Tag: annexation

The plan, which includes a $283 million expansion of the road connecting Jerusalem and Gush Etzion, aims to "end the current isolation of Judea and Samaria ... so that the area is just like any other region in Israel," according to the Transportation Ministry.

Election parlor trick or serious plan?

German UN Ambassador Christoph Heusgen suggested the Syrian letter was "deeply cynical."

The source thus created a never-before used (at least not in diplomatic circles) comparison between the Golan Heights and Judea and Samaria, which were also captured in the Six-Day War.

"Under my administration, Israel-US relations have never been stronger," Trump declared before signing his Golan proclamation.

Begin decided to annex the Golan following an offer to the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad to withdraw from the area in return for normalization of relations with Syria.

"This territory was taken by military force because it was used as a launching point to attack the State of Israel."

The annexation law fallout was put behind them by these two best buddies.

“We’re keeping the holy sites and the status quo, and I want to stress that under any arrangement we have, we will always keep the status quo at the Temple Mount and all of the holy sites."

Today, new laws enacted by the Knesset are not applied directly to Israeli citizens living in the liberated territories, but require the involvement of the military government.

“We are adding industrial zones and the required expansion to enable accelerated development of this place."

Gush Etzion would be annexed, and Israeli-Arabs in Wadi Ara will become Palestinian Authority citizens instead.

The vote on annexation of Ma'ale Adumim was unanimously postponed until the prime minister meets with the new US president.

Israel's far left are upset with Justice Minister Shaked's plan to automatically apply Israeli law to Israeli residents in Judea and Samaria

"It's important that the Justice Minister have political power and political ability."

The cabinet meeting is being held in the Golan Heights to show Israel's determination to protect the region.

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State law compels the board to hold a referendum within 90 days of its approval of the annexation, unless it is stopped by a court order in one of two lawsuits which are contesting the annexation.

Likud Beytenu Deputy Transportation Minister Tzipi Hotovely is calling for the death penalty for terrorists who repeat their crimes.

The "only sane plan" is to annex Area C in Judea and Samaria, says Economy Minister Naftali Bennett. Coalition crisis ahead?

Two Knesset members are set to propose annexation of Jewish blocs in Judea and Samaria.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the United States and the European Union of starting the crisis in Ukraine.

Either Kerry is smoking something weird, Livni is selling Israel up the creek or Bennett is about to break up the government. Kerry: We are close than ever to an agreement; Bennett: Start annexing.

The UN conceived of Jerusalem of extending from just south of Ramallah to Bethlehem and from Motza east to almost where Maaleh Adumim is today.