Annexation

Israel must annex the West Bank to prevent the next war - opinion

Recent polls from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research show that even today, a majority of Palestinians in the West Bank, 59%, still believe Hamas’s October 7 massacre was right.

|ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI
Israeli forces demolish a home in Tarqumiya, in the West Bank on February 1, 2026.
Israeli security forces near the scene where two Israelis were killed in a terror shooting attack at Allenby bridge, a crossing between West Bank and Jordan, September 18, 2025.

Various foreign ministers condemn Israel’s West Bank measures as unlawful expansion

"Changes are wide-ranging, reclassifying Palestinian land as so-called Israeli ‘state land’, accelerating illegal settlement activity, and further Israeli administration," said the statement.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Ukrainian serviceman of the National Police Special Purpose Battalion prepares to fire a howitzer towards Russian troops at a position in a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 20, 2025.

What are the regions Ukraine could lose under the US-backed plan? - explainer

Under the original US-backed plan, which has since been revised, Ukraine would lose Crimea and most of the Donbas region, including parts that have not officially been taken by Russia.

|ByCORINNE BAUM
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives before President Donald Trump speaks to the Knesset, Monday, October 13, 2025, in Jerusalem; illustrative.

Rubio: Knesset approval of Israeli sovereignty in West Bank threatens Gaza deal

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned that Israel’s plan to advance a bill applying sovereignty in the West Bank risks undermining the Gaza ceasefire deal ahead of his visit to Israel.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Kazakhstan says it won't recognize referendums in eastern Ukraine

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has repeatedly called for the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict in line with the United Nations charter.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022ByREUTERS
People vote during a referendum on the joining of Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine to Russia, in Sevastopol

Palestinian Authority condemns Trump’s ‘annexation’ letter to Netanyahu

Former US president Trump sent a letter to former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorizing Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank.

AUGUST 15, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after Trump's address at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

Netanyahu denies surprising Trump, Kushner with Israeli annexation bid

Netanyahu, however, said that he and Trump exchanged letters on the day before the ceremony unveiling the Trump peace plan.

AUGUST 4, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the annual Jewish Agency Board of Governors meeting in Jerusalem, in 2019.

Russia's aims in Ukraine now go beyond Donbas - Lavrov

"The geography is different at the moment, it's far from being just the DPR and LPR, it's also Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and a number of other territories," he said

JULY 20, 2022ByREUTERS
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Carlos Faria in Moscow, Russia July 4, 2022.

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.

DECEMBER 13, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands with US President Donald Trump after signing the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Middle East neighbors, in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, on the South Lawn of the White House i

Lessons for Israel's Right after rejecting Trump’s peace plan - opinion

A halachic-ideological discussion, not automatic rejection, is needed regarding the future of the Land of Israel.

OCTOBER 24, 2021ByDORON DANINO, OFER ZALZBERG
FORMER PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and former US president Donald Trump introduce Trump’s ‘Peace to Prosperity’ proposal in the East Room of the White House in 2020.

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.

JUNE 7, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Israelis take cover as a siren sounds warning of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip, during Jerusalem day, in Jerusalem, May 10, 2021.

Jordan Valley a strategic necessity despite tech developments - report

Gold released the report published by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, which he heads, because of his concern that the opposite view is gaining traction in Washington.

APRIL 22, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an old army outpost overlooking the Jordan Valley last June.

Netanyahu ups focus on settlements, as housing starts hit 10-year low

The failed plan to apply sovereignty to West Bank settlements has been a thorn in Netanyahu's side throughout the fourth election campaign.

MARCH 16, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit of an army base in the West Bank settlement of Beit El near Ramallah January 10, 2017

European parliamentarians warn against de facto West Bank annexation

"Diplomatic, legal and financial support for Palestinian communities at risk of demolition and forcible transfer should be increased."

MARCH 1, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A general view picture shows a section of Itamar, a Jewish settlement, in the foreground as Nablus is seen in the background, in the West Bank June 15, 2020.