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.
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

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.

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

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

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


Jordan Valley a strategic necessity despite tech developments - report

Gold released the report published by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, which he heads, because of his concern that the opposite view is gaining traction in Washington.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an old army outpost overlooking the Jordan Valley last June.

Netanyahu ups focus on settlements, as housing starts hit 10-year low

The failed plan to apply sovereignty to West Bank settlements has been a thorn in Netanyahu's side throughout the fourth election campaign.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit of an army base in the West Bank settlement of Beit El near Ramallah January 10, 2017

European parliamentarians warn against de facto West Bank annexation

"Diplomatic, legal and financial support for Palestinian communities at risk of demolition and forcible transfer should be increased."

A general view picture shows a section of Itamar, a Jewish settlement, in the foreground as Nablus is seen in the background, in the West Bank June 15, 2020.

Dozens of Golan Druze protest on 39th anniversary of Israeli annexation

Simultaneous protests took place on the Syrian side of the border in Quneitra.

Members of the Druze community holds Syrian and Druze flags as they sit facing Syria, during a rally marking the anniversary of Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights in the Druze village of Majdal Shams. February 14, 2019.

Sa’ar says West Bank Annexation still a goal, even if not implemented now

‘I support maximum autonomy for Palestinians to rule their lives with minimum ability to harm Israel’

GIDEON SA'AR in his Knesset office.

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

In blow to Netanyahu, settler leader leaves Likud for New Hope Party

Elhayani: Netanyahu rejected Likud values; New Hope the home for those who believe in a Likud with the values of Begin and Shamir.

Yesha Council head David Elhayani and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud campaign rally in 2019.

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.

Meeks, against US funds for annexation, to chair Foreign Affairs panel

Gregory Meeks said that US money should not be used to annex West Bank territory.

PM Netanyahu Meets Rep. Dana Rohrbacher and Rep. Gregory Meeks