Trump win means 'time has come' to annex parts of West Bank, Israeli minister says
Source: Washington Post
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich welcomed President-elect Donald Trumps electoral victory Monday, saying that the time has come to extend full Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank.
He made the comment a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded statement that he has spoken three times with Trump since the election and that they see eye to eye on the Iranian threat.
Israels conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon are set to dominate meetings in the Middle East and at the White House this week, after deadly Israeli airstrikes over the weekend highlighted the increasingly brutal toll.
On Monday, top officials from Arab and Islamic countries are meeting for a summit in Saudi Arabias capital, Riyadh, to discuss the continued Israeli aggression on the Palestinian territories and the Lebanese Republic, and the current developments in the region, according to Saudi state media.
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IzzaNuDay
(601 posts)They are about to receive the FO for the FA of abandoning Harris!
nycbos
(6,345 posts)Jk23
(401 posts)Bettie
(17,062 posts)it's the Palestinian people currently living in the West Bank who will be killed to make room for the incoming Israeli citizens.
IzzaNuDay
(601 posts)Would they choose to return and help their friends and families out when there is more genoside?
electric_blue68
(17,977 posts)Galraedia
(5,167 posts)So Gaza won't be a campaign issue anymore as there will be no Gaza left.
GoodRaisin
(9,586 posts)IzzaNuDay
(601 posts)The dotard will definitely not save them!
democratsruletheday
(1,226 posts)complete and utter idiots for getting in bed with Donold. They are screwed
SoCalDavidS
(10,599 posts)They won't blame themselves, forget about that happening.
LeftInTX
(29,996 posts)That's how Bibi got into power. They boycotted elections
Then they just get mad and commit more acts of terrorism. Rinse repeat.
orange jar
(878 posts)The only reason why this hadn't happened sooner is because they were waiting to see if Trump would win and subsequently give them his support.
Netanyahu is their version of Trump. Birds of a feather flock together.
SharonAnn
(13,879 posts)Lonestarblue
(11,807 posts)iluvtennis
(20,847 posts)Galraedia
(5,167 posts)The Orange Menace is going to allow Netanyahu to finish off Gaza so Jared can build a beach front hotel with money from the Saudis.
33taw
(2,799 posts)moniss
(5,706 posts)it is not a shock that radical right wingers in Israel would call for this because that has been their openly stated position for decades. Gee I remember getting all kinds of nasty flack back about 11 months ago when I said this would be part of the right wing plan.
CanonRay
(14,858 posts)in Michigan. Happy now?
JI7
(90,523 posts)about their son wearing a dress.
surfered
(3,077 posts)That Trump will give the green light doesn't mean it's anything other than warmongering imperialism.
JJJ123
(3 posts)Dearborn, how's those Stein votes working out for you?
Scrivener7
(52,724 posts)Clouds Passing
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iemanja
(54,754 posts)People are about to be thrown out of their homes and probably killed. How can a decent human being not care?
Martin68
(24,597 posts)I've been trying to remind people that Trump moved the US embassy to Jerusalem. That was a major move against the Palestinians.
Orrex
(64,101 posts)At exactly that same moment that they were calling me a pro-Hamas antisemite for even suggesting that Netanyahu wanted such a thing!
Guess they need to call Bibi and tell him that he's the pro-Hamas antisemite. Plot twist!
AloeVera
(1,940 posts)Now that people have been driven out from the north by starvation and terror, and the IDF has declared they will not be allowed to return - geez, where are all those righteously indignant folks? Will they take back those insults? I won't hold my breath.
Orrex
(64,101 posts)I won't go so far as to claim that Netanyahu *wanted* Oct7 to happen, but--much like PNAC in the US--once the tragedy happened they were fully prepared to run with it.
It seems clear that annexation of Gaza was the goal all along, and Netanyahu's reassurances to the contrary were clearly false from the outset.
But wait! "This is all Hamas' fault, and they can stop it any time they want," I'm told.
AloeVera
(1,940 posts)It's why the ceasefire negotiations continued to be sabotaged by Netanyahu. A ceasefire would have prevented the ethnic cleansing, the completion of the destruction and deaths by war and pestilence.
October 7th presented the opportunity to create Greater Israel. As you say, just like 9/11 and PNAC. I think the results will be just as dire.
It dismays me not just that this was easily foreseen and could have been prevented, but also that I suspect that it was in fact likely foreseen and tolerated - even indirectly facilitated by the West. It also bothers me that even saying that makes me a terrorist supporter in the eyes of some.
So I just want to say I condemn Hamas!! Human shields!! Effing terrorist scum!!
LeftInTX
(29,996 posts)So maybe they should join the republican party now. If they hadn't severed ties with the Democratic Party we would be supporting them 100%. Now they are on their own or are going to have to get the republicans to help them..
Galraedia
(5,167 posts)LeftInTX
(29,996 posts)multigraincracker
(34,068 posts)He was throwing off his property by Illegal Settlers and his uncle was shot in the back by the IDF when he turned around to go back in the. house to get some papers. Those folks are never mentioned.
Aussie105
(6,254 posts)Trump will just encourage them to step it up.
Hassler
(3,676 posts)AntiFascist
(12,870 posts)Old Crank
(4,635 posts)are now whooping it up, I'm sure.
Just what did they think would happen?
Perhaps Biden and Harris could have done more, maybe. But significant portions of elected congress favours an all in for Isreal position. So it is hard to clamp down on a foreign power.
Blue Full Moon
(1,153 posts)City Lights
(25,298 posts)Hope all those anti-Harris voters in MI are happy now.
democratsruletheday
(1,226 posts)most of the men simply wouldn't vote for a woman. Simple misogyny...they don't respect women in their culture and see them as second class citizens. So much so they voted against their own interests. I've done business with these guys and know how they think. I had one dumb ass tell me "we haven't gotten anywhere with Biden or Harris, might as well roll the dice with Trump". They're screwed in the head IMO and their votes went exactly as I thought they would. Sexist assholes for the most part.
AloeVera
(1,940 posts)Fer sure.
patphil
(6,940 posts)The goal has been obvious for a long time. Gaza and the West Bank are to be absorbed into Israel.
Ironically, the phrase, "from the river to the sea" has a new meaning as Palestinians are discovering. Trump will do nothing to stop the ethnic cleansing that the Netahyahu government is engaging in.
These two men are birds of a feather.
Oopsie Daisy
(4,500 posts)I remember all the "Hope you enjoy Trump" taunts from the protesters who vowed to vote for him. I wonder if they're still feeling angry and defiant, or are they feeling a bit foolish and sheepish now?