Trump win means 'time has come' to annex parts of West Bank, Israeli minister says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Washington Post

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich welcomed President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral victory Monday, saying that “the time has come” to extend full Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank.

He made the comment a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded statement that he has spoken three times with Trump since the election and that they “see eye to eye on the Iranian threat.”

Israel’s conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon are set to dominate meetings in the Middle East and at the White House this week, after deadly Israeli airstrikes over the weekend highlighted the increasingly brutal toll.

On Monday, top officials from Arab and Islamic countries are meeting for a summit in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, to “discuss the continued Israeli aggression on the Palestinian territories and the Lebanese Republic, and the current developments in the region,” according to Saudi state media.

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[IzzaNuDay]

1. Hope the "Abandon Harris" coalition is happy with this move.

They are about to receive the FO for the FA of abandoning Harris!

[nycbos]

3. This clips from Airplane! comes to mind.

[Jk23]

26. I see you one Airplane Clip and raise you another.

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[Bettie]

14. It's not them who are going to find out

it's the Palestinian people currently living in the West Bank who will be killed to make room for the incoming Israeli citizens.

[IzzaNuDay]

15. IIRC, at least some of these people have friends and family in the West Bank

Would they choose to return and help their friends and families out when there is more genoside?

[electric_blue68]

23. Overall true, but some might have relatives there

[Galraedia]

24. Not to worry after Trump gets into office there will be no Gaza and we will be at war with Iran

So Gaza won't be a campaign issue anymore as there will be no Gaza left.

[GoodRaisin]

34. They should contact Jill Stein.

[IzzaNuDay]

35. That's all they got and do they think Jill Stein will deliver?

The dotard will definitely not save them!

[democratsruletheday]

42. That was my FIRST thought IND....buncha dopes

complete and utter idiots for getting in bed with Donold. They are screwed

[SoCalDavidS]

2. NOW They'll Start Blaming Israel

They won't blame themselves, forget about that happening.

[LeftInTX]

19. Yeah. They do that stuff over there.

That's how Bibi got into power. They boycotted elections

Then they just get mad and commit more acts of terrorism. Rinse repeat.

[orange jar]

4. I think most of us expected this to happen.

The only reason why this hadn't happened sooner is because they were waiting to see if Trump would win and subsequently give them his support.

Netanyahu is their version of Trump. Birds of a feather flock together.

[SharonAnn]

20. I actually thought they would do it quite some time ago.

[Lonestarblue]

36. It's a violation of international law, but Israel regularly ignores that.

[iluvtennis]

21. Exactly. n/t

[Galraedia]

25. Trump is the reason there was no ceasefire

The Orange Menace is going to allow Netanyahu to finish off Gaza so Jared can build a beach front hotel with money from the Saudis.

[33taw]

5. And in other breaking news....

[moniss]

6. Other than figuring they'll have the open support for the move

it is not a shock that radical right wingers in Israel would call for this because that has been their openly stated position for decades. Gee I remember getting all kinds of nasty flack back about 11 months ago when I said this would be part of the right wing plan.

[CanonRay]

7. Wonder how this is sitting with the Muslem voters

in Michigan. Happy now?

[JI7]

13. From what I have seen many are happy they don't have to worry

about their son wearing a dress.

[surfered]

8. So, how would this be different from Russia annexing Crimea?

[iemanja]

11. It's not

That Trump will give the green light doesn't mean it's anything other than warmongering imperialism.

[JJJ123]

9. Radical Ideologues Want Turmoil, Not Peace. $$$

Dearborn, how's those Stein votes working out for you?

[Scrivener7]

10. I guess those protest voters showed us. Consider me shown.

[Clouds Passing]

12. Hell, annex the whole thing and gza while you're at it

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[iemanja]

32. Yes, many of us care

People are about to be thrown out of their homes and probably killed. How can a decent human being not care?

[Martin68]

17. I hope those who voted against Harris because of Gaza are paying attention.

I've been trying to remind people that Trump moved the US embassy to Jerusalem. That was a major move against the Palestinians.

