Trump's 'deal of the century' a huge gamble. This category has only the following subcategory. If Israel’s leader elects to annex a maximalist 30% of the West Bank and tighten Israel’s grip on the Jordan Valley, he will invite a strong diplomatic push-back internationally. Israel’s Proposed “Annexation” of the ‘West Bank’ Under International Law – Q&A. Published 25 June 2020. You may find some parts of this website Israel has often tried to justify its activities inside the occupied territories by citing the exception clause regarding building for security reasons. In June of last year, 47 UN human rights experts called for urgent action from the international community to prevent the proposed Israeli annexation of large parts of the occupied Palestinian West Bank. Elif Zaim 26 August 2020. Furthermore, Israeli action to seize control over the West Bank runs the risk of provoking a backlash from neighboring states, including longtime U.S. and Israeli security partner, Jordan. According to a 2017 study conducted by an Israeli think tank, up to 75% of all Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) are deployed in the occupied West Bank alone. Over 600,000 Israelis now live in settlements in the West Bank. The EU has even threatened to put sanctions on Israel if it goes ahead with the annexation plan. Formalising Apartheid: Israel’s Proposed Annexation of the West Bank. Israel should offer Israeli citizenship to the residents of the rural villages, who make up about 10 percent of the Arab population in the West Bank and don’t pose a demographic threat. The PA’s security coordination with the Israeli state also became an additional pillar of strength for Israel to suppress all kinds of Palestinian resistance movements. The Israeli announcement of the planned annexation of the settlements and Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank is not just a move made in desperation by a prime minister facing criminal cases of corruption and misuse of power, who wants to build a legacy. Jump to navigation Jump to search. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. In the name of providing security to settlers, these forces often indulge in helping the expansion of settlement areas by forcefully removing Palestinian villages, farms or orchards from nearby lands. It has not yet had any amendments submitted. As per the stated annexation plan, Israeli sovereignty will be formally extended to all illegal settlements, as well as the fertile Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian youth (around 58% of the Palestinian population in the occupied territories is between the age group of 15-64 years) will not accept the annexation of their lands lying down. The municipal administration in these areas and to some extent in area B came with the promise of an independent Palestinian state in the future. The Trump administration, since its coming to power in 2017, has shed all appearances of balance taken up by its predecessors and has been openly supportive of Zionist agenda. Biden shouldn’t go along. The Zionist occupation forces are looking for yet another opportunity of expansion into Palestinian lands with unprecedented support from its main imperialist ally, the US. D Demonstration in Tel Aviv-Yafo against Proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank… There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion. Demonstrators protest under coronavirus restrictions against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in Tel Aviv, Israel … The Arab League met virtually and discussed the Israeli threat of annexation in the last week of April. Trump, in a tweet, called the agreement a "HUGE breakthrough," describing it as a "historic peace agreement between our two GREAT friends." Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Proposed Israeli annexation of part of the West Bank. Another option would be for him to simply incorporate the major West Bank settlement blocs into Israel. Violation of international law. It is also an inevitable step in the Zionist project which has always maintained that the entire West Bank is a part of the mythical Judea and Samaria, the promised land of Israel. According to Michael Lynk, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied territories, if the world fails to support the Palestinians, Israel’s plan “would crystallize a 21st century apartheid, leaving in its wake the demise of the Palestinians’ right to self-determination. Why Israel must annex parts of the West Bank . They will live in Israel like the Arabs of the Galilee and the Little Triangle Area in central Israel, which is roughly bounded by the Arab towns of Baka al-Garbiyeh, Taibeh and Tira. Experts point that the proposed annexation of the West Bank would be illegal according to the 4th Geneva Convention of 1949. Canada missing in action on Israel’s proposed annexation of the West Bank Ireland, Norway speak up. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Though the PLO and PA – the formal voices of the Palestinians – have issued statements and warned the Israeli state against a formal annexation, this is unlikely to have much of an impact. Which is entirely unacceptable, legally, morally, politically.” He has called on the international community to “review its extensive menu of sanctions and countermeasures to stem this march towards further illegality,” emphasizing, “there has to be a cost to the defiance of international law.”, Africa with over 4.6 million cases has world’s lowest vaccination rate, Anti-imperialists protest US military maneuvers in Greece, McDonald’s workers across US gear up for strike demanding wage hike, Palestinian Human Rights Organisation Council, Hundreds of Palestinians injured in Israeli raid on Al-Aqsa mosque and other stories, Over 300 Palestinians injured in Israeli attack on Al-Aqsa mosque complex, A new hope emerges in Palestinian resistance to Sheikh Jarrah evictions. Another option would be for him to simply incorporate the major West Bank settlement blocs into Israel. If Israel’s leader elects to annex a maximalist 30% of the West Bank and tighten Israel’s grip on the Jordan Valley, he will invite a strong diplomatic push-back internationally. It is important to question how the proposed Israeli annexation of 30% to 40% of the West Bank could impact Tel Aviv’s relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. A protester carries the Israeli flag during a protest in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on 6 June 2020, to denounce Israel’s plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. If not expelled, in all likelihood, they will be treated as second-class Israeli citizens. The leader of the imperialist block, the US, is more than willing to oblige its junior partner in the West Asian region and there exists complete hegemony of the ultra-right-wing discourse in the domestic politics in Israel. Israel's proposed annexation of the West Bank could bring a 'diplomatic tsunami' Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu. It created settlers-only roads and numerous check posts in the last decade-and-a half following the Oslo accords. Unity deal allows PM to begin advancing West Bank annexation from July 1 Move must be carried out in full cooperation with US, which has all but given its … Thus, the Oslo accords, instead of providing the ground for the creation of a future Palestinian state, has become a facilitator for Israeli annexation plans. Tkuma (political party)-Wikipedia July 1 is the notional date on which Netanyahu could begin to unveil his... Charges of a new form of apartheid. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. The US peace plan would give Israel sovereignty over the settlements there as well as land in the Jordan Valley. It cannot annex, nor can it build any permanent structure. Israel could move as early as 1 July on plans to annex key parts of the West Bank and Jordan Valley as part of a US-proposed Middle East peace plan. The education minister and the leader of the Habayit Hayehudi party, Naftali Bennett, suggests annexing Area C of the West Bank (which was divided into three areas of rule in the 1995 Oslo II Accord) to Israel, granting citizenship to the Palestinians living there and introducing autonomous Palestinian rule in Areas A and B. More than 50 civil society and trade union groups issued a joint statement on May 21, demanding “effective measures by all states to stop Israel’s illegal annexation of the occupied West Bank and grave violations of human rights.” The statement published on the website of the Palestinian Human Rights Organisation Council includes among others its signatories the Palestine Youth Movement and the general unions of Palestinian teachers, women, writers, farmers, workers, etc. This clearly shows the priorities of the Israeli state. Israel's new government could unveil plans to annex large parts of the West Bank as soon as July — with full support from Washington. The area amounts to approximately 30 percent of the West Bank. The annexation would render the West Bank into a patchwork of simmering, unstable Bantustans, forever threatening a new intifada. Area. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that his government will annex 30 per cent of the occupied West Bank area, Israeli media reported on Friday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to … By Jen Kirby Jul 13, 2020, 9:30am EDT Jordan also warned of serious repercussions. These settlements are considered more consistent with what Israel would receive as part of a potential two-state solution. The article Proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank, along with other articles relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict, is currently subject to active arbitration remedies resulting from four arbitration cases (see WP:A/I/PIA). Abbas has issued similar threats at least five times since 2015, the latest being in January after Trump’s announcement of his ‘deal of the century’. 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