West Bank Annexation

Israel would be wise to heed the well-known saying, “tread lightly”  and proceed carefully before embarking on such a major undertaking. Some paths are difficult to reverse once taken.

The United States has for decades backed a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians and has urged Israel not to expand settlements.

The group is made up of rabbis, evangelical pastors, former Israeli and US ambassadors, as well as members of Knesset. 

The five-month-old Gaza war has put a renewed focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as foreseen by the Oslo accords from the early 1990s.

The Israel Land Authority published on its website separate tenders for 1,248 new housing units in West Bank settlements.

Netanyahu may have no choice but to risk a political crisis over this small hamlet, which could be the one that finally brings down his house.

International critics demonize Israel make a fundamental error in presenting it as evil. Hanlon’s razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Also agrees to transfer authority over Israeli civilian life in Area C of the West Bank from IDF to government ministries.

Netanyahu personally planned the Abraham Accords, but the four-party coalition’s new policy goals put Israel in an unenviable position.

It is unacceptable for the ICJ to deliver an opinion on this seminal issue reached in private and without the benefit of representations.

US Ambassador Tom Nides’s comments come as Smotrich demanded that Israeli settlements be governed by the relevant ministries rather than the IDF.