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West Bank

The Knesset / Judea & Samaria

Knesset Advances Bill to Replace “West Bank” with “Judea and Samaria” in Official Documents

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“The fact that the official legal language of the State of Israel still includes the disgraceful term ‘West Bank’ is an insult to the Knesset, the Jewish people, and our history.”

US / Politics / Judea & Samaria

Tenney Launches Congressional Friends of Judea and Samaria Caucus

By Andrew Bernard

“We gotta start telling the truth,” the New York congresswoman said. “We need to be the catalyst.”

US / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Tom Cotton Introduces Bill to Ban Federal Use of the Term ‘West Bank’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“It’s time to call this region by its rightful name and stop playing into anti-Israel propaganda,” the Arkansas senator wrote.

US / Eye on "Palestine" / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Senator Asks Biden to Clarify if US Sees Jerusalem as Part of ‘West Bank’

By Menachem Wecker

"It’s a simple question that I hope the administration can answer clearly and promptly," Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote.

Judea & Samaria

Poll Reveals Israelis’ Positive Attitude Toward Living in Judea and Samaria

By Hanan Greenwood / Israel Hayom

Seventy percent of the Jewish public feel a historical connection to Judea and Samaria, 63% an emotional connection, and 48% a religious connection.

Video of the Day

What West Bank?

By Video of the Day

The whole truth about the term the "West Bank" - the mistaken anti-Zionist narrative which developed concerning the heritage of our ancestors, Judea and Samaria.

Headline / Left vs. Right / Judea & Samaria

Using Language of the Left: Bennett Slammed for Calling Judea and Samaria ‘West Bank’

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

There is shock across the board among the right that Bennett has begun using leftwing terminology in his official statements.

News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Israeli Settlement Population Up 16.5 Percent in Five Years

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A report projects that Jewish residents in Judea and Samaria will grow to more than 1 million by 2046.

Video of the Day

Does Israel Occupy the 'West Bank'?

By Video of the Day

How many times have you heard that Israel "occupies" the West Bank? But have you ever asked yourself whether that’s true? Or even what it means?

Terrorism / Hamas / Judea & Samaria

Hamas Attempts to Set Region on Fire, Encouraging New Wave of Attacks

By Yaakov Lappin

A drive-by shooting in the Shomron was likely unorganized, though the terror group that runs Gaza is seeking to leverage recent tensions to pressure both the Palestinian Authority and Israel.

IDF & Security / The Courts / Judea & Samaria

2 Groups Petition High Court: Expel Arab Invaders of State Lands near Ariel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The “Removal of New Structures” order is an effective enforcement tool that makes it possible to streamline the law enforcement process.

Palestinian Authority / Sovereignty

Palestinian Authority Arrests Arabs Who Expressed Support for Israeli Sovereignty

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Palestinian Authority has detained several PA Arabs who told Israeli TV journalist Zvi Yechezkeli that they support Israel’s plan to apply sovereignty in parts of Judea and Samaria.

Featured / The Muqata

America Walks Back Peace Plan, Israel (and Bibi) Thrown Under a Bus

By JoeSettler

Sovereignty, the elections and Trump's peace plan have been destroyed with a single interview, but Israel can still make it happen...

Featured / Antisemitism / Boycott / BDS

Israel Rejects HRW Report Drafted by BDS Activist Deported from Israel

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

NGO Monitor dismissed the report as ”simply bizarre" and pointed out how it whitewashes terror.

Hamas / Palestinian Authority

Hamas Poised to Gain Power in Judea and Samaria, with Qatar’s Backing

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Qatar was instrumental in influencing Hamas to participate in the elections under Abbas’ terms and has pledged $25 million in funding for the elections

Featured / Judea & Samaria / Sovereignty

Minister Smotrich Pushing ‘Sovereignty Through Transportation’

By Ariel Kahana

The plan, which includes a $283 million expansion of the road connecting Jerusalem and Gush Etzion, aims to "end the current isolation of Judea and Samaria ... so that the area is just like any other region in Israel," according to the Transportation Ministry.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine"

Iran-Backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad Seeks Rocket Launchers in PA-Controlled Judea, Samaria

By Yaakov Lappin

Efforts to replicate the rocket threat in the Gaza Strip have been nipped in the bud due to Israel’s intelligence network and nightly counter-terrorism raids.

