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


Israeli rule over Palestinians endangers the country’s security and well-being

There are those frustrated with the growing nationalism and extremism within Israeli society who pin their hopes on the involvement of the international community.

IF YOU love Israel, oppose the occupation, says a poster of an Israeli peace organization

Will PA municipal elections take place only in the West Bank?

The 2012 municipal elections, which Hamas boycotted, took place only in the West Bank. Voter turnout stood at 54 percent, much lower than the 75 percent in the 2006 parliamentary elections.

A demonstrator in Gaza City holds a Palestinian flag during a rally calling on rivals Hamas and Fatah to end their political division

Israeli minister: Netanyahu decided seven years ago to freeze Ma’aleh Adumim

Homes should be built to allow for thousands of new residents to live in all parts of the city, Galant says.

Ma'aleh Adumim

Voting on October 8 to take place in relatively few Palestinian locales

Voting takes place only if multiple lists are submitted, meaning that there might be no voting at all in the majority of locales.

A student supporting Hamas holds a Palestinian flag in a rally in Ramallah, earlier this year

Liberman’s ‘carrot and stick’ security plan blasted by Right and Left

“The idea of carrots and sticks is right and good,” MK Yoav Kisch (Likud) said, “but it cannot be that the carrots harm rule of law and its authority.”

A Palestinian woman argues with border policeman near the scene of attempted stabbing attack at a checkpoint in Kalandiya‏

Israel starts to seize ‘abandoned’ Palestinian property for Amona relocation

Peace Now: "This is the crossing of a red line and a reversal of previous policies."

Amona

Local Fatah leaders in Tulkarem resign en masse

Four days into the electricity crisis in Tulkarem, local leaders of Fatah are resigning from their official posts in protest of the arrest of a number of their members.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets Israeli delegation in Ramallah, May 17, 2016

New Palestinian city of Rawabi in legal battle with Israel over its access roads

Rawabi was created by Palestinian businessman Bashar Masri. It is designed for a population of 40,000. The first batch of families, over 350, moved in this summer.

Rawabi, the first modern planned Palestinian city

Right-wing politicians scrambling to save West Bank Amona outpost

Amona was first built in 1995, on the edge of the Ofra settlement. It is home to some 40 families and is located in the Binyamin region of the West Bank.

The Amona outpost in the West Bank

Knowing your ABC: A primer to understand the different areas of Judea and Samaria

Even avid followers of Israel’s political scene might be confused over what areas A, B and C mean more than 20 years after they came into existence.

Jewish settler Refael Morris stands at an observation point overlooking the West Bank village of Duma, near Yishuv Hadaat, an unauthorized Jewish settler outpost