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


Likud ministers call on Netanyahu to apply Israeli sovereignty over W. Bank ahead of Trump visit

"The October 7 massacre proved that the doctrine of settlement blocs and the establishment of a Palestinian state in the remaining territory is an existential danger to Israel."

 Jewish settlers set up tents and Israeli flags outside the village of Bruqin, west of Salfit, in the northern West Bank, May 23, 2025.

Trump's America could allow Israeli annexation of West Bank, council head tells 'Post' - interview

Annexation of the West Bank is "on the table...but it will take time," Yesha Council chairman Israel Ganz told the Post.

 US President Donald Trump signs documents as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, US, January 20, 2025.

Annexation in the West Bank? 'Not now,' Trump signals - exclusive

In recent weeks, calls for annexation have intensified within Israel’s political arena.

 (Illustrative) Donald Trump over a back drop of the West Bank.

Katz’s populist move threatens Israel’s stability in the West Bank - editorial

Katz halts settler detention orders, sparking backlash amid rising West Bank tensions.

 Israeli soldiers guard during a protest of Jewish settlers outside the West Bank city of Nablus, May 30, 2024

Annexation sounds great until you get into the details - opinion

Israel would be wise to heed the well-known saying, “tread lightly”  and proceed carefully before embarking on such a major undertaking. Some paths are difficult to reverse once taken.

 A BILLBOARD message congratulates president-elect Donald Trump, in Tel Aviv, the day after the presidential election, earlier this month. Many believe that in Trump’s America, Israel will be strengthened in every way possible, states the writer.

Smotrich: The time has come to apply Israeli sovereignty over West Bank

The United States has for decades backed a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians and has urged Israel not to expand settlements.

 Jewish settlers at the illegal West Bank settlement outpost of Ramat Migron, on September 8, 2023.

Netanyahu to address US, Israeli group advocating total control of West Bank

The group is made up of rabbis, evangelical pastors, former Israeli and US ambassadors, as well as members of Knesset. 

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Israeli settlements expand by record amount, UN rights chief says

The five-month-old Gaza war has put a renewed focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as foreseen by the Oslo accords from the early 1990s.

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Israel publishes tenders for new West Bank settlement units

The Israel Land Authority published on its website separate tenders for 1,248 new housing units in West Bank settlements.

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Will the Khan al-Ahmar quagmire sink Netanyahu’s coalition?

Netanyahu may have no choice but to risk a political crisis over this small hamlet, which could be the one that finally brings down his house.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confers with former interior and health minister Arye Deri at the weekly cabinet meeting on January 8.