West Bank Annexation

Zehut party leader to run in elections on joint list with ex-Otzma Yehudit chair

The party said the alliance was born out of the understanding that the faith-based nationalist public in Israel currently "needs a strong political home." 

FORMER OTZMA YEHUDIT chair Michael Ben-Ari (left) and Zehut party leader Moshe Feiglin (right) agree to run in a joint list ahead of elections, Wednesday, May 7, 2026.
FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference ahead of the vote on the state budget at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 29, 2026.

Smotrich: US supports Israeli West Bank settlement expansion - interview

The IDF detained a group of CNN journalists in the West Bank on Friday, as shown by footage from the US-based news outlet. March 28, 2026.

IDF Chief of Staff suspends battalion that accosted CNN news team in West Bank

Mohamed Abushahab, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council during the meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, US, February 18, 2026.

UN Security Council calls urgent meeting to discuss recent Israeli West Bank policies


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.

Annexation is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. COVID-19 mustn't derail it

While understandably the coronavirus now dominates everyday life, we must continue to face our ongoing domestic and global security issues.

PALESTINIANS CLASH with soldiers during a protest against Israel’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank, near Nablus, July 2020

What the government isn't telling you about annexation – opinion

Without fully understanding the implications for our future, the Israeli Right with Netanyahu at the helm “marketed” one of the greatest dangers to the State of Israel as “a legitimate achievement.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu – is annexation more a political interest than a legacy issue?

Palestinian students in California protest Israeli annexation in caravan

The protests were organized by UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton and Santiago Canyon College.

A Palestinian holds a poster reading, "Palestinian Lives Matter" at an anti-annexation protest in Tel Aviv.