West Bank Annexation

UN Security Council calls urgent meeting to discuss recent Israeli West Bank policies

The session, initiated by the British Foreign Secretary, comes less than a week after the Israeli government reopened land registration in Area C for the first time since 1967.

Mohamed Abushahab, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council during the meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, US, February 18, 2026.
ISRAELI SECURITY forces guard while bulldozers demolish a Palestinian building in the West Bank, on Wednesday.

When Judea and Samaria become Israel, democracy pays the price - opinion

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi attends a press briefing during an EU-Jordan summit in Amman, Jordan, January 8, 2026; illustrative.

Foreign ministers from Muslim, Arab countries denounce Israeli West Bank bill to expand control

Israeli military vehicles move along a road next to a concrete barrier close to the village of Beit Awwa near Hebron in the West Bank

As Iran distracts Trump, Netanyahu leaves Smotrich, Katz to announce West Bank changes - analysis


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

Saudi FM says no ties with Israel until peace with Palestinians

Says country committed to peace based on the Arab Initiative.

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan al-Saud attends the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 24, 2020.

Knesset speaker: Rifts in Right helped foil annexation

Politicians put together legislative battle plan for sovereignty

Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin addresses the opening meeting of the Knesset’s Land of Israel Caucus. August 17, 2020

Settlers call for Netanyahu’s ouster, PM charges they gave up sovereignty

“First they don’t apply sovereignty, now they are saying we should apply sovereignty. It [their criticism] isn’t serious.”

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu.

What if it was called disengagement and not annexation? – opinion

What would happen if Netanyahu had introduced his plan as a unilateral disengagement rather than applying sovereignty/annexation?

Palestinian demonstrators pray as an IDF soldier stands guard during a protest against Israel’s planned annexation, near Hebron, on July 17.

With West Bank annexation gone, will a settlement freeze follow? –analysis

Does the peace process with the UAE continue as normal, while settlement building occurs?

WILL THE settlement of Ma’aleh Adumin officially become an Israeli city?