President Trump said nothing

It was all very nice indeed.
Even heart warming at times but little more than that.
There was a lot of lofty statements about fighting terrorism and peace efforts but nothing concrete.
There is no real peace plan and no real way forward though some have tried to push some type of gradual rolling agreement that would give the Palestinians more territory in newer areas and try to leave unsolved issues for last.
It cannot and will not work as there is no willingness on either side for this arrangement.
There likely will not even be a meeting between Israel and the PA soon and if there is it will just be a meeting and nothing else.
The question then becomes what is next in all this mess?
Probably nothing I am afraid.
Bibi needs to step down and let someone else annex at least parts of Judea and Samaria.
If not then what are the other options? Something has to give at some point one would think.

Is Trump a flake?

Some bizarre things seem to be happening at the White House, very bizarre.
President Trump who by all accounts is pro Israel and pro Jews is acting strangely.
He has convinced himself or deluded himself that peace is at hand in the Middle East.
Nothing could be farther from the truth, Nothing.
Peace or the cessation of hostilities has never been farther away and each day makes the situation worse.
The hedging and hawing of President Trump and his team on the status of Jerusalem will push peace back another 20 years.
There is no government that will cede Jerusalem to anyone and the Arab insistence to that end creates an impassable impasse to any kind of peace.
Hard to comprehend what President Trump would like to do with all this.
He seems to be setting himself up for complete failure.
Why go down this path?
Many scratch their heads in trying to understand as Trump has said many times "what the hell is going on"?
There should not be any real worry as Trump will come and Trump will go and not much will change.
One thing should be clear to all.
There will not be any "deal" anytime soon.
The problem that many are trying to solve is unsolvable.
The Israeli Arabs are trying to replace Israel with another Arab state.
They dream of something that defacto is the destruction of Israel.
Clearly Israel will not agree to be destroyed.
This hundred year war is ongoing.
Its like a soap opera that just continues and continues.
It give diplomats something to do.

Something needs to happen

It will be fifty years since the six-day war soon.
something has to give.
Israel needs to act as the current situation cannot continue as is.
There cannot be military rule forever in Judea and Samaria which some call the west bank.
It must stop at some point, it must.
The governing power that is Israel needs to act so there will not be limbo for another fifty years.
It is an unsustainable situation
Any reasonable person will say so.
Annexation of certain parts of the military areas is essential immediately.
Those who want to cede this area use the logic that the continued status quo is unsustainable.
They are correct.
It is unsustainable.
They propose practical national suicide which ceding Judea and Samaria would be.
The only answer for now is the start of annexation.
It has to happen.
The time is now.

Just playing games

There is no real need to worry about any peace deal between Israel and who those who are called Palestinians.
President Trump and President Abbas were just hanging together for a while.
There will not be any agreement or even any movement towards an agreement.
It is a complete non starter and will only bring more frustration to all sides.
The original sin of recognition of a Palestinian people is still with us and is really the source of the ongoing conflict.
There never was or will ever be a Palestinian people or state.
It is the continual discussion of this bizarre concept that will guarantee continued conflict in the future.
This charade President trump may think is helpful but will learn soon that he has hit a brick wall.
Even if he wanted to convince the Israelis to dismantle all the settlements in Judea and Samria which he does not it can't happen.
There are so many obstacles that a short article like this one cannot cover them all.
The Arabs of former Palestine and present Israel have not and likely will not ever except a presence of Jews in the land of Israel.
It is a sobering unpleasant reality that has not changed in one hundred years.
It will not change.
Those who have good intentions in this regard are naive and will get kicked in the mouth once again.
What will happen next?
Probably more of the same.
The Israeli government needs to show leadership and take action.
Annexation of parts of Judea and Samria is the right thing to do.
In time it will bring some type of long term quiet to the region.
Hard to understand what Trump is thinking.
What does he say all the time?
Lets see what happens?
Lets see what happens.

Annexation- its going to happen

Sooner or later some or all parts of Judea and Samaria will be annexed to the state of Israel.
It is just a matter of time until that happens.
In the next few weeks the first stage of this will happen in the MAALEH ADUMIM area.
There will be screaming and yelling form different places but this will happen because something has to happen and there is a majority in the knesset for this.
There might be a waiting period to possibly include the Ariel and Gush Eztion area.
There is a lot of noise of whats going on but that won't stop the annexation from happening.
The problems will arise in the implementation of the initial annexation process but there will be intensive work done to deal with the new reality.
The smoother the first steps go the faster the other steps will go.
Annexation of Judea and Samaria.
There is no other way...

Jason Greenblatt, Trumps special envoy

Only in Israel does the special envoy have more connection to Judaism then the Jewish leaders of the only Jewish country.He clearly has Israels best interest at heart and will try to avoid conflict while helping his own people.
Jason Greenblat has visited Israel and spoken to the prime minister and head of Palestinian authority.
He spent five hours with Bibi and almost as much time with Abu Mazen.
It is all a big charade that is taking place.
No one seriously thinks that direct negotiations without preconditions will take place anytime soon.
It wont happen.
The head of the PA is clearly worried that American money that the PA survives on will be stopped.
He is playing ball and hoping to survive a few more months.
All know that the conditions for the two state solution are dead but they continue to pretend business as usual.
For the hundredth time or maybe the thousandth time there never will be another Arab state west of the Jordan river.
Even in the impossible scenario that Abu Mazen would agree to a demilitarized state in parts of Judea and Samaria he would be killed.
He will eventually die anyway as he is sick and a heavy smoker.
It's all a good game.
Dangerous game.

What now ?

As things look now the next step seems to be the annexing of the C area that borders Jerusalem.
This will happen in next few weeks as a law will be introduced in the Knesset.
The dilemma as o what exactly should be annexed at first will be severe.
There is a large consensus as to the need to annex but little as to how this annexing should be done.
There needs to be a four year plan that takes advantage of the Trump administration.
These laws will all be challenged in the supreme court of Israel which of late has become more conservative towards laws of this kind.
The process has to start now as these type of annexations are complicated and will take time to implement.
The American embassy will be moved to Jerusalem in the next half year as President Trump will not sign off to delay the moving the way former presidents have done.
He truly would like to make the move but has been told this might endanger lives of Americans around the world.
It will happen nonetheless.
We need to sit back and wait to see how all this develops.