Border wall

'Do not test us': Netanyahu touts new 'massive' eastern border wall, defense plans

The vast majority of the border wall will cover the Jordanian border. Netanyahu explained that it would complement the nation's existing security zones in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza.

|ByMAYA ZANGER-SHAMIR
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and the PM's Military Secretary, Maj.-Gen. Guy Markizeno visit the eastern security wall, October 15, 2026.
M-16 rifles intercepted and seized by the IDF after they were attempted to be smuggled into Israel, January 16, 2025

IDF intercepts drones smuggling weapons through western border

The drones were first identified by IDF field observers and the Aerial Defense Array before IDF troops arrived in the area and seized them.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YONAH JEREMY BOB
An Israeli soldier walks next to the border fence between Israel and Jordan, in southern Israel near Eilat February 9, 2016.

New Jordan security fence could be done in early 2028

In November 2024, Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that he had won a years-long battle to get authority to build a new high-tech border fence with Jordan to block smuggling.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
(Illustrative) People hold Hamas flags as Palestinians gather after performing the last Friday of Ramadan to protest over the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, May 7, 2021.

Jerusalem in danger of October 7-style invasion due to failed border security, special report says

Israel ignoring lessons from Hamas's invasion from Gaza • IDF lookouts still stationed too close to border • Lack of coordination between Shin Bet, IDF, Israel Police regarding West Bank checkpoints

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Graffiti artist paints memes on West Bank wall

Australian "Lushsux" has brought "Rick and Morty" characters to his latest work.

OCTOBER 10, 2017ByAMY SPIRO
Tourists stand in front of a grafitti depicting US President Donald Trump on the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem August 4, 2017.

Washington Watch: Donald Trump was half-right

Looking back over the 10 months since the US election, some of President Donald Trump's predictions turned out to be prophetic.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
'The wall along Mexican border wouldn’t be built and there’d be no chance Mexico would pay a single peso for it.'