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By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

Source: The Times of Israel

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/to-dignify-or-to-destroy/

Published SEP 3, 2018

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Source: Brookings

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/06/29/what-americans-think-about-the-looming-israeli-annexation-and-trumps-middle-east-plan/

By Shibley Telhami

Published June 29, 2020

Israel’s annexation of occupied West Bank territories is now looming, a move that U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has said would be a “most serious violation of international law.” In fact, President Trump’s so-called Israeli-Palestinian peace plan proposed such a move. The Trump administration plan also purports to offer a Palestinian “state,” but the proposed entity hardly bears resemblance to states as we have known them: Palestinians would rule over about 70% of the occupied territories, in fragmented sections connected through passages, with no control over security, borders, air, territorial waters, or alliances with states. After reviewing Trump’s offer, 50 former European leaders described it as akin to apartheid. Not surprisingly, the Palestinians quickly dismissed it. This then opened the way for Trump to possibly back Israel’s unilateral implementation of aspects of the plan, including annexation, that could take place as early as the beginning of July.

Source: The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/02/recognizing-state-palestine-is-only-appropriate-response-israeli-annexation/

Opinion by Ilan Goldenberg

Published July 2, 2020

Ilan Goldenberg is the director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security; he served on the State Department negotiating team on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-annexation-plan-masks-regime-ethnic-cleansing

By Richard Silverstein

Published 24 June 2020

Proposed annexation is a red herring, relieving liberal Zionists of responsibility for Israel's broader apartheid system and ongoing Palestinian suffering

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-for-palestinians-from-hebron-to-nablus-annexation-is-already-here-1.8959494?utm_source=smartfocus&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-haaretz&utm_content=5016719

By Anshel Pfeffer

Published 30.06.2020

With the world holding its breath to see what Netanyahu will do on annexation, Haaretz meets Palestinians across the West Bank to hear their divergent views on what the future holds. For many, one thing is certain: It doesn’t matter if you call it occupation or annexation, Palestinian Authority or Palestinian state

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-jews-welcome-evangelical-support-for-israel-but-call-our-preaching-poison-1.8851383?utm_source=smartfocus&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_content=5016207

By Michael L. Brown

Published 17.05.2020

It seems disingenuous that Jewish leaders now blast fervently pro-Israel evangelicals’ faith as toxic, ugly and destructive – just because we won’t, and can’t, stop preaching to Jews

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Source: http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_07121990_redemptoris-missio.html

Source: The Times of Israel

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-plea-to-gantz-ashkenazi-israel-and-its-friends-need-you-to-block-annexation/?utm_source=Breaking+News&utm_campaign=breaking-news-2020-06-14-2326591&utm_medium=email

By Yossi Klein Halevi

June 14, 2020

Such a step, in any form, will undermine Israel’s commitment to negotiate over disputed territory and betray defenders of Zionism throughout the world