Jordan valley annexation

Jordan Valley sovereignty will effectively mitigate terrorism - opinion

Applying sovereignty over the Jordan Valley would be a strategic move to defeat Palestinian rejectionism and mitigate increasing terrorism.

JUNE 29, 2023|BySHLOMO NE'EMAN

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is flanked by the writer (left) and Jordan Valley Regional Council head David Elhayani, in 2019.

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan at Sa-Nur, April 15, 2021.

West Bank settler leader: Israel must apply sovereignty to Jordan Valley

Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley would be a "determined Zionist response" to terrorism, Dagan said on Friday afternoon.

APRIL 7, 2023|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

US President Donald Trump meets with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in March.

Trump letter authorized Israeli sovereignty in West Bank - exclusive

Trump gave Netanyahu the green light to annex as long as he accepted a future Palestinian state, in contrast with the description in Kushner's book.

AUGUST 14, 2022|ByLAHAV HARKOV

The results of the UN General Assembly's Second Committee vote on Palestinian sovereignty in East Jerusalem and the West Bank

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, 2020|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Annex the Jordan Valley

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019ByEFRAIM INBAR

Benjamin Netanyahu announces that if reelected, he will extend Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley, September 10 2019

AG slams Netanyahu for pushing settlement approval ahead of elections

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit warned that approving this new settlement could impact Israel in the international arena.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit (R)

Arab response to Jordan Valley move shows region’s shifting sands

Saudi Arabia called the move a “very dangerous escalation,” the Arab league termed it a dangerous development that will torpedo any foundations for a peace process.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019ByHERB KEINON

Netanyahu’s annexation pledge aside, two-state solution already in trouble

There are several ways the “status quo” is steadily deteriorating right in front of our eyes and annexation is becoming increasingly likely.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019ByADAM BASCIANO/JTA

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks at his watch before delivering a statement at the Knesset, Israel's parliament,

Netanyahu's election stunt

In all of the recent elections, Netanyahu has vowed to annex settlements in the West Bank but has yet to do so.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Netanyahu vows to annex all settlements, starting with Jordan Valley

White House: No change in policy, Likud: US Oked announcement

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019ByGIL HOFFMAN, KHALED ABU TOAMEH, OMRI NAHMIAS

PA warns Israel against ‘annexing’ West Bank

Shtayyeh’s warning came during a meeting in Ramallah with the Spanish Consul General in Jerusalem.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh gestures as he arrives for a cabinet meeting of the new Palestinian government, in Ramallah, April 15, 2019

Benny Gantz: Benjamin Netanyahu's annexation announcement is spin

“It is not real. He had 13 years to do it, and he didn’t do it. It is interesting that he decided to do it now out of all times,” Benny Gantz said.

APRIL 7, 2019ByGIL HOFFMAN

Benny Gantz (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R)

Turkey: Western nations must decry Netanyahu’s West Bank annexation talk

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman echoed those charges on Sunday. "Will Western democracies react or will they keep appeasing? Shame on them all!" Ibrahim Kalin tweeted.

APRIL 7, 2019ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu attends a news conference in Goslar, Germany.