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European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021

EU condemns expansion of 'illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank'

By EVE YOUNG , TOVAH LAZAROFF

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Israeli settlements expand by record amount, UN rights chief says

Autoridad Palestina - El presidente Mahmud Abbas habla durante una reunión de la dirección de la Autoridad Palestina, en Ramala. Ningún presidente debería estar en el cargo tanto tiempo y menos sin un mandato del pueblo, afirma el escritor.

Abbas: PA will take charge of Gaza to prevent 'second Nakba' for Palestinians

By JOANIE MARGULIES

IDF 'Chariot of Fire' drill.

IDF practiced a scenario of a Palestinian being kidnapped by a settler

By SHLOMI HELLER

Mourners react during the funeral of American-Palestinian Tawfiq Ajjaq, 17, who according to Palestinian officials was killed by the Israeli security forces, near Ramallah in the West Bank, January 20, 2024.

US 'devastated' by death of citizen in West Bank, seeks probe

By REUTERS

IDF troops demolish the Hebron homes of two terrorists who carried out a terror attack in November. January 21, 2024.

IDF demolishes homes of Hamas terrorists in Hebron, arrests seven in West Bank

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinian laborers, who were in Israel during the Hamas October 7 attack, arrive at the Rafah border after being sent back by Israel to the strip, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 3, 2023.

Do not allow Palestinian workers into Israel, Likud MKs and ministers demand

By ELIAV BREUER

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a car in Nablus, in the West Bank January 17, 2024

IDF, Shin Bet kill head of terror cell in Nablus during overnight operation

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG shakes hands with Jordan’s King Abdullah II during his visit to Amman on Wednesday.

Jordan's PM says peace with Israel remains strategic choice despite Gaza war

By REUTERS

Palestinians protest against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit and his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Ramallah in the West Bank, January 10, 2024.

Crowds protest in Ramallah as Secretary of State Blinken meets with PA President Abbas

By MOHAMMED AL-KASSIM/The Media Line

Kochav Yair, as seen from southeast

‘A fence is not enough’: West Bank border residents fear October 7 repeat

By EREZ HAREL

Israeli soldiers guard in a bus station at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Ofra, where a Palestinian man tried to ram Israeli security forces who stopped him for inspection, October 4, 2022.

Israel approves NIS 75 million for West Bank settlement security

By ARIELLA MARSDEN

IDF soldiers find explosive devices during operation in in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm in the northern West Bank early Sunday morning

IDF disarms explosives used for terror in West Bank raid

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Comedian Bill Maher speaks during ceremonies unveiling his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood

Bill Maher says Palestinians should 'move on' in pro-Israel monologue

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A general view of a mosque, after the Israeli army's withdrawal from the Jenin camp, July 5, 2023

IDF suspends soldiers for reciting Jewish prayer inside Jenin mosque

By MAARIV ONLINE , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinian workers in Israel

Israel's indecisiveness on Palestinian workers shows shifting dynamics

Palestinians inspect the damage after last night raid of Israeli security forces, in the West Bank city of Jenin, October 30, 2023.

Settler violence in the West Bank endangers Muslims and Jews

By Sam Stein/JTA

Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2023.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas MIA as Hamas wages war against Israel

By MOHAMMED AL-KASSIM/The Media Line