No, Benjamin Netanyahu Didn’t Just Promise to “Annex” Part of the West Bank
Besides, Israel’s claims to the Jordan Valley are legitimate.
September 13, 2019
No, Benjamin Netanyahu Didn’t Just Promise to “Annex” Part of the West Bank
Besides, Israel’s claims to the Jordan Valley are legitimate.
In a speech on Tuesday, the Israeli prime minister sparked outrage from all the usual quarters when he declared his intention to “apply Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley.” As Erielle Davidson points out—and contrary to what most of the media have reported—he nowhere used the word “annexation.” Netanyahu, Davidson adds, was likely responding to the accusation made against him by his main political competitors—the center-left Blue and White party—that he had considered relinquishing control of the Jordan Valley in 2014. And there are grave reasons why this area matters:
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