West Bank Annexation

Coalition support leads to Knesset voting down Betar Illit annexation bill

Israeli officials tell The Jerusalem Post the bill was a provocation intended to undermine the prime minister’s visit to the United States.

A general view shows the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the West Bank April 7, 2019
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.

Trump, top advisers asked Netanyahu to change West Bank policy during meeting - report

Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich and Mateh Binyamin Regional Council Head Israel Ganz at ceremony marking official transfer of Civil Administration service units to permanent civilian complex, December 23, 2025.

Smotrich urges Netanyahu to return from US ‘with de-facto sovereignty’ for West Bank

MK Tally Gotliv attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on October 27, 2025.

MK Tally Gotliv to replace ousted MK Edelstein in Foreign Affairs Defense Cm'tee


73 congressional Democrats to Biden: Call Israeli settlements illegal

A letter from Democratic congresspeople to President Joe Biden urged him to overturn Trump presidency policies.

US HOUSE LEAD impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks during the impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump last week.

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.

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

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.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Friedman recalls close connection to Trump as days in post draw to close

Speaking to Trump weekly and meeting monthly gave Friedman unparalleled power as an ambassador.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman attend Wednesday’s ceremony in Ariel that extended Israel-US scientific cooperation agreement in West Bank and Golan Heights.

2020: A year when normalization trumped annexation

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

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?

Gideon Sa'ar, Benjamin Netanyahu and Naftali Bennett: Potential candidates for prime minister in 2021.

Biton: No budget to legalize West Bank settler outposts

Right now the Civil Administration lacks the ability to service Israeli and Palestinians in Area C, according to Biton.

Defense Ministry's Civil and Social Issues Minister Michael Biton touring the Gaza Strip area, August 20, 2020.

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.

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

Can Pompeo replace annexation with a glass of Psagot wine?

Pompeo would be the first US Secretary of State to enter the West Bank to visit areas under Israeli control.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visiting Sudan, 2020.

UAE official on peace with Israel: Getting to 'yes' was quick, easy

He said that annexation is what made the country come to the decision to make peace with Israel at the time that it did.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks with the Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef Al Otaiba at the NYU Abu Dhabi campus in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates January 13, 2019