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2020-07-05 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Former World Leaders Urge European Countries to Oppose Israeli Annexation Plan

[Haaretz] The Elders, founded by Nelson Mandela, send letters to the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and the European Union, insisting annexing parts of the West Bank would have political and economic ramifications.

A group of former world leaders urged European leaders on Friday to keep pressuring Israel against annexation of parts of the West Bank, warning against complacency after Israel made no move to take over the territory on July 1.

The Elders, founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007, said in letters to the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and the European Union that they should insist to Israel that annexation would have negative political and economic consequences for bilateral and regional relations.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had aimed to start the process by Wednesday, saying he wanted to begin annexing West Bank territory in line with President Donald Trump’s Mideast plan.

But Israeli Cabinet minister Ofir Akunis said the annexation process had been delayed, telling Israel’s Army Radio station on Wednesday that officials were still working out the final details with their American counterparts. He said he expected the annexation to take place later in July.

The two-state solution, backed by the UN Security Council and the vast majority of the international community, envisions an independent Palestinian state in the entire West Bank — territory Israel captured from Jordan in 1967 — and Gaza, with agreed land swaps. The Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of their state but the future of Jerusalem is considered a final status issue to be decided in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-07-05 07:18|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 The Elders, founded by Nelson Mandela....

WOKE, the early years.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-07-05 07:26|| 2020-07-05 07:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Going to return East Prussia and Silesia? Nah, didn't think so. Wars have consequences.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-07-05 11:19|| 2020-07-05 11:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Alsace & Lorraine...Kuril Islands...surely we can go on and on with examples.

Posted by Clem 2020-07-05 11:23|| 2020-07-05 11:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Annexing territory? What is any country doing annexing territory in this day and age? What is this, Poland 1939?

Posted by Maggie Poodle6767 2020-07-05 11:47|| 2020-07-05 11:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Or Crimea, 2014. But that's a tad different and one I could certainly live with. And when 90% of the Crimeans say they want to be with Russia, well, then, all hail democracy! (But disregard Catalonia.)

Posted by Clem 2020-07-05 13:13|| 2020-07-05 13:13|| Front Page Top

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