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As we approach July 1 and the Trump administration holds meetings to figure out what to convey to Bibi about annexation, the likelihood appears that Israel will do something less than the Trump plan’s 30% of the West Bank. It’s worth watching who moves the goalposts and how 1/
A smaller move - annexation of just Gush Etzion and Ma’ale Adumim, or an announcement of extension of sovereignty to settlements that gets implemented later - will be seized upon by many as not a big deal, as something worth supporting, as the “centrist” or “realistic” path 2/
When you see people and organizations make that claim, understand it for the abject bullshit that it is. If you want to support it, go right ahead, but at least embrace it as the radical departure from anything and everything that has come before that it will actually be 3/
For decades, the line has been that any changes in permanent status have to be negotiated between the parties. That no solution can be imposed from the outside. That it is up to Israelis and Palestinians to figure things out. Either those things are true or they aren’t 4/
If you don’t think they are true and never have, I disagree but I respect the position. But if you have spent years saying those types of things and then pretend that somehow partial annexation doesn’t violate them, your credibility is approaching non-existence 5/
When people claim that limited annexation is the logical next step, ask them why. When people say it should be supported because the Palestinians will never agree to a deal, ask them if other unilateral moves are then ok too, such as recognition of a state of Palestine 6/
Hold leaders and organizations accountable to own their positions fully. If you embrace a revolutionary position, go right ahead. Just don’t pretend that in doing so you are somehow advocating for the centrist, pragmatic, sensible step. Be an extremist fully and proudly /END