Headline / Khaled Abu Toameh

Can Arabs in Gaza Revolt Against Hamas?

By Khaled Abu Toameh

The voices emerging from the Gaza Strip are anguished and reflect the Palestinians' growing sense of disillusionment with Hamas. These voices, however, are still small in numbers. Hamas's brutal methods of suppression and torture have deterred a large number of Palestinians from speaking out. These voices will grow only if the international community heeds them and calls out Hamas for its brutal crackdown on Palestinians.

US / Eye on "Palestine"

Trump Administration Requests No Taxpayer Assistance to Palestinian Authority, Gaza

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The administration requested that U.S. assistance to Israel remain at $3.3 billion.

US / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Congressmen Call on Trump to Not Uproot Israeli Communities as Part of Peace Plan

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Congressman Barr stated that if Trump proposes the evacuation of Jews in Judea and Samaria as part of the diplomatic plan, he will oppose it.

Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Fatah Official to Gush Etzion Arabs: Ignore Israeli Employers, Continue Provocations

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

While some Arab family members take over land illegally and carry out provocations, other family members make their living by working in the Israeli communities.

Headline / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Israeli Employers to Arabs: Want to Work for US? Don't Work With Anarchists

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli employers have decided to step up their struggle against the phenomenon of illegal land grabs that endanger the security and future of their communities.

US / Antisemitism / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Calls For Counter-Boycott of Airbnb

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Airbnb’s policy is the very definition of anti-Semitism.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Watch: IDF Raids Yata Home of Ari Fuld's Murderer

By JNi.Media

The force carried out measurements of the terrorist's home in anticipation of an order to demolish it.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

2-Year Old Discovers Fire Balloon that Landed in Efrat

By JNi.Media

The first terrorist incendiary balloon in Judea and Samaria was launched in late June.

Headline / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts

Elor Azaria: If I Could Go Back in Time to Hebron, I'd Do It Again

By JNi.Media

"What happened here is that they abandoned a soldier, so the Palestinians would not get up to have one of their days of rage."

The Tamar Yonah Show

A Day in the Life of a 'Settler' - The Tamar Yonah Show

By Israel News Talk Radio

Judea & Samaria: An area that sometimes comes with its challenges.

Featured / Eye on "Palestine" / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Sovereignty

Ha'aretz Pundit: 'The Settlers Have Won, We Have Lost'

By JNi.Media

Levy repeats the mantra that only the complete return of Judea and Samaria to the Arabs would guarantee the desired, long-lasting peace.

Featured / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria

Abbas: 'Deal of the Century' Means Splitting Gaza from Ramallah

By JNi.Media

The Palestinian Central Council decided on the suspension of recognition of the State of Israel until it recognizes the State of Palestine.

Featured / Headline / Politics / Government / The Courts / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements / European Union

High Court Calls on State to Provide Alternative Housing for Khan al-Ahmar Squatters

By JNi.Media

During the hearing, the squatters' attorneys made it clear that their clients were not willing to move too far from the current location of their shantytown, at most "a hundred or two hundred meters."

Video of the Day

UNDERCOVER: Inside a "Machsom Watch" Tour

By Video of the Day

These are some of the lies and the delegitimization of Israel campaign that Machsom Watch feeds to tourists visiting Israel.

Headline / US / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Erekat: Kushner, Greenblatt, Want to Destroy the Palestinian Authority

By JNi.Media

They are seriously concerned over in Ramallah about President Trump's apparent plan to go over their heads to the people and give them what they need: prosperity.

Settlements

Evacuation and Destruction of Tapuach West has Begun

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hundred of Israeli Border Police have begun gathering to evacuate the neighborhood of Tapuch West (Tel Binyamin), in the Shomron.

