Jared Kushner says US will approve annexation if PLO won't negotiate
US envoy Jared Kushner has stated what should be taking place already:
Despite a refusal by the Palestinians to be involved in any negotiations and a lack of government in Israel, US President Donald Trump's administration will push forward with the "Deal of the Century" peace plan, including giving White House approval to Israeli annexation, senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner told US senators in a closed-room meeting last Wednesday, Channel 13's diplomatic correspondent reported through Axios.Now it's an interesting question whether Gantz will actually support the annexation on his own accord. But if, bad as it would be, he'd be chosen to premiership because of Liberman's own treachery, I think he'd still have to because the Trump administration would wish so, and it's clear the PLO's no longer cooperating anyway. So Gantz could be in a bind. That said, his efforts to hijack the election must be opposed firmly.
The news comes just following Israel's third election within a year, which has seen the country still divided as no clear winner has emerged from the political deadlock.
Despite this, it seems the Trump administration feels both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief political rival, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, will both support the annexation.
Though US and Israeli officials met in Jerusalem two weeks ago to discuss which areas of the West Bank over which the Trump administration is ready to recognize the application of Israeli sovereignty, Kushner has stated that the overall demarcation process will take months. [...]
“Nobody can say we didn’t give the Palestinians a chance to go back to the table," a White House official told Channel 13. "If they want to talk we are ready. We think we can make it better for them, but if not the world is going to move on without them. We are not going to do things in the same stupid manner it was done before. We are going to keep moving forward."
The Trump peace plan, entitled "Road to Prosperity," was first unveiled by Trump and Netanyahu in January 2020. Under the deal, the Trump administration will recognize the annexation of and application of Israeli sovereignty over 30% of the West Bank.
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