Should Israel Now Annex Parts, or All, of Judea and Samaria?
Peloni: There is no need to annex that which you already own, and Israel already owns Judea and Samaria. She simply has to recognize this fact by extending sovereignty and civilian law to these lands, so no annexation is needed…but yes, she should act to extend sovereignty to Judea and Samaria immediately.
By Hugh Fitzgerald – on
The Israelis have been furiously protesting against the Western countries, led by France and its anti-Israel leader, President Emmanuel Macron, that have announced their recognition of a “state of Palestine” in September at the opening of the UN General Assembly. Protests are not enough. Israel must make clear that it will answer this menace with a move of its own — to annex part, or all, of Judea and Samaria. It has a perfect right to do so. Judea and Samaria, not Tel Aviv and Haifa, are the places where Jews have lived and made most of their history over the past 3500 years. That area is the heart of their ancestral homeland. The Arabs arrived more than 2000 years later. That long history is what convinced the League of Nations to include all of Judea and Samaria in the territory assigned to the Mandate for Palestine, which would in time become the Jewish state of Israel.
