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.
When Judea and Samaria become Israel, democracy pays the price - opinion
Foreign ministers from Muslim, Arab countries denounce Israeli West Bank bill to expand control
As Iran distracts Trump, Netanyahu leaves Smotrich, Katz to announce West Bank changes - analysis
Settlers fear Biden visit may strengthen Palestinian hold on Area C
The Palestinians believe that all of Area C, where the Israeli settlements are located, must be part of the final borders of their state.
Court backs settler evacuation on Homesh, upholds Palestinian rights
The court didn’t directly order the evacuation, but it accepted the state’s declaration of intent to evacuate the small illegallybuilt modular seminary.
Senior religious-Zionist, settler leader Rabbi Eliezer Waldman dies at 84
Waldman was one of the founders of the Jewish settlement in Hebron, founder of Nir Yeshiva in Kiryat Arba and one of the founders of the Gush Emunim settlement movement in 1974.
Behind scenes of Abraham Accords: Israeli annexation halted day before deadline
Israeli annexation of West Bank settlements was scuttled within 24-hours of its July 1 deadline in 2020, Barak Ravid revealed in his new book interviewing Donald Trump.
73 congressional Democrats to Biden: Call Israeli settlements illegal
A letter from Democratic congresspeople to President Joe Biden urged him to overturn Trump presidency policies.
Jerusalem Flag March cancelled after police reject Damascus Gate route
Originally, the march was scheduled to pass through the Damascus Gate near the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
From Trump to Biden; from West Bank annexation to Israeli apartheid
The settlement movement is now almost precisely where it was four years ago and in some ways it is in an even worse position.
Friedman recalls close connection to Trump as days in post draw to close
Speaking to Trump weekly and meeting monthly gave Friedman unparalleled power as an ambassador.
2020: A year when normalization trumped annexation
SETTLEMENT AFFAIRS: Israel pulled back from West Bank annexation in 2020, but the story is not over.
Drive to oust Netanyahu moved back center as Bennett forgoes annexation
If Bennett won’t stand on principle for West Bank annexation, who will?