West Bank
A look at the ghost of annexation past.
A group of former Israeli defense officials argue that the state can manage without the Jordan Valley. Here’s why they’re wrong.
Imagine what Israel would look like now if it had declined to apply its law to eastern Jerusalem after the Six-Day War. It shouldn’t pass up a similar chance.
Israel is near the end of a long journey to set its permanent borders. That’s what the annexation debate is really about.
Applying sovereignty? Annexation? Join us this week for a five-part symposium on the great question before the Israeli people.
The legal, strategic, and moral case.
A claim that denies the Jewish people’s historic and legal rights to its homeland.
A Declaration of Palestinian Statehood Wouldn’t Be a Problem for Israel, Unless America Makes It One
And even then, it’s but a minor problem.
Don’t let the blessing turn into a curse.
And it does so while claiming to uphold it.
Despite its threats, it’s unlikely Amman will take such a step.
A country can’t annex its own territory.
The results would be worse for Ramallah than for Jerusalem.
Palestinian leaders have another chance at statehood. They should take it.
