The U.S. provides Israel with $3.8 billion in annual military aid under a 10-year memorandum of understanding signed in 2016.
Roughly 500,000 Israeli settlers now live in the West Bank, in addition to about 230,000 in East Jerusalem, according to UN and Israeli government data.
In 2024, the Biden administration imposed sanctions on individual West Bank settlers accused of violence — sanctions the Trump administration rescinded on January 20, 2025.
The International Court of Justice ruled in July 2024 that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful and that settlements violate international law.
AP reported in 2025 that far-right settlers have seized dozens of natural springs and heritage sites across the West Bank, often with Israeli state backing.