Yesha Council

Israeli settlers block Palestinian students' path to West Bank school with barbed wire

Khalil Hathaleen, head of the Umm al-Khair village council, said the barbed wire prevented children from taking their usual path through a valley to the school in the village center.

Palestinian school children sit by a barbed wire fence installed by settlers, which blocked their access to the school in Umm al-Khair village in Masafer Yatta, in the West Bank, April 14, 2026.
Yisrael Ganz ,Governor, Binyamin Region Chairman, Yesha Council

Yisrael Ganz at Jerusalem Post Miami Summit

US ambassador Mike Huckabee's family after finding coins in a Mateh Binyamin Regional Council cave, January 5, 2026.

'Grandpa, look what we found': Huckabee family uncovers ancient coins in West Bank caves

Yisrael Ganz, governor of the Binyamin Regional Council and chairman of the Yesha Council

Yisrael Ganz: “Judea and Samaria face a clear choice – Iranian chaos or a new horizon.”


Yisrael Ganz unveils 'Joshua & Caleb Plan' on Capitol Hill: 'Zero terror, zero incitement'

Yesha Council head presents new political and economic initiative for Judea and Samaria

Yisrael Ganz	Governor, Binyamin Region and Chairman, Yesha Council

Ben-Gvir 'proud' of less policing of Hilltop Youth after fiery week of West Bank extremism

The opening of police investigations into incidents of West Bank settler violence has been dropping despite increasing attacks against Palestinian villages, mosques, and farms.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks at an Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem. November 3, 2025.

Now is 'not the right time' for West Bank annexation says Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu met with prominent leadership from the West Bank prior to his meeting with Donald Trump.

IDF soldiers operate in the West Bank, September 8, 2025.

Trump-Netanyahu meeting: US ramping up pressure for end of war, Israel eyes West Bank annexation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump will meet on Monday, but the two have very different topics in mind.

 US President Donald Trump and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu walk together during Netanyahu's visit to Washington, February 5, 2025

Netanyahu must take 'decisive stand' on Judea and Samaria, says Director General of Yesha Council

"We need him to speak clearly for over half a million Israelis living in Judea and Samaria," said Omer Rahamim, Director General of the council.

CEO of Yesha Council, Omer Rahamim attends a press conference with Israeli minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich and mayors of settlements in the West Bank, at the Ministry of Finance in Jerusalem on September 3, 2025.

Yesha leaders race to meet Netanyahu in NY as Trump opposes West Bank annexation

The delegation will rush to meet Netanyahu ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump on Monday.

Yesha Council heads hold a meeting on the topic of West Bank sovereignty.

No. 41: Yisrael Ganz: Yesha Council chairman, Binyamin Regional Council head

As head of Israel’s largest regional municipality and the movement’s umbrella body, Yisrael Ganz operates at both the municipal and national levels. 

Israel Ganz

The wrong vote at the wrong time - opinion

Why recognizing another Palestinian state would reward terror.

 Yisrael Ganz, Governor, Binyamin Region, Chairman, Yesha Council

Embracing pragmatic partial sovereignty in the West Bank - opinion

The settlement movement stands at a critical crossroads.

CHAIRMAN OF the Yesha Council, Israel Ganz, speaks during an interview. Today’s partial sovereignty can become tomorrow’s complete sovereignty if we accept what is achievable now while continuing to work toward our ultimate goals, says the writer.

Smotrich approves West Bank settlement plan to 'bury idea of Palestinian state'

"The plan is the 'final nail in the coffin' for the concept of a Palestinian state," Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich remarked.

Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, August 6, 2025