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Annexation confronts illusions on both sides

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Published: 23 June 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

SHLOMO AVINERI: Annexation isn’t necessary from a security standpoint and would end the current calm. Ambassador RON DERMER: It will help Ramallah abandon unrealistic hopes of two states

Israel’s illusion of annexation is a hopeless adventure (Haaretz)
SHLOMO AVINERI: Annexation isn’t necessary from a security standpoint and would end the current calm, which is the best possible situation in the absence of negotiations or an agreement with the Palestinians

Envoy to US: Annexation will help Ramallah abandon ‘illusions,’ accept two states (Times of Israel)
Ron Dermer, in op-ed for Washington Post, says world has helped foster false Palestinian hopes of ending Israeli state, asserts Jerusalem’s plan will help them accept reality

The Palestinian Authority isn't gunning for an intifada; Hamas might be a different story (Haaretz)
ZVI BAR’EL: If Israel's annexation scheme doesn't spark violence in the territories, the dire economic situation might

Photo: A view of the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Efraim on the hills of the Jordan Valley, on Tuesday, February 18 (Ariel Schalit/AP)
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