Sovereignty

Jerusalem requires sovereignity: UNRWA dismantling gives Israel power over the land - editorial

UNRWA’s defenders abroad often describe it as a humanitarian body caught in a political storm. Israel’s view is sharper: the agency became part of the problem.

ISRAELI FORCES demolish the former UNRWA offices in Jerusalem following legislation passed by the Knesset, January 20, 2026.
An illustration of the flags of the United Nations and Israel.

Sovereignty first: Why Israel is right to abandon the UN’s ‘Bureaucratic Jihad’ - opinion

Family members and friends attend the funeral of Muhammed Hussein Tarabin, who was shot by a police officer several days ago, in the village of Tarabin, in the Negev, January 5, 2026

The Negev is Israel’s sovereignty test, and the clock is ticking - opinion

Somalis react after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, in Mogadishu, Somalia, December 27, 2025

Israel’s recognition highlights Somaliland’s entrapment in the world’s colonial past - analysis


Pompeo in first Golan visit: Israel has right to defend its sovereignty

The US did not consider Israel’s sovereignty in the Golan Heights as legitimate until US President Donald Trump reversed the policy in March 2019.

Fences are seen on the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights March 25, 2019.

Did the US just recognize Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank? – analysis

Ask the Palestinians and their answer would be a resounding “yes.”

 U.S Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sign agreements to further binational scientific and technological cooperation in a special ceremony held at Ariel University on October 28, 2020.

Expert panel at 'Post' conference discusses sovereignty, UAE peace deal

“We must ensure that future generations won’t need to live side by side with a hostile entity in Judea and Samaria.”

Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Yitzhak "Jerry" Gershon, Blue and White MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh, and Prof. Eugene Kontorovich

Ex-deputy IDF chief to 'Post': Patience needed to deal with Palestinians

According to Vilnai, the most important goal is to separate from the Palestinians so that Israel will remain a Jewish and democratic state.

Former deputy IDF chief of staff Matan Vilnai is seen addressing The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference.

Sovereignty is a challenge and opportunity for the Right – opinion

The bond between the Right, the settlement movement, and the periphery is a solid one, yet not unbreakable.

SUPPORTERS OF Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrate after the last election in March.

Halting West Bank annexation resurrects the ‘67 line: 10 things to know

The absence of sovereignty has always placed a shadow of danger over the settlement enterprise.

A Palestinian woman walks past a mural against Israel's plan to annex parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 14, 2020.

Former US envoy Jason Greenblatt says still supports, expects sovereignty

Since the Abraham Accord was revealed, the US administration through senior adviser Jared Kushner has stressed that annexation has been tabled for now.

JASON GREENBLATT, US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, arriving in Jerusalem in March.

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.

Israel, UAE reach historic peace deal: ‘We can make a wonderful future’

Third-ever peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state includes embassies, direct flights; agreement “suspends” annexation, but Netanyahu says: “I will never give up on our right to our land.”

L-R: Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed, US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu