Annexation

Israel has an unprecedented opportunity to annex parts of the West Bank and Jordan Valley. The Jerusalem Post covers this debate over whether Israel should move forward with annexation and, if so, when and how.

Israel's next challenge: Weighing the cost of annexation - opinion

Israeli control of Iranian airspace and America’s action against its nuclear capabilities do not alter the demographic reality in Greater Israel.

 An illustrative image of gunfire to Israeli and Palestinian flags.
 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is flanked by Defense Minister Israel Katz (right) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in the Knesset plenum in 2025.

Opposing forces failed 'beat the settlers': Time to join the Jews of the West Bank - opinion

Israeli Minister Miki Zohar speaks at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025.

Israel planning on annexing land in Gaza if hostages aren't returned, minister says

 (Illustrative) Donald Trump over a back drop of the West Bank.

Will Trump green-light Israeli annexation of the West Bank at his address to Congress?


Annexation: While the IDF fights in Gaza, Smotrich is seizing control of the West Bank - opinion

The process of stripping the military of its powers in the West Bank and shifting control over to civilian bodies under Bezalel Smotrich’s leadership is almost complete.

 Frozen construction in the Shilo settlement beside the Palestinian village Tumus Ayya.

Back to the future in Gaza: Time to end the experiment of expelling Jews for peace - opinion

Once the Palestinians are resettled elsewhere, Gaza should be annexed to Israel, to which it rightfully belongs.

 OPPONENTS OF Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan face IDF troops as they secure the fence of Kfar Maimon in July 2005 after police blocked them from marching to the Gush Katif communities to protest against their demolition.

How will Donald Trump handle Gaza, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and sovereignty of the West Bank?

Israel is eagerly anticipating the upcoming Trump administration. However, Donald Trump remains unpredictable in the extreme and somewhat of a maverick, making any predictions unwise.

 President-elect Donald Trump (Illustrative)

Israel should annex all of Mount Hermon from Syria - opinion

For both strategic and historical reasons, the Jewish state should annex all of the newly acquired parts of Mount Hermon and formally incorporate them into Israel.

 IDF soldiers operate on Mount Hermon, on the border between Israel and Syria, December 12, 2024

Make Judea and Samaria part of Israel again - opinion

Israel can’t allow its policy to be dictated by the unknown demands of the Arab world. Zionists didn’t build a state to cower from developing their historic land.

 A PRO-PALESTINIAN protest takes place in Chicago on October 8, 2023. The chant ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine shall be free!’ has been repeated ad nauseam; this chant calls for the annihilation of the State of Israel and the eviction of the Jewish people, the writer asserts.

West Bank's Area C 'integral to State of Palestine' - PA prime minister

PA Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh warned his cabinet that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government was working to "annex" Area C.

A Jewish settler walks past Israeli settlement construction sites around Givat Zeev and Ramat Givat Zeev in the West Bank, near Jerusalem June 30, 2020.

What is Smotrich's frightening, suicidal plan for Israel's future? - opinion

The signs are a clear warning to those who would stand in the way of annexation or attempt to enforce the law in opposition to the messianic, settler vision.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu greets Finance Minister and Minister in the Defense Ministry Bezalel Smotrich in the Knesset, last week.

Israeli sovereignty in Jordan Valley bill rejected by the Right

While most of the coalition intends to vote against it, Noam Party MK Maoz is set to vote in favor and Otzma Yehudit MK Son Har-Melech will abstain.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an old army outpost overlooking the Jordan Valley last June.

From legal occupation to annexation, and how it’s viewed internationally - opinion

Since 1967, there has been a situation known internationally as temporary occupation, with legal recognition of the temporary legitimacy of the Israeli presence in the territories.

 FOREIGN MINISTRY Director-General Alon Ushpiz (right) sits alongside Foreign Minister Eli Cohen at a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem when Cohen was welcomed as the new minister.

How can Israel win the Palestinian conflict? Historian explains

American historian Daniel Pipes recently visited Israel to meet with key people and also discuss his visions for Israel’s victory in its current conflict.

 ISRAELI POLICE stand by as Jews visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City last year.

Israel already annexed the West Bank a long time ago - opinion

International critics demonize Israel make a fundamental error in presenting it as evil. Hanlon’s razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

 ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR to the UN Gilad Erdan speaks at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East in August. Last week, the UN General Assembly referred the West Bank issue to the World Court.