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.

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Dozens of Golan Druze protest on 39th anniversary of Israeli annexation

Simultaneous protests took place on the Syrian side of the border in Quneitra.

FEBRUARY 14, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Members of the Druze community holds Syrian and Druze flags as they sit facing Syria, during a rally marking the anniversary of Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights in the Druze village of Majdal Shams. February 14, 2019.

Sa’ar says West Bank Annexation still a goal, even if not implemented now

‘I support maximum autonomy for Palestinians to rule their lives with minimum ability to harm Israel’

FEBRUARY 12, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
GIDEON SA'AR in his Knesset office.

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.

JANUARY 20, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Donald Trump and Joe Biden

In blow to Netanyahu, settler leader leaves Likud for New Hope Party

Elhayani: Netanyahu rejected Likud values; New Hope the home for those who believe in a Likud with the values of Begin and Shamir.

JANUARY 19, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Yesha Council head David Elhayani and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud campaign rally in 2019.

2020: A year when normalization trumped annexation

SETTLEMENT AFFAIRS: Israel pulled back from West Bank annexation in 2020, but the story is not over.

DECEMBER 31, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A DEMONSTRATION in Jerusalem in February calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare sovereignty over the settlements in the West Bank.

Drive to oust Netanyahu moved back center as Bennett forgoes annexation

If Bennett won’t stand on principle for West Bank annexation, who will?

DECEMBER 27, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Gideon Sa'ar, Benjamin Netanyahu and Naftali Bennett: Potential candidates for prime minister in 2021.

Meeks, against US funds for annexation, to chair Foreign Affairs panel

Gregory Meeks said that US money should not be used to annex West Bank territory.

DECEMBER 3, 2020ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
PM Netanyahu Meets Rep. Dana Rohrbacher and Rep. Gregory Meeks

Netanyahu’s five recycled and broken promises to the Right

During his 11 years in office, Netanyahu has excelled at politically expedient statements that dazzle voters.

NOVEMBER 30, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Can he work together with his fellow ministers?

Netanyahu supports gov't vote on legalizing West Bank outposts

Hanegbi to ‘Post’: Initial list includes 69 communities

NOVEMBER 26, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Then-minister without a portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi catches the ear of then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in 2016.

156 UN nations affirm West Bank settlements, east J'lem not part of Israel

The 2016 UN Security Council Resolution 2334 called on its member states to ensure that they do not participate in actions of de facto annexation.

NOVEMBER 19, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
The results of the UN General Assembly's Second Committee vote on Palestinian sovereignty in East Jerusalem and the West Bank