Israeli Annexation

Gov't wishes to expand West Bank annexation with minimal responsibility for Palestinians - opinion

This sharply contrasts with international law and the precedents set by the High Court over many decades.

 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich and Settlements Minister Orit Struck hold a Religious Zionist Party meeting at Givat Harel, a previously illegal West Bank settlement outpost authorized by the security cabinet, in February.
 US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, September 12, 2022

Nides: US will fight against Israeli annexation attempts

 JARED KUSHNER appears in the White House with then-US president Donald Trump and then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2019.

Does Israel's Netanyahu have a Donald Trump problem?

 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

Behind scenes of Abraham Accords: Israeli annexation halted day before deadline


The fallacy that is the 1967 line that divided Israel and the West Bank

On May 20, 1967, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran and proclaimed "these waters are ours... the Israeli flag shall not go through the Gulf of Aqaba."

IDF Soldiers arrive at the Temple Mount during the Six Day War in June of 1967. A few months later, the Arab League met, declaring, ‘No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with it.’

Is Netanyahu in a free-fall; trapped between COVID-19 and annexation?

Netanyahu’s worst nightmares have almost become reality, with Israelis taking to the streets shouting, “Netanyahu should be dismissed.”

Israelis protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, July 3, 2020

Right pushes for Sunday West Bank annexation vote at Ministerial Committee

The bill looks to preserve Israeli rights to Area C and rejects any Palestinian expansion of building in Area C and or to expansion of agriculture land, unless approved by Israel’s security cabinet.

Knesset plenum April 20, 2020

Moshe Ya’alon: Israel should stop talking about annexation

Ya’alon explained that Trump didn’t even allow Israel to move forward on sovereignty in January, when he unveiled his peace plan in Washington and published a map of what could be annexed.

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2016

Netanyahu backtracks on vote to make West Bank annexation more difficult

According to the agenda on the Prime Minister’s Office website, the government had been slated to debate and or possibly vote on its procedural bylaws. But in the end, the matter was not dealt with.

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Anglican support for Israel’s claim to West Bank

It is not annexation as legally defined in international law, and Jewish Israel has far better claims to the land than do Palestinians.

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. January 26, 2020

French President Macron urges Netanyahu not to proceed with annexation

Macron warned that it would violate international law and threaten-long term peace efforts.

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Elysee Palace as part of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War, in Paris, France, November 11, 2018.

Hate crime complaint filed against protesters shouting ‘Jews Are Our Dogs’

The protest, which took place in the Canadian city Mississauga, was held in response to Israel's announcement of the annexation of parts of the West Bank.

The flags of Israel and Canada

West Bank annexation ends logger jam for peace, former NSC official says

Israel should move forward on annexation even though there are reasons not to act now, such as COVID-19, the growing Iranian crisis and the new challenge from Turkish intervention in Libya.

Palestinian demonstrators react to Israeli gunfire during a protest against Israel's plan to annex parts of the West Bank, in Kafr Qaddum near Nablus July 3, 2020.

Nasrallah slams Israel’s annexation, threatens US ambassador to Lebanon

‘Americans, you must understand, your policy won’t weaken Hezbollah,’ terrorist organization leader says

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a screen during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah's slain leaders in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon February 16, 2020.