Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Political News'De Facto Annexation' The army's representative told the Knesset Education Committee meeting that applying the law to Gaza 'could be perceived as characteristics of de facto annexation.' She added that the plan is not 'consistent' with the Trump plan for the Gaza Strip's rehabilitationShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeNoa Shpigel10:37 PM • May 20 2026 IDTFar-right MK Tzvi Succot is pushing for the expansion of the bill to establish a West Bank Antiquities Authority so that the new authority's jurisdiction applies to Gaza. The bill offers an unprecedented model in which an Israeli civilian body exercises its powers in the territories – meaning an Israeli authority would have civilian powers in Palestinian Authority areas, a step that contradicts the Oslo Accords.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:AnnexationWest BankCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesTrump-IranIsrael ElectionsWest BankThomas MassieNakba DayShavuotHaQuizHaaretz PodcastBDS, but Not as You Know It: Sally Rooney Knows How to Identify a 'Good Israeli'Man Stabbed to Death in ultra-Orthodox CityIranian Reports: Tehran Reviewing U.S. Peace Proposal Submitted via Pakistan'It Was Okay to Be Crazy': IDF Soldiers Discuss Moral Decay in LebanonBill Banning Egalitarian Prayer at Western Wall to Face Serious Legal ChallengesRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHundreds Protest at New York Times HQ Over Column Alleging Abuse by IsraelisICC Prosecutor Seeks Warrants for Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Other Israeli OfficialsEverybody Loses in the Cynical Israeli-Palestinian Sexual Violence CompetitionIsraeli Settler Filmed Abusing Palestinian-owned Dog in West BankWelcome to the Most Shameful Day in the Jewish CalendarIsraeli Teens Storm Muslim Quarter in Old City, Haaretz Reporter Attacked