Featured / Headline / IDF & Security / The Knesset / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Defense Ministry, Civil Administration, Reject Bill Transferring Arab Land Appeals to Civilian Courts

By JNi.Media

Attorney Marganit Levy, representing the Justice Ministry, told the committee: "The Administrative Affairs Court has more ability than the High Court of Justice to clarify factual matters."

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Islamic Jihad

Hamas in Gaza Fails to Ignite Similar Violence in Judea & Samaria

By Yaakov Lappin

Hamas is not the only entity trying to set things on fire. Iran and its proxies, such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah, have sought to infiltrate into Judea & Samaria and create armed cells there.

Headline / Politics / Government / Business and Economy / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Zoning Committee Approves 250 Housing Units in Mt. Hebron Settlement

By JNi.Media

"Today, twenty years since the civilian settlement was established at an important strategic point, we are advancing one more step towards normalization and equal rights for the citizens of Judea and Samaria."

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria

Agri-Terrorism Destroys Both Jewish and Arab Vineyards

By JNi.Media

Over the weekend, two vineyards have been destroyed, one owned by a Jew, the other by an Arab.

Headline / IDF & Security / Hamas / Judea & Samaria

Founding Leader of Hamas Arrested in Ramallah

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF arrested 32 people in connection to the recent wave of violence, riots and terror attacks.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria

Update: Terror Attack Near Efrat and Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion

By Jewish Press News Desk

The terrorist began his attack by running two people over and then got out with his knife...

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Palestinian Authority

Fatah Continues Incitement, Calls Israel 'Monster'

By Palestinian Media Watch

The blood of a terrorist who murdered an Israeli "will not be in vain" as "the ground [will] not be in vain."

Op-Eds

Administering the Temple Mount Is a Privilege, Not a Right

By BESA CENTER

The administrative management of this place of worship, holy for Judaism and Islam, should provide hospitality, dignity, and security to all law-abiding visitors and sincere worshippers respectful of the place, without religious, racial, or political discrimination.

Featured / US / Politics / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy

US Helping Palestinian Authority Entrepreneurs Flourish

By JNi.Media

The project is part of a commitment by the US administration to support a thriving economy and real opportunities for PA businesses.

Headline / Eye on "Palestine" / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria

Palestinian Authority Artists Threatened With Expulsion From Union If They Participate in Israeli Cultural Festival in Jerusalem

By Palestinian Media Watch

"The General Union of Palestinian Expressionist Artists has demanded that all artists not participate in the festival as it is a normalization festival that serves the Israeli agendas."

Featured / Politics / Palestinian Authority / Media / Islamists / The Temple Mount / Religion

According to Muslim Dignitaries, this Picture Shows Jews 'Storming' Al Aqsa Mosque

By JNi.Media

In the picture there's only one occupying force, way back, behind the nice storming lady in the green shirt. All the other occupying forces were probably having lunch at the time.

Headline / IDF & Security / The Courts / Bedouin / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

High Court Sides with Illegal Bedouin Settlers Cutting Off Ma'aleh Adumim from Jerusalem

By JNi.Media

The judges – Esther Hayut, Uzi Fogelman and Daphne Barak-Erez – favored the Bedouin cause and ordered the Civil Administration to show up in court by September 3 to respond to the claims of contempt.

A Hebrew in the Heartland

A Hebrew in the Heartland - Teaching the Jews to Love the Land of Israel

By Israel News Talk Radio

The "west bank" is actually the place where must of the Bible events took place.

IDF & Security / Politics / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria

Report: IDF Accelerates Deployment of Thousands of CCTVs in Judea and Samaria

By JNi.Media

In less than a year, by last April, some 2,200 Arab terrorists had been identified using these methods, while at various stages of planning and carrying out terrorist attacks.

Featured / Jewish / US / Politics / Government / Business and Economy / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education / Settlements

Bennett Doubles Ariel University's Size, Adelson Pays for New Medical School

By JNi.Media

With a $20 million donation from the Adelsons, Ariel will become home to Israel's sixth medical school.

Featured / Eye on "Palestine"

Palestinian Authority Survey Returns Surprising Results

By Jewish Press News Desk

Nearly half the Arabs want Israel to open up more work places (like SodaStream) in the West Bank.

