After months of Israel publicly talking annexation of the West Bank, and saying they believe they have America’s blessing for doing so, the top aides in the Trump Administration have just begun discussing what the US position should actually be.
The entire annexation scheme came out of a combination of Trump’s peace plan, and his endorsement of Israel’s annexation of Golan. US officials have certainly given the impression they were comfortable with punishing the Palestinians for not endorsing Trump’s plan by unilaterally annexing much of Palestine out from under them.
Since this has been talked about so openly for so long, it is hard to imagine that the US hadn’t settled on its actual position on annexation yet. Given how badly this would impact the chances of a peace deal, the expectation is that the US will at least ask Israel to slow the annexation into a step-by-step process.
The process would allow the US to keep courting the Palestinian Authority after the first round of annexations, trying to get them into some position short of complete opposition. Since almost the whole rest of the world is likely to criticize the annexation without some concessions for the Palestinians, it’s important to at least give the illusion of a process.
“Trump Aides Begin Discussing Israel’s Planned LAND THEFT of West Bank.”
fixed!
“Trump Jerusalem” hotel plans?
Is there any chance that the US/Israel could at some time act in a legal, morally correct way?
I know it is a pointless question.
“the US will at least ask Israel to slow the annexation into a step-by-step process”
That’s like stealing my neighbor’s car piece by piece and hoping he won’t notice.
If it’s gradual, it’s more palatable to the international press. They obviously enjoy dehumanizing the Palestinians, they don’t care how they feel about it.
“it is hard to imagine that the US hadn’t settled on its actual position on annexation yet”
Not really. Trump makes it up as he goes. The rest of DC is divided into the same factions on this that it has been for decades.
How is life for Israel’s Arab minority? Khaled Abu Toameh, the Arab journalist who reports for the Jerusalem Post, U.S. News & World Report and NBC News, talking about life for Arab Israelis: “Israel is a wonderful place to live … a free and open country.”
Arab women in Israel live longer than Arab women in any Arab country.
Arab babies in Israel have lower infant mortality than Arab babies in any Arab country.
Hadassah University Medical Center in Israel established a registry for Arab donors of bone marrow and stem cells to facilitate life-saving transplants. The registry at Hadassah Hospital is the only one in the world for Arabs and will no doubt save the lives not only of Arab Israelis but also of some citizens of Arab countries, not a single one of which has a registry of its own.
So this means that the Arabs that live in Israel have the same rights as Jews living in Israel?
According to international law (San Remo Agreement,) Palestine is designated the Jewish national home so it’s not annexation because you can’t annex your own territory. It’s changing military rule to civilian rule.
Who were the Palestinian representatives to the talks that resulted in Palestinian approval of the San Remo Agreement?
I am amazed at how good Israel is to the Palestinians. Israel delivers hundreds of truckloads of food & supplies to Gaza every day even though Gazans persecuted Jews for centuries & have fired thousands of rockets & mortars at innocent Israeli civilians. Israeli doctors treated 180,000 Palestinians last year. Israel even treats members of Hamas in Israeli hospitals.
“I am amazed at how good Israel is to the Palestinians.”
Man, I hope you are getting paid well to lower yourself to that level.