While Netanyahu Keeps Annexation Alive, Palestinians Close Ranks
Both the Israeli army and the Palestinian factions agree: Even a 'symbolic' annexation could ignite the street
Benny Gantz is right about one thing. As he said this week in several forums, in light of the spread of the coronavirus and the worsening of the economic situation, there is no justification for insisting on advancing annexation of parts of the West Bank. Possibly the coronavirus really will provide Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the final excuse to climb down from that tree, if not in a single leap then in a number of smaller steps. The public’s attention is not being given to annexation – and the prime minister has to take into account the possibility that declaring an annexation, even if it is small and symbolic, will add the final match needed for the bonfire of twigs to ignite.