Is Israel Creating a "Greater Israel"?

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With the Israeli government's invasion of Gaza, serious consideration of annexing the West Bank and creating supposed security buffer zones in Lebanon and Syria, some have suggested they're moving towards a "Greater Israel". But what does that entail?

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Sources:

Netanyahu’s Greater Israel remarks:
https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/...
https://www.i24news.tv/he/news/news/p...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblo...

Gaza:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/ga...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/wo...

West Bank settler attacks:
https://www.ochaopt.org/content/west-...

Expansion of settlements and land seizure:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-ea...

E1 settlement:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/wo...

Smotrich proposes annexing 82% of West Bank:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotric...

UAE and Arab response to annexation proposal:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...

Golan Heights:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...

Israel to remain in buffer zone in Syria:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/citing-...

Israeli troops in Lebanon:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-leba...

Tom Barrack and Mike Huckabee comments:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/is...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/huckabe...