Posted on Feb 6, 2020
Netanyahu backtracks on Israeli plan for swift Palestinian land grab
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When Donald Trump presented his “vision for peace” last week, it read like a checklist of far-right Israeli aspirations for permanent control over Palestinians and much of the land they live on.
In the triumphant delirium of what Benjamin Netanyahu has sold as his diplomatic masterstroke, the prime minister bragged to reporters the same day that the US had greenlighted an immediate beginning of the annexation of occupied territory.
Trump’s man in Jerusalem, the pro-settler US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, made clear that Israel “does not have to wait at all” and could fast-track extending its sovereignty over Jewish settlements as detailed in the plan.
A vote on the issue was set for an Israeli cabinet meeting on Sunday, and Palestinians awaited what is largely seen as the endgame in their decade-long struggle for real independence.
In the triumphant delirium of what Benjamin Netanyahu has sold as his diplomatic masterstroke, the prime minister bragged to reporters the same day that the US had greenlighted an immediate beginning of the annexation of occupied territory.
Trump’s man in Jerusalem, the pro-settler US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, made clear that Israel “does not have to wait at all” and could fast-track extending its sovereignty over Jewish settlements as detailed in the plan.
A vote on the issue was set for an Israeli cabinet meeting on Sunday, and Palestinians awaited what is largely seen as the endgame in their decade-long struggle for real independence.
Netanyahu backtracks on Israeli plan for swift Palestinian land grab
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The Palestinians sadly, backed the wrong horse. They are living an existence that they themselves have chosen for themselves. No settlement will ever suit them. They require/demand all of Jerusalem and most of The British Palestinian Mandate as the site for their nation. It will never happen.
All things historically considered, they are being treated as fairly as they can be.
All things historically considered, they are being treated as fairly as they can be.
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