Sovereignty

Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: The promise of permanence

The covenant endures. The people have returned. And, as the Malbim teaches, we shall never again be cast out.

|ByMICHAEL FREUND
That mission is rooted in the fusion of the sacred and the everyday.
If Lebanon is to survive as a sovereign, pluralistic state, it must remove Hezbollah from the military sphere.

Lebanon's choice: Disarm Hezbollah or accept an Israeli buffer zone - analysis

Revisiting history to chart a path toward sovereignty and stability – and end the era of Hezbollah in Lebanon

|BySHAUL BARTAL
Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

Sovereignty under siege: The multidimensional war against Iran - opinion

The Iran war was not just military; it targeted sovereignty itself across political, economic, and cognitive fronts, pushing the state to the brink.

|ByRACHEL AVRAHAM
US first lady Melania Trump presides over a United Nations Security Council meeting, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, March 2, 2026.

Trump, Netanyahu and the irony of Responsibility to Protect in Iran - opinion

Trump and Netanyahu may unintentionally act in line with the UN’s Responsibility to Protect principle.

|ByDAN PERRY

US can’t find its roar on African Lion’s Sahara issues - analysis

US military won’t explicitly deny what others are confirming in Western Sahara.

JUNE 21, 2021ByMIKE WAGENHEIM / THE MEDIA LINE
A SOLDIER walks in Western Sahara in 2016, near ruins that were bombed in a war with Morocco more than 25 years ago.

Protesters demand return of bodies of Hadar Goldin, Oron Shaul from Hamas

The demonstrations are an attempt to put pressure on the Israeli leadership "to express Israel's sovereignty" by bringing back the bodies for a Jewish burial.

APRIL 26, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sovereignty Youth at the Black Arrow Vigil.

Israel's destiny is in extending sovereignty to Area C - opinion

On behalf of the Jewish people, past and future, by virtue of historical claims, international law, and civil and humanitarian rights, Israel is entitled to extend sovereignty in Yesha.

MARCH 20, 2021ByMOSHE DANN
THE TOMB of Jesse and Ruth in the city of Hebron.

Youth Movement calls for application of sovereignty in West Bank

"This time, don’t just make promises – this time keep the promises!," read the call that went on to say that the majority of Israelis voted for a right-wing government.

MARCH 19, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

Jerusalem and the embassy issue

Israel enjoys diplomatic relations with more than 160 countries, virtually all of which have sited their embassies in Tel Aviv or neighboring cities.

FEBRUARY 24, 2021ByNEVILLE TELLER
US Ambassador David Friedman presents Menachem Zivotofsky, with a passport

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.

JANUARY 19, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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.

DECEMBER 31, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A DEMONSTRATION in Jerusalem in February calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare sovereignty over the settlements in the West Bank.

Bennett: Netanyahu offered me alternate PM, Defense Ministry

Bennett said he would set aside issues that are important to him, including Israeli sovereignty, in order to form a government.

DECEMBER 26, 2020ByMAARIV ONLINE, GIL HOFFMAN
Naftali Bennett

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.

NOVEMBER 19, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV
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.”

OCTOBER 28, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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.