Israeli Annexation

Gov't wishes to expand West Bank annexation with minimal responsibility for Palestinians - opinion

This sharply contrasts with international law and the precedents set by the High Court over many decades.

 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich and Settlements Minister Orit Struck hold a Religious Zionist Party meeting at Givat Harel, a previously illegal West Bank settlement outpost authorized by the security cabinet, in February.
 US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, September 12, 2022

Nides: US will fight against Israeli annexation attempts

 JARED KUSHNER appears in the White House with then-US president Donald Trump and then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2019.

Does Israel's Netanyahu have a Donald Trump problem?

 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands with US President Donald Trump after signing the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Middle East neighbors, in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, on the South Lawn of the White House i

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A DEMONSTRATION in Jerusalem in February calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare sovereignty over the settlements in the West Bank.

Drive to oust Netanyahu moved back center as Bennett forgoes annexation

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UAE official on peace with Israel: Getting to 'yes' was quick, easy

He said that annexation is what made the country come to the decision to make peace with Israel at the time that it did.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks with the Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef Al Otaiba at the NYU Abu Dhabi campus in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates January 13, 2019

Litmus test for Israeli-Arab normalization comes as early as next week

There was a time when all Arab leaders would have been united in the concept that settlement building and peace-making could not go hand-in-hand.

The Israeli national flag flutters as apartments are seen in the background in the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the West Bank August 18, 2020.

Expert panel at 'Post' conference discusses sovereignty, UAE peace deal

“We must ensure that future generations won’t need to live side by side with a hostile entity in Judea and Samaria.”

Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Yitzhak "Jerry" Gershon, Blue and White MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh, and Prof. Eugene Kontorovich

Ex-deputy IDF chief to 'Post': Patience needed to deal with Palestinians

According to Vilnai, the most important goal is to separate from the Palestinians so that Israel will remain a Jewish and democratic state.

Former deputy IDF chief of staff Matan Vilnai is seen addressing The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference.

Sovereignty is a challenge and opportunity for the Right – opinion

The bond between the Right, the settlement movement, and the periphery is a solid one, yet not unbreakable.

SUPPORTERS OF Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrate after the last election in March.

Liberman: The Right must rid itself of Netanyahu if it wants annexation

Netanyahu has often spoken of himself as the leader of the Right, but Liberman disputes that self-description.

Head of the Yisrael Beytenu Party, Avigdor Liberman, meets with heads of the Yesha council, in Judea and Samaria, on September 06, 2020.

Halting West Bank annexation resurrects the ‘67 line: 10 things to know

The absence of sovereignty has always placed a shadow of danger over the settlement enterprise.

A Palestinian woman walks past a mural against Israel's plan to annex parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 14, 2020.

Right dismisses Netanyahu’s pledge to annex and not uproot settlements

“What is happening now in Judea and Samaria, is exactly the opposite of sovereignty. It is a lack of sovereignty,” said Gush Etzion Regional Council head Shlomo Na’aman.

An Israeli flag is seen at the Elon Moreh settlements, one of 15 pending enclave communities under the Trump plan.

Shaked: Netanyahu’s annexation talk is just spin, and we all know it

The UAE deal opened up the possibility of a peace deal with Israel and the Arab world, but appeared to bury the possibility of annexation.

New Right leader Ayelet Shaked