Israel borders

Israel to build 500-km Jordan border barrier, expand settlements in major Defense Ministry plan

The centerpiece of the security plan is a comprehensive new border barrier stretching approximately 500 kilometers along Israel's border with Jordan, at an estimated cost of NIS 5.5 billion.

The recently fortified border wall between Israel and Lebanon is seen from the Bedouin Arab village of Arab Al Aramshe on November 04, 2026 in the Western Galillee, Israel.
ISRAELI BORDER police operate near Betlehem.

Suspect shot in leg by Border Police at Shuafat crossing near Jerusalem

View of the Israel–Jordan border along the Yarmouk River in the Golan Heights, March 16, 2026.

Israel's border with Jordan vulnerable to terror infiltration, weapons smuggling, locals fear

IDF operates in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on December 13, 2024.

From Sinai to the Golan: How Israel’s borders are shifting today - opinion


Israel shrugs off PA decision to delay UN Security Council plan

Palestinians may want to wait until January, when the 15-member body will change and is expected to be more favorable to their cause.

A  vote in the United Nations Security Council headquarters in New York

On Operation Protective Edge, justice, law and victory

Israel has a winning story – the story of Israel in the pre-1967 borders, working toward a reality in which two states exist side by side.

Is there any hope left for a two-state solution? (

The ICRC and 'the law'

The ICRC has turned the international community against Israel – unfortunately, without a significant response from the prime minister.

Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross stand near Erez Crossing in 2007.

No life without borders

The status quo only allows for two possibilities, both of them bad: a binational state, and being accused of apartheid. Borders would alter the situation entirely.

Border fence with Egypt 370

An Israeli-Palestinian birding team

An Israeli-Palestinian team wins, and gives up, Israel’s first ever international birding competition.

 Ornithologist Yossi Leshem participates in the ‘Champion of the Flyway’ international birding competition in Eilat in early April

Borderline Views: Demarcating Israel’s boundaries

The importance of the border in determining the area within which the government can exercise its sovereignty and control remains central to our world.

Soldiers patrol the Golan Heights. Israel has yet to demarcate a border with Syria and other borders remain politically disputed.