Transportation Minister Miri Regev outlines road, infrastructure expansion as prelude to formal sovereignty—though Washington insists annexation is off the table.

If regional integration were truly being embraced by Israel’s Arab neighbors, they would agree to Israel’s sovereignty over the country’s heartland.

“If Jews have the right to live in Tel Aviv, they definitely have the right to live in Judea and Samaria,” said self-described Arab Zionist Rawan Osman.

The U.S. president’s remarks to the magazine were made more than a week before Israel’s parliament passed the first reading of the bill.

“Within seconds, they can turn their guns on us,” security official tells JNS.

Danny Danon told the UN Security Council that Hamas rocket factories in Judea and Samaria are “hidden workshops of death, right on our doorstep.”

It is the cradle of Jewish civilization, where Abraham walked, where our prophets preached and where the Jewish people lived for millennia.

“There’s been enough,” the president told reporters. “It’s time to stop now.”

JNS got a rare look at closely-held U.N. information, which critics say is used to claim Jewish attacks against Arabs in Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem are growing.