West Bank

November 27, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Palestinian Islamic Jihad reportedly rebuilding its presence in Syria

Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported on November 26 that Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Gaza-based terrorist group, has been “increasingly strengthening its military wing in Syria...

November 26, 2025 | |

Israel Launches New Counterterrorism Operation in Northern West Bank

New Mission in Terror Hotspots: The IDF initiated a new counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank on November 26, with raids carried out in a strip of Palestinian villages...

November 25, 2025 | |

IDF Eliminates Palestinian Terrorists Responsible for Attacks in West Bank

Security Guard’s Killer Eliminated: The IDF eliminated a Palestinian terrorist on November 25 who was responsible for murdering Israeli security guard Gidon Peri with a hammer...

November 23, 2025 | Joe Truzman |

West Bank: Israeli security forces kill Palestinian police officer who shot Israeli soldier

The Shin Bet intelligence agency, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and the Israel Police announced on November 21 that security forces killed a Palestinian police officer who had shot and wounded...

November 19, 2025 | Enia Krivine, Richard Goldberg

Trump’s Gaza peace plan is doomed — unless he shuts down terror-boosting UNRWA

When the UN Security Council approved President Donald Trump’s plan to establish a board of peace overseeing Gaza’s transformation from Hamas terror base to calm Palestinian enclave, it was...

November 18, 2025 | |

1 Israeli Killed, 3 Injured in West Bank Terror Attack

Latest Developments Gush Etzion Attack: At least one person was killed and three others injured on November 18 when two Palestinian terrorists carried out a combined car-ramming and stabbing attack...

November 18, 2025 | Aaron Goren, Joe Truzman

The United States Should Apply the Gaza Ceasefire’s Stipulations to West Bank Terrorist Organizations 

Days after U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan was announced, senior Hamas member Zaher Jabarin directed attention to the West Bank, where Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), and...

November 17, 2025 | Toby Dershowitz, Asher Boiskin

Does Al Jazeera Collaborate With Hamas?

Al Jazeera’s leadership shake-up has been in the headlines. Will its new executives direct the Qatari state-funded media arm to cease its cozy relationship with Hamas? Allegations have been swirling...

November 16, 2025 | Joe Truzman |

Islamic State–linked activity on the rise in Israel and the West Bank

On November 14, the Shin Bet intelligence agency and the Israel Police arrested four residents of East Jerusalem’s Beit Safafa neighborhood on charges of having ties to the Islamic State and...

November 13, 2025 | |

IDF Arrests 50 Hamas Members in West Bank Planning Imminent Attacks Against Israel

Latest Developments Hamas Cells Busted Across West Bank: Israel announced on November 13 that it dismantled a Hamas terrorist network in the Bethlehem area. During 15 separate West Bank operations...

November 11, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

The Flood that Sunk the Palestinian State

When the world needed Palestinian grownups to help solve the problems in Gaza, it found none. The PLO was too corrupt and Hamas too irrational.  

November 7, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

US pushes for UN resolution on Gaza to support peace plan

The US is seeking a United Nations Security Council resolution on Gaza “aimed at bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, including by greenlighting an international security force,”...

November 5, 2025 | |

Norway Pauses Ethical Divestment by Sovereign Wealth Fund Amid U.S. Scrutiny

Parliament Agrees on Pause: Norway’s parliament voted on November 4 to pause ethical divestment by its sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world with over $2.1 trillion...

November 1, 2025 | Joe Truzman |

Palestinian Islamic Jihad shows signs of renewed activity in the West Bank

An unidentified Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) field commander announced on October 29 that the organization had launched “Operation Blinding Vision” against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)....

October 28, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi, William Doran

Why Turkey Can’t Bring Peace to Gaza

Ankara’s pro-Hamas rhetoric makes it unfit to help police the Gaza Strip.

October 28, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

The Palestinians Must Apologize to the Lebanese

A Palestinian apology could pave the way for reconciliation by confronting the historical injustices inflicted on Lebanon. On October 26, Palestinian gunmen manning a checkpoint at Beirut’s Shatila...

October 27, 2025 | |

Jordan’s King Abdullah II Says No Country Will Volunteer to ‘Enforce’ Gaza Ceasefire

‘Peacekeeping’ and ‘Peace Enforcement’: Jordan’s King Abdullah II said that it would be difficult for the United States to persuade countries to join the proposed International...

October 27, 2025 | David Adesnik, Mariam Wahba, Ahmad Sharawi, David Daoud, Natalie Ecanow, Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Bridget Toomey

Patient Extremism: The Many Faces of the Muslim Brotherhood

October 16, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The Gaza Peace Deal Has One Huge Problem: Hamas Won’t Disarm

As Gaza Ceasefire Begins, Hamas Is Already Reasserting Control Disarming Hamas is key to the U.S.-backed deal to end the Gaza war. The first phase of the agreement signed Oct....

October 16, 2025 | Ben Cohen, David May

50 Years of Anti-Zionist Propaganda: Why the UN’s ‘Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People’ Must Be Dismantled