From The Hartman Institute For Heaven's Sake

Judea and Samaria: The conversation Israel isn’t having

Donniel and Yossi confront the explosive question: What future awaits Judea and Samaria, referred to by some as the West Bank and others as the Occupied Territories?

Palestinian Saber Asaleyeh, 74, inspects his scrapyard where vehicles were scorched during an Israeli settler attack overnight in the West Bank village of Burqa, east of Ramallah Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP/Nasser Nasser)

In this conversation recorded live in Jerusalem on July 2, 2025, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi confront the explosive question: What future awaits Judea and Samaria, referred to by some as the West Bank and others as the Occupied Territories?

In a conversation moderated by Ronit Heyd, Vice President and Director of the Center for Israeli & Jewish identity at the Shalom Hartman Institute, they argue that as Israel emerges from war with Iran and Hamas, this long-frozen conflict is the next moral and political time bomb. They dissect settler violence, the failure of Israeli leadership, and why “it’s complicated” no longer excuses inaction as they challenge us to move beyond tribalism toward potential solutions.

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