Judea and samaria

Can we stop demonizing each other over the West Bank - opinion

We are all Jews living in the same small, besieged country. We all lost friends and family on October 7. We all want our children to grow up safely.

PALESTINIAN STUDENTS gather near a fence installed by Israeli settlers on their way to school, near Umm al-Khair in the West Bank, on April 14, 2026.
A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Israel projects strength abroad but struggles to protect its citizens at home - opinion

The Tennessee State Capitol building pictured in 2022.

Tennessee legislature passes bill mandating Judea and Samaria terminology in state communications

An IDF soldier operating in the West Bank, published on February 6, 2026.

Israeli settler wounded by rock, Palestinian shot by IDF soldier, in West Bank altercation


IDF pursues terrorist who threw iron rod at Israeli car in West Bank, driver not physically injured

The driver was physically unharmed but Magen David Adom paramedics treated them for shock at the scene.

An iron rod embedded in the windshield of an Israeli car in the northern West Bank, November 29, 2025.

Israeli forces locate terror infrastructure, confiscate funds in northern West Bank operation

During the operation, forces performed searches in dozens of structures and questioned suspects in the area.

IDF troops in northern West Bank operation.

Just one Jewish 'anarchist' remains in custody after around 100 attack Palestinian village

In total, only six attackers were caught, and four were detained. This marks the 85th recent attack on Palestinians, with the IDF calling for more tools against offenders.

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

Jew-hate gets a kosher certificate: Jewish author visits the real ‘No Other Land’

Tuvia Tenenbom, author of ‘Catch the Jew,’ gives his inimitable take on Palestinian-produced documentary ‘No Other Land.’

TUVIA TENENBOM at the Khalet al-Maiyya Municipality with Mohammed al-Adra, its director.

Wider Israeli society should visit Israel's heartland to build support for annexation - opinion

It's time for the settler community to make the case to the Israelis opposing the annexation of Judea and Samaria about its beauty and importance.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson visits the West Bank, August 4, 2025.

Nearly 6,000 Palestinians illegally crossed into Israel in 2025, Knesset Nat'l Security Cm'tee told

Additionally, enforcement of illegal employment was increased, with 1,183 indictments reported this year, up from 985 in 2024.

Palestinians walk near an Israeli checkpoint, as they make their way to Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, to attend the Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, near Qalandia, in the West Bank, March 21, 2025.

'On the way to sovereignty': MKs react to preliminary passing of bill to annex Ma'aleh Adumim

The Knesset passed a preliminary vote to apply Israeli sovereignty in Ma’aleh Adumim, prompting praise from right-wing MKs and criticism from Washington, which warned it could threaten the Gaza deal.

MK Avigdor Liberman attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, October 22, 2025.

Samaria Film Festival goes global

The festival begins on November 5, with screenings at 20 locations.

A SCENE from ‘Malachi.’

'A clear violation of int’l law': Hamas decries Israeli bill proposing West Bank annexation

The statement calls the bill "to annex the West Bank and impose sovereignty over the so-called Ma'ale Adumim settlement" a "flagrant violation of all relevant international laws and resolutions."

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

Alternative plans exist other than the two-state solution - opinion

There are many former Israeli prime ministers, Palestinian advocates, and American presidents and officials who lack the imagination necessary to consider alternative plans to the two-state solution.

THEN-US ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks during a visit to Efrat, in Gush Etzion, in 2020. He has proposed Israeli annexation of Judea and Samaria as the biblical and practical path to peace, the writer states.