Sovereignty

'On the way to sovereignty': MKs react to preliminary passing of bill to annex Ma'aleh Adumim

The Knesset passed a preliminary vote to apply Israeli sovereignty in Ma’aleh Adumim, prompting praise from right-wing MKs and criticism from Washington, which warned it could threaten the Gaza deal.

MK Avigdor Liberman attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, October 22, 2025.
 Muslim women walk, as Israeli settlers carry Israeli flags next to a checkpoint near the Ibrahimi mosque, also known as the Cave of Patriarchs, on the day of the first Friday prayers of Ramadan, in Hebron's Old City, in the West Bank March 15, 2024.

Knesset approves bill to apply Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee speaks at The Jerusalem Post at the Diplomatic Conference held at the Friends of Zion Museum media center in Jerusalem, September 16, 2025.

Huckabee hints: US would respect Israeli sovereignty move in West Bank

Charlie Kirk holds an Israeli flag outside the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank

Samaria Regional Council to create official Charlie Kirk commemoration


Netanyahu drops W. Bank sovereignty issue from agenda after UAE calls plan 'red line'

The Thursday discussion will focus on the security situation in the West Bank, in light of the upcoming UN General Assembly, where several countries will recognize Palestinian statehood. 

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Newsmax event in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2025.

Knesset hosts conference calling to apply Israeli sovereignty to West Bank

The ‘two-state illusion is dead,’ former US ambassador David Friedman said.

 Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katzover, of the Sovereignty Movement, pictured during an activist tour in the West Bank, January 2023; illustrative.

With Iran threat gone, it's time to expand Israel's sovereignty - opinion

Now that Israel is in a more secure situation, it can afford to put more thought into growth, and the first steps of that growth should be extending Israeli sovereignty to the West Bank.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony dedicating a new neighborhood in Kiryat Arba, outside Hebron, in 2020. Now is the time for Israel to extend its sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, the writer maintains.

Enough is enough: Israel must take Joseph's Tomb back from the Palestinians - opinion

Joseph was one of the founding fathers of the Jewish people. No other nation in the world would think twice about reclaiming its history. And neither should we.

 The courtyard of Joseph's Tomb in Nablus.

Israel must not cower: Sovereignty for Judea, Samaria, and Gaza now - opinion

Let us be clear: The current push by Paris, London, and Ottawa for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state has nothing to do with peace.

 THE PUSH by Paris, London, and Ottawa (pictured, Parliament Hill) for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state has nothing to do with peace

The vine of independence: How Israeli wine can uncork a new era of sovereignty - opinion

Israeli economic sovereignty can be built through the wine industry.

 WINE IS on sale at a supermarket in Jerusalem before Passover last month. Israeli wine is rooted in identity; it is grown in the same earth as our prophets and kings, says the writer.

Moscow extends lifeline to Assad, offers asylum to family

Despite Russia allegedly helping Assad, Syrian opposition forces have guaranteed the safety of Russian military bases and diplomatic missions.

 President Assad meets President Putin in Moscow, July 25, 2024

Israel's sovereignty at risk: Reclaiming our nation's independence - opinion

For us to fearlessly and to clearly address these existential issues we must re-embrace our sovereign mission to protect our citizens in the one and only Jewish nation-state.

 PEOPLE LOOK ON as smoke rises from a fire that broke out near Kibbutz Shamir in the Upper Galilee, as a result of a rocket attack from Lebanon, last week. The writer asks: What about securing the ability of our citizens to return to their homes in the North?

Is sovereignty a Jewish priority? - opinion

Judaism, Palestinianism, and the right to sovereignty over the Land of Israel.

 IDF PARATROOPERS stand in front of the Western Wall after it was captured during the Six Day War.

India will enter Pakistan to kill terrorists who run away there, defense minister says

The minister's comments come a day after Britain's Guardian newspaper published a report stating the Indian government had killed about 20 people in Pakistan since 2020.

 Members of a bomb disposal squad examine the site of a blast in Khanozai, Balochistan, Pakistan, February 7, 2024

What’s next for Gaza? A two-phased quagmire of chaos

Israel is very far from reaching the point of a “day after” scenario and is instead preparing to navigate a vast chasm of chaos.

 PALESTINIAN ARTIST Amal Abu Al-Sabh paints on the wall of a house destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, on January 3, 2024.