Current sectionWest Bank NewsIsraeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat brought five Palestinians from Hebron to a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee hearing, where they urged the IDF to help boost their status. Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli called the plan 'the future of the West BankShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe02:24 PM • June 19 2026 IDTIsraeli defense officials warned against a government-backed plan by several West Bank residents to secede from the Palestinian Authority, establish an independent emirate and join regional normalization agreements, warning the plan is neither operationally nor politically feasible and could force Israel into direct military intervention in internal West Bank fighting.CommentsIn the NewsDefense Officials Warn Likud Minister's West Bank Emirate Plan Could BackfireNetanyahu's Last Stand: When Reality Is Low, Go LowerIran Set Up Covert Iraqi Cells to Attack Gulf Neighbors, Sources SayIDF Says Four Killed in Southern Lebanon, Including Senior OfficerU.S.-Iran Deal Leaves Israel's Political Blocs Largely Unchanged, Poll ShowsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East Ablaze'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeFork Found in Kitchen: Israelis Have Discovered the OccupationIran Reportedly Calls Off Missile Strikes on Israel After Trump Intervenes