A day after President Trump unveiled his “deal of the century” peace plan, Israel is sending additional infantry into the occupied West Bank, as they expect potentially violent blowback against their planned annexation vote.
On Sunday, Israel’s government intends to vote to annex 30% of the occupied West Bank, covering all the settlements and the Jordan Valley. The Trump Administration is encouraging the annexation, saying this is all land that would belong to Israel under the proposed deal, and that there is no reason to wait.
This is hardly the first time Israel has illegally annexed something, but a large annexation inside of Palestine is almost certain to add fuel to the protests already going in the West Bank, and potentially could lead to rioting.
Protests so far are mostly against Trump’s plan, and not the future annexation. Israel’s military is already violently cracking down on those protests, firing tear gas in Palestinian towns and even live ammunition in some cases.
Palestinian leadership has uniformly rejected the Trump plan, and would be expected to oppose annexation, whether it was part of implementing the Trump plan or just an unrelated land grab. Israel already had substantial troops in the West Bank, and the deployment of more underscores how risky this annexation might be.
More dead people coming. Happens a lot when Trump opens his mouth.
I wonder why my comment keeps appearing and disappering?
Not sure. Possibly other users flagging it? I see it in the hold queue. I approve it. It shows up here. Next time I come in to check comments, it’s back in the queue.
Moon has a much better “vision”…
https://www.moonofalabama.org/images10/palestine2.jpg
Israel will not last for a century. It may not even survive the decade if Christian Zionists like Pompeo and Pence get that “transformative apocalyptic conflict” (Bannon’s words) they crave so much. They have a hard-on for Armageddon and are dusting off their rapture suits as we speak. Trump is their new King Cyrus who will bring the Jews back to Jerusalem only to be turned into cinder cakes when their warrior Messiah comes flying in on an ICBM to smite all the unbelievers. Wonder if Bibi has actually read any of pastor John Hagee’s sermons lately, as he greedily accepts their dollars and nonsense?
“dusting off their rapture suits as we speak”
I thought you went up nude. I was looking forward to seeing the blimp Pompeo ascending to the heavens. Be like watching a Thanksgiving day parade. But if there is a heaven or hell I don’t think either Mike will be ascending.
Oh, there certainly is a Heaven and Hell, wars. However, the so-called “rapture” is a delusion cooked up in the Schofield Bible sometime in the latter half of the 19th Century. Apostates such as John Hagee and Mike Pence aren’t gonna be welcomed at the Pearly Gates, unless they’ve sincerely repented beforehand. Right now, it doesn’t look that way. Neither are Christians if they’ve embraced Zionism, which they’ve done years ago.
“Oh, there certainly is a Heaven and Hell, wars.”
Please don’t tell me that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Iran_relations
Difficult to understand the current state of Egypt-Iran relations.
Where would the Palestinians flee to if Israel pushed hard enough?