Annexation

Advancing Israeli sovereignty in response to recognition of a Palestinian state - opinion

Part of the Israeli public thinks Israel should advance full sovereignty over the West Bank in response to Western recognition of a Palestinian state.

|ByRAPHAEL BENLEVI
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz attend a debate in the Knesset last month on a resolution to apply sovereignty over Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley. The resolution, nonbinding, passed.
IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, July 17, 2025.

Netanyahu discussed partial Gaza annexation if hostage talks stall, source tells 'Post' - exclusive

IDF sources confirmed to the Post that senior IDF officials were kept out of the meetings and were not consulted regarding any option, or plan of annexation.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN, YONAH JEREMY BOB, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
An illustrative image of gunfire to Israeli and Palestinian flags.

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.

|ByTOVA HERZL
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

Israel should be allowed to annex, govern, and secure Judea and Samaria. It’s time to set aside archaic, failed ideas and look for ideas that can improve the lives of the people in the region.

|ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI

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

Zohar said that Israel “trusts” US President Trump, and pledged that Trump will always continue to support Israel.

MAY 20, 2025ByELIAV BREUER
Israeli Minister Miki Zohar speaks at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025.

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

As Trump prepares to address Congress, speculation grows over whether he will endorse Israeli annexation of the West Bank, a move with major geopolitical stakes.

MARCH 4, 2025ByBEN SALES/JTA
(Illustrative) Donald Trump over a back drop of the West Bank.

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.

MARCH 2, 2025ByZIV STAHL
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.

MARCH 1, 2025ByMICHAEL FREUND
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.

JANUARY 13, 2025ByMARK WEISS
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.

JANUARY 11, 2025ByMICHAEL FREUND
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.

DECEMBER 1, 2024ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI
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.

OCTOBER 3, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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.

MAY 30, 2023ByYAAKOV (MENDY) OR
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.

MARCH 15, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
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.

FEBRUARY 5, 2023ByDANIEL CARMON
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.