Headline / IDF & Security / US / Politics / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / Health and Medicine

Crafty or Delusional? PA Expects Trump's Support Against Israeli 'Ethnic Cleansing'

By JNi.Media

According to a PLO senior official, cooperation with Israel to improve the lives of Arabs living under PA rule must be stopped, just in time for the water shortages of July and August.

Featured / Headline / Eye on "Palestine" / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Regavim Calls for Independent Census of Palestinian Authority Arabs

By Jewish Press News Desk

Regavim argues there's no reason to transfer any part of Area C to the Palestinian Authority when their population numbers are clearly inflated.

Headline / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Global / Government / Media / On Campus / Education / Settlements

At Last: Foreign Ministry Completes Worldwide Distribution of 'The Legality of Settlement'

By JNi.Media

'At no point in history was Jerusalem or Judea and Samaria subject to Palestinian Arab sovereignty.'

Featured / Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education

PA to Jerusalem School Kids: Stay Home, Throw Stones in Solidarity with Terrorists

By JNi.Media

'The schools are open and the teachers are there, but there are no students and if any arrive, they are sent home.'

Terrorism / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Stoning on the Husan Bypass Road

By Jewish Press News Desk

The driver managed to reach Beitar for medical attention.

Featured / Headline / US / Politics / Judea & Samaria

White House Removes Video That Gutted Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

It appears that once again the Trump administration was blind-sided by someone inside with their own agenda.

Featured / Headline / US / Judea & Samaria

White House Deletes Half of Israel Off the Map

By Jewish Press News Desk

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked hopes the omission by the White House was out of ignorance and not policy.

Featured / Judea & Samaria

Trump's Visit to Coincide with Mega-Celebration on a Judean Hilltop

By Jewish Press Staff

Ari & Jeremy are hosting an internationally live-streamed mega-celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Jewish return to Judea, the first day of the 6 Day War, Sunday May 21st, the 25th of Iyar.

Featured / Headline / Gaza / Hamas / Elections / Palestinian Authority / Islamists

Despite Hamas Boycott, Fatah Loses Municipal Elections in the Palestinian Authority

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party does not enjoy support from the PA's population, and they would be quickly replaced by the Islamists and other terror groups if given the chance.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

20 Stoning Attacks in 24 Hours

By Jewish Press News Desk

The attempts by Arab terrorists to kill Jews on the roads continues.

Featured / IDF & Security / Politics / Media / Judea & Samaria

Army Radio Directive Might Be Opportunity for the Right to Reclaim the 'West Bank'

By JNi.Media

The 'West Bank' can easily be reclaimed as part of the Zionist narrative, as it describes a political reality both before and after 1967.

Photo of the Day

Rabbi Avi Weiss Interrupts Elite Counter-Terrorism Unit's Training in Efrat

By Photo of the Day

The good Rabbi was so excited to see the soldiers training on his street.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Palestinian Authority

IDF Seizes Weapons, Seals Weapons Manufacturing Shop

By JNi.Media

The forces captured an illegal weapons manufacturing facility with six lathes.

Featured / Op-Eds

I Only Knew It Was Terror When He Screamed "Allahu Akbar"

By Josh Hasten

I knew it was a terror attack when an Arab man in one of the cars below who was stuck in the traffic jam looked up at me riding and screamed out his window "Allahu Akbar."

Featured / Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Two PA Child-Terrorists Arrested With Firebombs in their Knapsack

By Jewish Press News Desk

The two child-terrorists threw firebombs at a patrol and had a school knapsack with more bombs in it.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Stoning Attacks Continue Near Husan Bypass

By Jewish Press News Desk

A number of cars have been damaged, but there are no injuries.

Featured / Ari Fuld's Sword of Israel

1 Killed in Terror Attack and the Terrorist is Still Alive #IHaveHadEnough

By Ari Fuld HY"D

The poor Arab terrorist drove his late-model Audi into a a group of Israelis.

Video of the Day

Is There an Occupation?

By Video of the Day

Professor Kontorovich discusses whether Israeli control of the "West Bank and East Jerusalem" is an illegal occupation.

Video of the Day

Are Israeli Settlements Legal?

