Yesha Council

Now is 'not the right time' for West Bank annexation says Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu met with prominent leadership from the West Bank prior to his meeting with Donald Trump.

IDF soldiers operate in the West Bank, September 8, 2025.
 US President Donald Trump and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu walk together during Netanyahu's visit to Washington, February 5, 2025

Trump-Netanyahu meeting: US ramping up pressure for end of war, Israel eyes West Bank annexation

CEO of Yesha Council, Omer Rahamim attends a press conference with Israeli minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich and mayors of settlements in the West Bank, at the Ministry of Finance in Jerusalem on September 3, 2025.

Netanyahu must take 'decisive stand' on Judea and Samaria, says Director General of Yesha Council

Yesha Council heads hold a meeting on the topic of West Bank sovereignty.

Yesha leaders race to meet Netanyahu in NY as Trump opposes West Bank annexation


No. 41: Yisrael Ganz: Yesha Council chairman, Binyamin Regional Council head

As head of Israel’s largest regional municipality and the movement’s umbrella body, Yisrael Ganz operates at both the municipal and national levels. 

Israel Ganz

The wrong vote at the wrong time - opinion

Why recognizing another Palestinian state would reward terror.

 Yisrael Ganz, Governor, Binyamin Region, Chairman, Yesha Council

Embracing pragmatic partial sovereignty in the West Bank - opinion

The settlement movement stands at a critical crossroads.

CHAIRMAN OF the Yesha Council, Israel Ganz, speaks during an interview. Today’s partial sovereignty can become tomorrow’s complete sovereignty if we accept what is achievable now while continuing to work toward our ultimate goals, says the writer.

Smotrich approves West Bank settlement plan to 'bury idea of Palestinian state'

"The plan is the 'final nail in the coffin' for the concept of a Palestinian state," Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich remarked.

Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, August 6, 2025

Judea and Samaria a part of Israel, US will work to end use of term West Bank, Mike Johnson says

The meeting followed an unprecedented official visit to the city of Ariel by a delegation of senior Trump administration officials and members of Congress led by Johnson.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Shiloh with US House Speaker Mike Johnson joined by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Yesha council.