West Bank Population

Goldknopf protests 'exclusion' of haredi West Bank communities from budget in letter to Netanyahu

"How is it possible that the budgets, development, and benefits that reach the other communities never reach the ultra-Orthodox population centers in Judea and Samaria?" Goldknopf asked.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen walking past haredi lawmaker Yitzhak Goldknopf, at the Prime Minister’s Office in 2023.
 Fire at illegal trash dumping ground caused dangerous air pollution level in Binyamin region of the West Bank, on August 7, 2023.

Katz says Palestinian trash burning nat'l security threat, okays rules for confiscating vehicles

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrives to a conference of the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon in Jerusalem, December 25, 2025

West Bank group lashes out at Smotrich over banks’ handling of foreign sanctions

Palestinians inspect the damage following an attack by Israeli settlers west of Nablus in the West Bank, on November 12, 2025

IDF says 'red line' crossed in West Bank riots after soldiers beaten, Palestinian buildings burned


Israel to advance plans for 3,000 homes in the West Bank

Netanyahu has also promised that in September he would give the go-ahead for marketing 300 homes for the Beit El settlement.

BULIDINGS ARE SEEN under construction in the settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim [File]

Thousands attend funeral of family members slain in Halamish attack

Residents of nearby communities waved Israeli flags along the funeral procession route of the murdered Jewish family.

Slain members of the Salomon family are laid to rest

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

Is a new Israeli bill creeping annexation of West Bank?

Rightly or wrongly, it is a fact that around 400,000 Israeli citizens live in the West Bank, and they should not have fewer rights than Israelis living within the Green Line.

JUSTICE MINISTER Ayelet Shaked’s proposed bill would apply certain civil rights to settlers in communities like Ma’aleh Adumim (pictured).

Thousands run for freedom of movement in Bethlehem marathon

The IDF maintains that it limits the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank for security purposes, such as preventing attacks against Israelis.

Participants in the Bethlehem marathon

Outgoing prosecutor: Intelligence shows Hamas will takeover West Bank post-Abbas

Outgoing chief West Bank prosecutor Maurice Hirsch reveals his views on an expected Hamas takeover in the West Bank, war and peace, his audacious lawyering and British soccer.

AN ISRAELI border policeman removes a Hamas flag during clashes with Palestinian protesters in the West Bank town of Al-Ram, near Jerusalem

NGO to High Court: Stop private security policing Palestinian land

In 1971, the IDF issued an order empowering private contractors to perform searches and seizures, and use “any reasonable measure” to arrest Palestinians.

A Palestinian villager rides his donkey past a mural in the West Bank village of Awarta near Nablus

'The Duke of Nablus': The journey of one of the wealthiest Palestinians

Munib al-Masri, 82, is the wealthiest Palestinian in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Al-Masri and his mansion in Nablus

EXCLUSIVE: First Druse to fill role of chief IDF West Bank prosecutor

Hamed will make the move from running the Civil Claims Division in the Defense Ministry, doubtlessly as part of an attempt to improve the West Bank prosecution’s image.

IDF forces in the West Bank.