By Video of the Day

Professor Kontorovich of Northwestern University, an expert on International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict, gives his take on Israeli settlements.

Featured / Headline / Syria / Chessed and Tzedaka / Settlements

From Efrat to Syria With Love

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Every two weeks for the past two months, trucks have left Gush Etzion filled with goods for Syrian children over the border.

Featured / Headline / Government / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Tears, Songs as Ofra Residents Leave Homes

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

'The injustice we have suffered here is that we never even got our day in court.'

Featured / Op-Eds

Obamaleaks: Suspicious Haaretz “Scoop” About Netanyahu blocking “Regional Peace Plan”

By David Gerstman

Selective leaks by former Obama officials which were meant to make Netanyahu look bad don’t hold up to scrutiny.

Syria / US / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Proposed US Amb to Israel Grilled by Senate Foreign Relations Comm

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Friedman: As Ambassador I will represent this administration's policies not my own; and I will welcome all Americans, of every political view, when they visit Israel.

US / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Gulf States / UAE / Religion / Settlements

Hebron Spokesman Teaches Alternative Peace Plans via NY Times

By JNi.Media

The Messiah can't be too far away, if Yishai Fleisher was invited by the Gray Lady to explain how Israel can remain Jewish and democratic without the two-state solution.

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria

Report: Jewish Population Growth Rate in Judea, Samaria, Double Israel's National Average

By JNi.Media

The growth rate would have been even higher were it not for the construction freeze in Judea and Samaria.

IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Israeli Left Fanning Flames of Arab Glee at Evacuation of Amona Jews

By JNi.Media

The myth of ancient ownership of the Judea and Samaria lands by the local Arabs must be busted, repeatedly, using historic facts and persistent messages, because the world is unaware of this Big Lie, and Israel's Supreme Court does not care.

Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Eight Crucial Things You Need to Know About the Amona Case

By JNi.Media

The two Arab claimants own only a sliver – about half an acre altogether, out of the 125 acres of the Amona territory – less than .5%.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Breaking the Silence Expose 'Corruption': Hebron Jews Ply Soldiers with Shabbat Meals, Pizza

By JNi.Media

Having concluded phase one of their attack, presenting IDF soldiers as war criminals to an eager world, BtS now zeroes in on the men and women who put their lives on the line every day to settle the entire Biblical Land of Israel.

US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / Jerusalem

Fake News: Trump Caved to Arab Pressure on Jerusalem Embassy Move

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Claims that Trump administration caved to Arab pressure over the embassy move constitute fake news.

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Mayors of Efrat and Maale Adumim Invited to Trump's Inauguration Ceremony

By Jewish Press News Desk

For the first time ever, a number of settlement leaders have been invited to a US presidential inauguration.

Video of the Day

Ami Horowitz's Palestinian Road Trip!

By Video of the Day

Ami Horowitz traveled through the "West Bank" with Arab guides, and guess what he uncovered...

IDF & Security / US / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz: 'Make Gush Etzion Part of Greater Jerusalem'

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Minister Katz calls to renew a proposal that connects the communities of Greater Jerusalem to Jerusalem itself.

US / Politics / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Former Australian PM: Move Embassy to Jerusalem, Cut Off PA Funds

By JNi.Media

Another way for Australia to demonstrate its unswerving support for Israel, as the Middle East’s only liberal, pluralist democracy, might be to ... move its embassy to Jerusalem.

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / United Nations (UN) / Settlements / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Australian FM Attacks US, New Zealand, on UN Resolution

By JNi.Media

'Had Australia been a member of the Security Council, it would not have supported last Friday's resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements.'

Bulletproof

BULLETPROOF - Would the U.N. Recognize Honesty if it Knocked on its Door?

By Israel News Talk Radio

The UN condemns Israel, while only a few miles over the border, Syria is on fire.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Global / Government / News Briefs / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Hail Six 'Most Dishonest Reporters of 2016'

By JNi.Media

Worst Celebrations of Special Days: AFP, which dedicated its International Women’s Day coverage to the hardships of Arab women whose husbands are held in Israeli jails.

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