Israeli prime minister’s vow to annex parts of the West Bank makes the Palestinian dream less viable.
By Carol Morello Carol Morello National reporter focusing on foreign policy and State Department Email Bio Follow April 10 at 3:50 PM The apparent victory of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party in Israeli elections clouds prospects for the Trump administration’s yet-to-be-released peace plan and could further undermine bipartisan support for Israel in Congress, according to analysts.
“The fact that Bibi won, I think we’ll see some pretty good action in terms of peace,” he said, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname. “Look, everyone said — and I never made it a promise — but everybody said you can’t have peace in the Middle East with Israel and the Palestinians. I think we have a chance. I think we have now a better chance with Bibi having won.”
“We will see a fundamental change in the U.S.-Israel relationship from here forward,” said Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, a pro-Israel, pro-peace group. “This will be the breaking point of the long-term, seven-decade bipartisan consensus of support for what Israel is doing. The move to annexation, cementing Palestinian disenfranchisement, is not acceptable for a majority of the Democratic Party and most American liberal Jews.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets supporters in Tel Aviv after Tuesday’s vote. Trump visited Jerusalem four months after taking office and was the first president to pray at the Western Wall. He recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moved the U.S. Embassy there from Tel Aviv. He validated Israeli sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, giving Netanyahu the opening to say territory Israel gained in a defensive war can be kept.
Previous administrations also have made their preferences known in Israeli politics, usually in support of U.S. proposals for peace negotiations.
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