[Orrex]

18. But this is what people assured me would never happen

At exactly that same moment that they were calling me a pro-Hamas antisemite for even suggesting that Netanyahu wanted such a thing!

Guess they need to call Bibi and tell him that he's the pro-Hamas antisemite. Plot twist!

[AloeVera]

30. Yes. I recall the slurs too for stating the goal in Gaza was ethnic cleansing.

Now that people have been driven out from the north by starvation and terror, and the IDF has declared they will not be allowed to return - geez, where are all those righteously indignant folks? Will they take back those insults? I won't hold my breath.

[Orrex]

39. This was clearly the goal all along

I won't go so far as to claim that Netanyahu *wanted* Oct7 to happen, but--much like PNAC in the US--once the tragedy happened they were fully prepared to run with it.

It seems clear that annexation of Gaza was the goal all along, and Netanyahu's reassurances to the contrary were clearly false from the outset.


But wait! "This is all Hamas' fault, and they can stop it any time they want," I'm told.

[AloeVera]

44. But of course.

It's why the ceasefire negotiations continued to be sabotaged by Netanyahu. A ceasefire would have prevented the ethnic cleansing, the completion of the destruction and deaths by war and pestilence.

October 7th presented the opportunity to create Greater Israel. As you say, just like 9/11 and PNAC. I think the results will be just as dire.

It dismays me not just that this was easily foreseen and could have been prevented, but also that I suspect that it was in fact likely foreseen and tolerated - even indirectly facilitated by the West. It also bothers me that even saying that makes me a terrorist supporter in the eyes of some.

So I just want to say I condemn Hamas!! Human shields!! Effing terrorist scum!!

[LeftInTX]

22. They severed ties with the Democratic Party.

So maybe they should join the republican party now. If they hadn't severed ties with the Democratic Party we would be supporting them 100%. Now they are on their own or are going to have to get the republicans to help them..

[Galraedia]

27. Nah, republicans hate muslims almost if not more than they hate black people

[LeftInTX]

29. They made their choice

[multigraincracker]

40. Well dang, I worked with a Christian Palestinian.

He was throwing off his property by Illegal Settlers and his uncle was shot in the back by the IDF when he turned around to go back in the. house to get some papers. Those folks are never mentioned.

[Aussie105]

28. Israeli action was always about a land grab.

Trump will just encourage them to step it up.

[Hassler]

31. And Jerod's beachfront Israeli resorts in Gaza

[AntiFascist]

33. More land for Trump's golf resorts n/t

[Old Crank]

37. Glad those people who voted for Jill Stein

are now whooping it up, I'm sure.
Just what did they think would happen?
Perhaps Biden and Harris could have done more, maybe. But significant portions of elected congress favours an all in for Isreal position. So it is hard to clamp down on a foreign power.

[Blue Full Moon]

38. Netanyahu said he would wait for trump

[City Lights]

41. No one could have seen this coming, right?

Hope all those anti-Harris voters in MI are happy now.

[democratsruletheday]

43. I live in Michigan and can tell you that

most of the men simply wouldn't vote for a woman. Simple misogyny...they don't respect women in their culture and see them as second class citizens. So much so they voted against their own interests. I've done business with these guys and know how they think. I had one dumb ass tell me "we haven't gotten anywhere with Biden or Harris, might as well roll the dice with Trump". They're screwed in the head IMO and their votes went exactly as I thought they would. Sexist assholes for the most part.

[AloeVera]

45. Mysogyny is why 73% of Muslims voted for 2 women.

Fer sure.

[patphil]

46. Trump's election is a green light for a wider conflict in the Middle East.

The goal has been obvious for a long time. Gaza and the West Bank are to be absorbed into Israel.
Ironically, the phrase, "from the river to the sea" has a new meaning as Palestinians are discovering. Trump will do nothing to stop the ethnic cleansing that the Netahyahu government is engaging in.
These two men are birds of a feather.

[Oopsie Daisy]

47. Is it too soon, or too heartless to shout "WE FUCKING TOLD YOU SO!"

I remember all the "Hope you enjoy Trump" taunts from the protesters who vowed to vote for him. I wonder if they're still feeling angry and defiant, or are they feeling a bit foolish and sheepish now?