The World Won’t Endorse Israel’s Annexation Plan
Approval from the Trump administration won’t spare Israel from international opprobrium for its West Bank land-grab.
The world will see this quite differently.
Photographer: Amir Levy/Getty Images EuropeIt’s looking more and more likely that the new Israel’s government agreed between Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White coalition will proceed with a plan to annex large parts of the West Bank. In Israel and the U.S., much discussion has focused on when exactly the land-grab might occur, and how the Trump administration would react to it.
President Trump, remember, has already blessed the idea of annexation. But, as I have suggested before, he may not want it to happen before presidential election in November. Netanyahu and Gantz will undoubtedly be expecting some guidance from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo when he arrives in Jerusalem today.