Lander

Illustrative: A Palestinian farmer gestures during the harvest season, in Palestinian-owned olive groves in Beit Anan, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, October 15, 2026.

Palestinian farmers petition High Court over three years of blocked access to West Bank land

A Palestinian woman is seen voting in local elections, in Gaza.

Palestinian elections: Why canceling the vote in November would be a mistake - opinion


Netherlands to let Palestinians register birthplace as West Bank, Gaza

It’s a step that underscores the Netherlands acceptance of the pre-1967 border lines as the future boundaries of a Palestinian state.

A woman walks past a national flag, the day before a general election, in Delft, Netherlands, March 14, 2017.

For first time in 3 years, Israel allows some Palestinian cars on Hebron road

During the second intifada, Israel banned Palestinians residing near Othman bin-Affan Street from driving their cars on the streets adjacent to their homes.

The Old City of Hebron as seen from the Tel Rumeida neighborhood

IDF imposes four-day closure on West Bank, Gaza Strip for Purim

Such closings are not uncommon during Jewish holidays.

Palestinians wait to cross through Kalandiya checkpoint into Israel, near Ramallah.

Israel planning to increase work permits for Palestinians

According to the World Bank, unemployment in the West Bank in 2016 stood at around 18%.

ALI JAFAR takes a break at the SodaStream factory in Rahat last year

IDF weighs new tool to legalize settler outposts

“As winter arrives, the imminent demolition will leave 100 people, half of them children, without shelter,” Mishriqi-Assad said.

A Palestinian boy places a Palestinian flag on a tent in the West Bank village of Sussiya

Congress bill seeks to prevent US funding of Israel's detention of Palestinian children

"The purpose of this act is... to ensure that United States taxpayer funds shall not be used to support the military detention of Palestinian children."

Palestinian children commemorate Nakba Day.

How a stranded neighborhood bordering e. J'lm became haven for Palestinians in love

The human narrative behind the neighborhood of Kafr Akab, a no-man's-land that became a haven for Palestinian couples from east Jerusalem and the West Bank.

The Kafr Akab neighborhood of Jerusalem

Palestinian mistakenly arrested, police relied on mistranslated Facebook post

The Palestinian worker was arrested after posting a picture of himself leaning on a bulldozer at the construction site where he works.

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Building permits in high demand for densely populated West Bank city

"We are living on top of each other – there is nowhere left to build.”

Home slated for demolition in Area C of Kalkilya

Security cabinet debates building 14,000 new Palestinian homes in Area C

Should recent terror attacks impact major housing decisions?

A Palestinian man hangs a Palestinian flag atop the ruins of a mosque, during a snow storm in West Bank village of Mufagara