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


Shaked: Netanyahu’s annexation talk is just spin, and we all know it

The UAE deal opened up the possibility of a peace deal with Israel and the Arab world, but appeared to bury the possibility of annexation.

New Right leader Ayelet Shaked

Saudi FM says no ties with Israel until peace with Palestinians

Says country committed to peace based on the Arab Initiative.

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan al-Saud attends the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 24, 2020.

Knesset speaker: Rifts in Right helped foil annexation

Politicians put together legislative battle plan for sovereignty

Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin addresses the opening meeting of the Knesset’s Land of Israel Caucus. August 17, 2020

Settlers call for Netanyahu’s ouster, PM charges they gave up sovereignty

“First they don’t apply sovereignty, now they are saying we should apply sovereignty. It [their criticism] isn’t serious.”

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu.

What if it was called disengagement and not annexation? – opinion

What would happen if Netanyahu had introduced his plan as a unilateral disengagement rather than applying sovereignty/annexation?

Palestinian demonstrators pray as an IDF soldier stands guard during a protest against Israel’s planned annexation, near Hebron, on July 17.

With West Bank annexation gone, will a settlement freeze follow? –analysis

Does the peace process with the UAE continue as normal, while settlement building occurs?

WILL THE settlement of Ma’aleh Adumin officially become an Israeli city?

All Dems after Foreign Affairs panel chair against US aid for annexation

“I oppose any use of American taxpayer dollars to implement the Annexation Plan or to build any permanent Israeli installation in the West Bank or Gaza."

Capitol Hill

America's unpredictability casts doubt on annexation - analysis

In order to go ahead with annexation, Netanyahu needs certainty in Washington.

Then-US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu look at each other as they deliver joint statements during their meeting in Jerusalem March 9, 2016

IJV representative: Annexation is 'death knell' to prospect of just peace

A wide range of Montrealers plan to demonstrate against the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.

Settlement of Elon Moreh, near Nablus, West Bank, June 11, 2020

Sovereignty Movement heads ask Yankelevich, Blue and White for support

The discussion with Yankelevich "reflects the ever growing Israeli consensus surrounding the application of sovereignty in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley," the Sovereignty Movement said.

Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevich (center-right) is seen meeting with the heads of the Sovereignty Movement and Bitchonistim Movement.