West Bank Annexation

Smotrich announces expansion of West Bank's Highway 465, pushes for new level of 'safety, security'

"The doubling of this important road will create a completely different level of safety, security, and quality of life," said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in a statement announcing the project.

Highway 465's expansion was approved.
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR Gavin Newsom attends the inauguration of new installations at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center as part of the prison’s transformation plan, in San Quentin, California, US, February 20, 2026.

California Gov. Newsom says West Bank annexation, Netanyahu could lead Israel into apartheid state

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank.

Palestinian family says settlers annexed unfinished West Bank home

The Ibrahimi mosque or the Tomb of the Patriarchs, in the West Bank city of Hebron, July 3, 2024.

Foreign Ministry denies annulment of Hebron Agreement, contradicting Smotrich's announcement


Sovereignty Movement heads ask Yankelevich, Blue and White for support

The discussion with Yankelevich "reflects the ever growing Israeli consensus surrounding the application of sovereignty in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley," the Sovereignty Movement said.

Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevich (center-right) is seen meeting with the heads of the Sovereignty Movement and Bitchonistim Movement.

Annexation is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. COVID-19 mustn't derail it

While understandably the coronavirus now dominates everyday life, we must continue to face our ongoing domestic and global security issues.

PALESTINIANS CLASH with soldiers during a protest against Israel’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank, near Nablus, July 2020

What the government isn't telling you about annexation – opinion

Without fully understanding the implications for our future, the Israeli Right with Netanyahu at the helm “marketed” one of the greatest dangers to the State of Israel as “a legitimate achievement.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu – is annexation more a political interest than a legacy issue?

Palestinian students in California protest Israeli annexation in caravan

The protests were organized by UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton and Santiago Canyon College.

A Palestinian holds a poster reading, "Palestinian Lives Matter" at an anti-annexation protest in Tel Aviv.

DNC advances final platform version, Israel related draft stays unchanged

The committee rejected a suggested amendment to condition US assistance to Israel, so "no US aid may be used to facilitate annexation or to violate Palestinians rights."

US President Joe Biden gestures after disembarking from a plane upon landing at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 8, 2016

If Netanyahu opts for elections, will West Bank annexation be lost?

In the current climate, an annexation vote is synonymous with new Israel elections.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plants a tree in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank, January 28th, 2019,

Lies my anti-annexationists allies told me

It’s misleading to pretend there ever was an Arab entity called Palestine, or deny that Israel won the territory in 1967 legitimately in a defensive war.

A Palestinian man flies the national flag as he rides a donkey.

Is Netanyahu in a free-fall; trapped between COVID-19 and annexation?

Netanyahu’s worst nightmares have almost become reality, with Israelis taking to the streets shouting, “Netanyahu should be dismissed.”

Israelis protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, July 3, 2020

Right pushes for Sunday West Bank annexation vote at Ministerial Committee

The bill looks to preserve Israeli rights to Area C and rejects any Palestinian expansion of building in Area C and or to expansion of agriculture land, unless approved by Israel’s security cabinet.

Knesset plenum April 20, 2020

Moshe Ya’alon: Israel should stop talking about annexation

Ya’alon explained that Trump didn’t even allow Israel to move forward on sovereignty in January, when he unveiled his peace plan in Washington and published a map of what could be annexed.

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2016