West Bank Annexation

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.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2026|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.

AUGUST 15, 2026|ByCORINNE BAUM, SHIR PERETS, REUTERS

A new Israeli settlement is seen near the town of Turmus Aya, between Nablus and Ramallah, in the West Bank, February 16,

West Bank annexation supported by nearly 40% of Israeli Jews, JPPI poll finds

Notably, 19% of Arab Israelis said they support Israel annexing the West Bank, assuming citizenship would be granted to the Palestinians living there.

AUGUST 12, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Smotrich announces expansion of West Bank's Highway 465, pushes for new level of 'safety, security'

"The doubling of this important road will create a completely different level of safety, security, and quality of life," said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in a statement announcing the project.

JULY 19, 2026|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

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.

Court backs settler evacuation on Homesh, upholds Palestinian rights

The court didn’t directly order the evacuation, but it accepted the state’s declaration of intent to evacuate the small illegallybuilt modular seminary.

JUNE 2, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Israeli soldiers block the entrance to Homesh, in the West Bank, on May 28, 2022.

Senior religious-Zionist, settler leader Rabbi Eliezer Waldman dies at 84

Waldman was one of the founders of the Jewish settlement in Hebron, founder of Nir Yeshiva in Kiryat Arba and one of the founders of the Gush Emunim settlement movement in 1974.

DECEMBER 19, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON

Behind scenes of Abraham Accords: Israeli annexation halted day before deadline

Israeli annexation of West Bank settlements was scuttled within 24-hours of its July 1 deadline in 2020, Barak Ravid revealed in his new book interviewing Donald Trump.

DECEMBER 13, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF