A poisoned “trick.” So much so that it can put the deal at risk. It’s no pun intended. The US has warned (or something else) Israel with withdraw your support for the vote approved by the Knesset to annex the West Bank. A “symbolic” fact for Washington that add gasoline at the wick of the still weak ceasefire in Gaza. Donald Trump and even his vice president, JD Vance, visiting Israel, have shown their indignation.
In Vance’s last hours in Israeli territory, the national Parliament approved the first of the four votes necessary to approve the bill for the annexation of the West Bank. The debate was born at the initiative of the opposition and had the support key of a Likud deputytraining de Benjamin Netanyahuwhich broke party discipline —today in the ‘no’—and who knows if he has broken something else.
The text represents a first formal step, but it is far from meaning annexation, which does not mean that it has felt like a betrayal in Washington. JD Vance talked about “a trick”before flying back home, to immediately add that it was a “very stupid” vote“, “rare” and, even more, “insulting“.
That “confusion” that Trump’s vice president showed before leaving Israel is due to the fact that annexation of the West Bank It is to achieve peace in Gaza. “The West Bank is not going to be annexed by Israel. That will continue to be our policy, and if someone wants to hold symbolic votes they can, but we are not exactly happy,” he added.
Shortly after it was the ‘boss’ who spoke. In an interview with the magazine Time published this Thursday, Trump rules that Israel will not annex the West Bank with a single and in triplicate “this will not happen“But what if it does happen?” they asked. Then, “Israel would lose US support […] who had given his word to the Arab countries” that Netanyahu would not do it. A break that would mean the isolation of Israel and as such was evidenced by the American president. In case there were doubts, he added “Bibi, you can’t fight against the world. You can fight individual battles, but the world is against you“.
With a promise to visit Gaza “soon,” Trump makes it clear in the interview that he will personally deal with strengthen Israel’s ties with the Arab worldsomething that could not happen if Tel Aviv failed to fulfill its part.
The vote is also worrying, and above all, regarding the future of Gaza. Over there is still in force he cease-fire signed by Israel and Hamas within Donald Trump’s peace plan. Although the US assures that it remains, The concern grows. “Currently, we can say with confidence that Israel is respecting it and so is Hamas, although there are exceptions.” Not in vain, for a few hours it broke down this Sunday, among illegal attacks.
The noise is such that the Israeli Government has had to step up to the plate. What is colloquially called ‘collecting cable’. The Foreign Minister has done it, Gideon Saarknown for not doing much of that ‘cable collecting’ thing. This time he had to admit that although he and his Executive ““they want” annexation from the West Bank, it’s not the time.
“I can assure you that, as you know, this was a preliminary reading, and it will not move forward without the support of the Israeli government. That was not legislation presented to the Knesset by the government.” As much as it is our desire or aspiration, we have decided not to take it to the Knesset at this stage because it is not on the table now.“added Saar in a press conference with her Albanian counterpart this Thursday.
