Israel Expands West Bank Settlements, West Ignores Two-State Reality
So, Israel's 'far-right' Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich helpfully clarifies that new settlements are designed to 'block the establishment of a Palestinian state,' according to the BBC . This isn't breaking news for anyone paying attention since 1967. Netanyahu, for his part, has been building settlements since his first term in 1996, escalating significantly in 2009, 2014, and now. The
'two-state solution' remains the international community's preferred hallucination, even as the Palestinian land base continues to shrink. Meanwhile, the US State Department issues its usual 'concern'—a diplomatic performance art piece that changes nothing. They'll continue to send over $3.8 billion annually in military aid to Israel, despite these policies directly undermining US stated foreign
policy goals. One might ask, how many more 'facts on the ground' does it take before Washington admits it's not concerned about a two-state solution, it's just concerned about how it looks?