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UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2008 on May 13, 2008. Photo: Imre Solt via Wikimedia Commons.

UAE: Israel should not annex West Bank territory

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A senior United Arab Emirates official tweeted on Monday that Israel should not move to annex parts of West Bank since it would damage the future peace process. “Continued Israeli talk of annexing Palestinian lands...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.). Credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr.

Annexation endangers Israel’s security, democracy, write Democratic senators

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Nearly 20 Democratic senators have signed a letter cautioning about Israel extending sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria. Addressed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, the 18 senators wrote that Israel...
European Union flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. Credit: Amio Cajander via Wikimedia Commons.

Hungary, Austria, warn EU against ‘double standard’ on Israel

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Hungary and Austria on Wednesday warned their counterparts in the European Union against endorsing a double standard against Israel with regard to E.U. resolutions. Budapest and Vienna have consistently been the sole opponents of the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi during a visit to Gush Etzion on July 31, 2019. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Will Israel apply sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria?

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Israel finally has a new government after three elections and more than a year of political stalemate. As it gets to work dealing with the calamitous effects of COVID-19, one of the main questions...
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Biden: West Bank annexation ‘will choke off hope for peace’

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Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the 2020 presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, said on Tuesday that if Israel applies sovereignty to parts of the Judea and Samaria, it would “choke off any hope for peace,”...
AIPAC president Betsy Berns Korn addresses the 2020 conference. Credit: AIPAC.

A muffled consensus serves not Israel but her enemies

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Should Jewish communal organizations aim to achieve consensus above all or bear witness to the truth? Both in the Diaspora and in Israel, Jews are divided over politics, religion and worldview. These arguments, moreover, generally...
King Abdullah of Jordan. Credit: Chatham House.

Jordan’s Abdullah warns of ‘massive conflict’ if Israel proceeds with annexation

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Jordan’s King Abdullah warned of “massive conflict” between his country and Israel if the Jewish state proceeds with annexing territory this summer in Judea and Samaria. In an interview with the German newspaper Der Spiegel, the Jordanian...
The city of Jericho in the West Bank. Tamar Hayardeni via Wikimedia Commons.

AIPAC: Reducing ties with Israel over annexation ‘would be a mistake’

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It “would be a mistake” for the United States to alter its alliance with Israel were the Jewish state to follow through with annexing parts of the West Bank, said the American Israel Public...
French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Jan. 22, 2020. Photo by Shlomi Cohen/Flash90.

Report: France wants tough response if Israel goes ahead with annexation

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France is pushing members of the European Union to consider threatening Israel with tough consequences if it goes ahead with its plan to annex parts of Judea and Samaria. Belgium, Ireland and Luxembourg want to...
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) addressing the 2018 Jerusalem Post Conference in New York City. He said that despite efforts by some to make Israel a “political wedge issue,” U.S. support for the Jewish state is strong and bipartisan. Credit: The Jerusalem Post.

Cardin says he won’t sign Senate letter against annexation

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Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the second-highest ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Tuesday that he won’t sign a letter calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White...