You feel Israel will eventually annex the West Bank so it doesn’t matter whether Harris or trump won in 2024?
So first it’s not the whole West Bank. If they did that they’d have to follow Israeli domestic law, which would give West Bank Palestinians rights and kind of defeat the point. Instead what Smotrich is pushing for is annexing some West Bank settlements. Now what I’m saying is that if his push for annexation succeeds then it was eventually going to happen (and by eventually I mean within these four years) because I just don’t see Harris having enough backbone to stop it, and that even if he succeeds the only thing that changes is what the land the settlements are on is called because they’re basically already governed as Israeli territory. The part where people are actually hurt—the expansion of settlements—is no different from before the election.
<(and by eventually I mean within these four years)
Yeah, I think that’s pretty nonsensical.
Were that the case, there’s no reason for Smotrich to wait until after the election to announce his actual intentions etc. Nor any reason for them to hold back until now. Your take requires some incredibly coincidental timing that I don’t think just happened magically.
Like, I get your argument I just think it’s more than a little silly but to each their own.
So first it’s not the whole West Bank. If they did that they’d have to follow Israeli domestic law, which would give West Bank Palestinians rights and kind of defeat the point. Instead what Smotrich is pushing for is annexing some West Bank settlements. Now what I’m saying is that if his push for annexation succeeds then it was eventually going to happen (and by eventually I mean within these four years) because I just don’t see Harris having enough backbone to stop it, and that even if he succeeds the only thing that changes is what the land the settlements are on is called because they’re basically already governed as Israeli territory. The part where people are actually hurt—the expansion of settlements—is no different from before the election.
<(and by eventually I mean within these four years)
Yeah, I think that’s pretty nonsensical.
Were that the case, there’s no reason for Smotrich to wait until after the election to announce his actual intentions etc. Nor any reason for them to hold back until now. Your take requires some incredibly coincidental timing that I don’t think just happened magically.
Like, I get your argument I just think it’s more than a little silly but to each their own.
Cheers.