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Does Trump care anymore? US unrest throws X-factor into annexation plan

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Published: 5 June 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Netanyahu has hijacked his plan and now risks exploiting America’s pain; Trump could quash annexation with a tweet but he has bigger issues on his mind

Trump’s US conflagration makes Netanyahu’s annexation riskier – and shadier (Haaretz)
CHEMI SHALEV: Israel will be seen as exploiting not only the presidential election campaign, but America’s pain and anguish as well

The Trump tweet Israel needs: A blur of thumbs to quash unilateral annexation (Times of Israel)
DAVIDS HOROVITZ: The US president unveiled a shrewd Mideast peace plan. Netanyahu is set to subvert it, turning it into a smokescreen for one-sided action, rendering it a scam. Will Trump step in?

The three most commonly held misconceptions about Israel's annexation plan (Haaretz)
MICHAEL SFARD: The small window of time remaining for discussion increases the risk that misconceptions and deliberate deceptions surrounding its implications will not be dispelled. Here are three mistakes that have taken hold, even within the “deep” left

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The case for a new Jewish-Arab alliance in Israel (Jewish Journal)
This path would augment the prospect of Israel to remain a progressive, Jewish and democratic state
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