July 1 was the most recently announced annexation date for Israel to seize wide swathes of Palestine, but signs are that won’t actually see anything happening. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to keep working on annexation.
Netanyahu has planned to claim much of the West Bank, including the entire Jordan Valley, though some reports are that the US has sought him to limit how much he takes at once, to avoid angering the Palestinians or precluding future talks.
Moreover, the US is now urging Israel to make some concessions to the Palestinians meant to offset anger at the annexation. This could include redefining some land in the West Bank as out of the military run Area C, or granting Palestinians some building permission in some areas.
That’s going to be tough for Netanyahu, because even minor concessions will be unpopular with politically powerful settler groups. Any valuable considerations would leave a door open for possible Palestinian statehood, something the settlers would oppose loudly.
How about the right to return for displaced Palestinians?
how about placing them somewhere else. no one wants them in their country so it is an issue. maybe if they actually did something productive besides grovel for handouts. they have to give up the notion that that land is theirs. they lost it fair and square. land is land. egypt seems to have a lot of open space for rent or lease. why not go there.
you must be quite a big man to fill all your evil thoughts.
i want the gazans to find a place to go. why would they want to stay where they are not wanted or even belong. they had 72 years to get their act together and did nothing but whine, moan and complain. not a single country has ever offered to take them in. that speaks volumes.
A lot of former Palestinians live in Lebanon and Jordan
how did they escape. outside of that overweight ahed tamimi being allowed to leave to feast on the european banquet circuit with her criminal family i thought getting permission to leave was tougher than winning the lottery.
Nobody wants to take the burden of Israel’s problem for it.
It was Israel that drove them out and keeps them out. THAT’S why Israel must take them back.
they fought a war and lost that land. if they had won do you think they would have let the israelites stay. didn’t think so. israel has been calling countries daily for 72 years looking for someone to take them. even offering huge amounts of money to do it. no takers.
The U.S. should take in the Palestinians since it is our government that helped displace the Palestinians. In the long run it will be cheaper for the U.S. taxpayers because there won’t be a need to give Israel $3.8 billion each year for defense against the Palestinians.
that money is to thwart off iran and hostile countries in that region. palestine isn’t a problem for israel. they are an annoyance which could be dealt with easily. also, that money is given so they won’t be allowed to come here.
Really! Palestinians are just an annoyance which could be dealt with easily! And how would that be done?
i’m beginning to suspect that they could leave. some of them maybe but they have this misguided notion that the land belongs to them. they don’t understand past tense. to actually think or believe they will reclaim the land shows how much intelligence they actually have.
You didn’t answer my question.
there is no answer. most would rather fight to the death over a strip of land when there are all kinds of land available elsewhere. do they think it is holy or sacred or something. dirt is dirt. it helps to have water around but egypt has land for sale.
Edit: “US Urges Israel to Make a [EMPTY] Gesture to Palestinians to ‘Offset’ Annexation”
The superpower urging, not demanding, the beneficiary of our 4 billion in taxpayer dollars and an auto veto at any UN resolution condemning the parasite(minus Obama’s one time abstaining). And if the answer is no, well that’s just fine.
“urging” while funding and applauding Apartheid.
Did we “urge” while South Africa to be nicer? I seem to recall that we sometimes made small gestures in that direction. The US was the very last to abandon them.
How about some shelling? I bet they could get the Israelis to do that.