Annexation

Smotrich deserves 'at least 15 seats' for West Bank actions, former justice minister claims

Ramon made the comments on the Gatekeeper podcast with journalist Nissim Sofer during a discussion about the political system and the electoral landscape.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, July 1, 2026.
View of a graffiti sprayed by unknown attackers, ancient archeological site of Sebastia, near the West Bank city of Nablus, November 30, 2024.

Hijacking history: How messianic extremists are weaponizing Israeli archaeology - opinion

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.

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

Jonathan Pollard seen during a tour of the Sovereignty movement and the Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council in the Jordan Valley, in the West Bank on February 12, 2023.

Ex-spy Jonathan Pollard joins politics, calls to annex Gaza Strip


Gov't with Mansour Abbas would 'obviously' be worse than Oct. 7 massacre, Smotrich charges

According to Smotrich, while the massacre was a tragic and hard-to-digest event, the intentional aspect of a political partnership with an Arab party represents a greater danger in his view.

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.

Israel must annex the West Bank to prevent the next war - opinion

Recent polls from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research show that even today, a majority of Palestinians in the West Bank, 59%, still believe Hamas’s October 7 massacre was right.

Israeli forces demolish a home in Tarqumiya, in the West Bank on February 1, 2026.

Various foreign ministers condemn Israel’s West Bank measures as unlawful expansion

"Changes are wide-ranging, reclassifying Palestinian land as so-called Israeli ‘state land’, accelerating illegal settlement activity, and further Israeli administration," said the statement.

Israeli security forces near the scene where two Israelis were killed in a terror shooting attack at Allenby bridge, a crossing between West Bank and Jordan, September 18, 2025.

What are the regions Ukraine could lose under the US-backed plan? - explainer

Under the original US-backed plan, which has since been revised, Ukraine would lose Crimea and most of the Donbas region, including parts that have not officially been taken by Russia.

A Ukrainian serviceman of the National Police Special Purpose Battalion prepares to fire a howitzer towards Russian troops at a position in a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 20, 2025.

Rubio: Knesset approval of Israeli sovereignty in West Bank threatens Gaza deal

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned that Israel’s plan to advance a bill applying sovereignty in the West Bank risks undermining the Gaza ceasefire deal ahead of his visit to Israel.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives before President Donald Trump speaks to the Knesset, Monday, October 13, 2025, in Jerusalem; illustrative.

Three human rights orgs. petition against E1 advancements

The petition aims to delay development in the controversial West Bank territory between Jerusalem and Ma'aleh Adumim.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich interacts with a man, on the day of a press conference regarding settlements expansion for the long-frozen E1 settlement, that would split east Jerusalem from the West Bank, near the Israeli settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim, August 14, 2025.

US sends $230m. to aid Hezbollah disarmament, Israeli navy intercepts Sumud flotilla

Colombian President Gustavo Petro expels Israeli diplomats • Amnesty calls for immediate release of hostages, excludes soldiers • Hamas close to deciding response to Trump deal, sources tell 'Post.'

An Israeli Navy vessel arrives at Ashdod Port, in southern Israel, October 2, 2025

Trump order considers attack on Qatar as US security threat, Hamas likely to reject Gaza peace plan

Gaza flotilla sails closer to Israeli waters • Israeli citizen returned from Jordan • IDF Oct. 7 probe finds military acted professionally to defend Kibbutz Nir Am • Iran vows longer-range missiles

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 30, 2025

Annexation and isolation: Does the Right have a vision for Israel's future? - opinion

Does the Right believe that the Palestinians will go along with the annexation of the West Bank?

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich announces plans to approve housing between Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim last month. The decision precludes the establishment of a contiguous Palestinian entity, says the writer.

Israel experts, both Right and Left, don't believe annexation will happen

Hebron spokesman Yishai Fleisher says ‘foreign sovereign control of the area,’ as was in Gaza, will be a ‘forward base for Jihad’

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