Recently Prime Minister Netanyahu announced plans to annex parts of the West Bank to Israel—an area in vigorous dispute since the conclusion of the Six Day War in 1967. While the problems between Israelis and Palestinians are deeply entrenched, this unilateral move by Israel’s government is the most egregious in a culmination of Netanyahu-backed steps…
Yesterday, July 1, was the day Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to begin annexing parts of the West Bank. While it remains unclear how and when these plans will be implemented, it is critical that American Jews voice our opposition, clearly and directly. Annexation would be catastrophic. It would formalize Israel’s control over millions of…
Pro-Palestinian groups held a series of protest demonstrations across the United States on Wednesday against Israel’s plans to annex parts of the West Bank, an endeavor that the groups referred to as a “day of rage.” In San Diego, protesters held a socially-distanced “car caravan,” traveling to honk outside several local government centers and Jewish…
Israeli leaders have said that the country will begin annexing parts of the West Bank on July 1— and also that they won’t. That’s confusing enough, but the whole issue is made much more complicated by the fact that the different sides often use different words or phrases to refer to the same thing. Here’s…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set Wednesday as the date when he might begin a process of unilaterally annexing sections of the West Bank — land that Palestinians see as illegally occupied and the heart of their future state. It is more than 2,100 square miles that has been fiercely disputed through decades of…
This is one of many pieces The Forward is running on annexation. Read another point of view here and here. If annexation takes place, I will be right in the middle of it. My city, Jericho, will turn into a small island surrounded by annexed lands. For me, annexation will mean that I will be…
Top congressional Democrats have issued multiple public statements Thursday and Friday expressing their opposition to Israel’s plan to annex part of the West Bank. The pro-Israel organization AIPAC has publicly expressed its opposition to such statements, but some of the signatories include the lobby’s most prominent and longstanding Democratic allies. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer…
America’s relationship with Israel wasn’t much of a campaign issue during the 2016 election, but it might be this time. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that Israel unilaterally annexing parts of the West Bank would “choke off any hope for peace.” The statement, made during a virtual fundraising…
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