Sunday, February 26, 2017

Judea and Samaria- Whats next?

There needs to be annexation of greater Jerusalem very soon.
This will be MAALEH ADUMIM, GIVAT ZEEV, and GUSH EZTION.
These three areas border Jerusalem and will be first to be annexed.
It will add about 60% of Judea and Samaria to Israel ad about 300,000 Jews.
About 70,000 Arabs live in that area that will be offered some type of citizenship.
Offering citizenship to new residents is not new.
It happened 34 years ago when Israel enacted the Golan law annexing the Golan heights to Israel.
Then Druse residents were given Israeli identity cards and told that they had the right to become Israeli citizens.
The process was not easy but most Druse residents of the Golan are in fact Israeli citizens.
The benefits that Arabs will have from this process is enormous.
It will manifest itself in health care education infrastructure and other areas.
It is the only way forward now.
The process must start now as the four years of Donald Trumps presidency are ticking away.
This process cannot be dragged on.
It needs to happen now.

Sunday, February 19, 2017

One state or two states

The truth be said there is no perfect solution to the ongoing crisis of over one hundred years of Jew and Arab in the holy land.
One state or two states will not work, nothing will work.
What needs to be done is to limit the damage and friction between Jews and Arabs in the short and long term.
This would mean a combination of the one state and two state solution.
This would be a probable annexation of some of Judea and Samaria.
The parts that have little Arab populace will be first to be annexed.
The rest of Judea and Samaria will be placed in a temporary mode until demographics will allow for more extensive annexation.
Those who hope for a one state solution and thereby seek to destroy Israel are leaving in a dream world.
The annexation will be gradual and very thought out.
Eventually when there is a massive influx of Jews and some exodus of Arabs further annexation can be considered.
Unclear when these annexation laws will be passed.
It will be in the next few months.
This will be very interesting as it unfolds.
Stay tuned!

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Trump-tough guy

He seems like the worlds new tough guy.
Standing up to Iran, North Korea and Isis.
He has little time to object to the expansion of some settlements in Judea and Samaria.
The PA does not get this and is pretending that things are as they have been.
That would be an automatic comment by Washington denouncing settlement activity.
The impossibility of a real Palestinian state perhaps has not dawned on them or maybe they prefer the status quo of cushy Jobs from handouts to real improvement for their people.
Trump is to meet Bibi in a few weeks and that will trigger new sanctions on Iran.
They will likely agree on a interim agreement of sorts with regard to the Israeli Palestinian issue.
Trump will likely turn the other eye to all settlement activity and focus on American interests.
There will be a quiet solution for the time being with regard to the embassy issue with the new ambassador working and living in Jerusalem at the American consulate/ embassy.
In a few months it will likely become official.
It's going to be a lot of fun...