Israel’s Ministerial Committee has endorsed a Likud bill calling for the immediate annexation of the Jordan Valley, the portion of the West Bank expected to be the border between Jordan and a future Palestinian state.
Theoretically this would move the bill to the Knesset for a vote, but with Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both opposed, there will be numerous obstacles to the bill ever coming up to a vote.
The Jordan Valley is a matter of considerable contention right now, with Israel demanding full military control over the border. The annexation aims to settle the issue by not allowing an independent Palestine to have any borders with anyone but Israel.
As a more practical matter, it would almost certainly kill the peace talks outright if it became law by seizing yet more Palestinian land and making the potential state even smaller. Since the advocates of the bill are largely opposed to the peace deal, this was likely part of the point.
Nothing but pure Israeli blunderdust and scaremongering. Annexation can only be achieved with the expressed approval of the high stake holders, without which it is still Israel land thievery and illegal occupation, in blatant violation of the Int. Community, a la Gaza and WB
Perhaps Israel thinks the GCC,Saudi, Takfiris Criminals and Cannibals (Israel's new BFF) will help them annex the Jordon Valley as a reward for cooperating in the destruction of Syria and Lebanon.
the Israelis should be careful of what they wish for:
if they annex this strip of land, they will create another open air ghetto like gaza and it will be more difficult to explain to the rest of the world why this is necessary and hide their true face/ intentions which has been all along- grabbing land devoid of its indigenous inhabitants.
I agree exactly. However, I fear that the Zionist know this and will opt for a different plan.
Disagree: The Israeli don't have to explain to the world the atrocities its committing on daily basic, they have the backing of the US who allows them to run amuck against their neighbors.
Nations across the globe should start recognizing that there is a de facto One State solution in place and start demanding equal rights for all its citizens, including the right to vote. Israel should be required to be a nation of all its citizens the same as every other civilized country. No more Racism as a founding principle.
Additionally, any aid to Israel should be require an exact definition of the borders Israel by its government. The UN should expel Israel from all its organizations and privileges if it fails to comply by virtue of the fact that Israel is uniquely a creation of the UN.
America is not an ally of Israel for the reason that an alliance requires such a definition and Israel has rejected an alliance on multiple occasions because it wants carte blanche to steal ever more land from Christians and Muslims.
The double standard in force since 1948 placing Israel in a special category above all civilization and laws against Genocide is Racism. America has not tolerated Racism domestically for several generations. It must stop financing Racism abroad. Every American tax dollar sent to Israel supports Racism and is an affront to the integrity of every American Jew who supported desegregation.
I agree that the 2 state solution is not the answer. Annexation of the Jordan valley by Israel will in the end result in a one state for both Jew and Arabs. There will be no other way short of genocide since there will be no border through which to push the indigenous people out.. I sometimes wonder if those desiring a separate state are simply concerned with what they might gain economically.
With 2.5 million people trapped in Israel. They will be in a gold fish bowl. With patients they will obtain citizenship and end the apartheid state once and for all.
This is Israel's goal: http://www.ahavat-israel.com/eretz/future.php.
Israel can't define it's borders without compromising that goal. Livni and Netanyahu may disagree with the timing of the Jordan valley annexation, but they both support the "Greater Israel" project. If the UN attempts to require Israel to define its borders Israel will simply thumb its nose to the UN, as they have with numerous UN resolutions, and claim the UN is "anti-Semitic" and wants to create another "Holocaust."
This is Israel's goal: http://www.ahavat-israel.com/eretz/future.php.
Israel can't define it's borders without compromising that goal. Livni and Netanyahu may disagree with the timing of the Jordan valley annexation, but they both support the "Greater Israel" project. If the UN attempts to require Israel to define its borders Israel will simply thumb its nose to the UN, as they have with numerous UN resolutions, and claim the UN is "anti-Semitic" and wants to create another "Holocaust."
World-wide the psychopaths are in control with the bit between their teeth and are on a roll.
The mess they and men have made of the world does not indicate that the results will continue to be anything other than catastrophic.
Nice map of Israel's bantustans – just like those in apartheid South Africa. These are the 'facts on the ground'.
They're just trying to get Iran and the rest of the Middle East all fired up so that some one will fire off a rocket and they can justify nullifing peace talks and anex more land.