JD Vance Calls Land Grab a 'Stunt,' Ignores 57-Year History
The Independent breathlessly covers JD Vance's 'outrage' over a proposed Israeli Knesset bill on West Bank annexation, calling it a 'stupid political stunt.' How thoughtful of Senator Vance (who received $10,000 from Pro-Israel America in 2022, per OpenSecrets.org) to suddenly discover the concept of Israeli land grabs. What the article conveniently omits is that Israel has been systematically
annexing the West Bank, incrementally, since 1967. Over 700,000 Israeli settlers now occupy over 250 illegal settlements, a fact conveniently re-framed by the Independent as merely 'considered illegal'—as if international law is up for debate. (It's not.) This isn't a 'stunt'; it's the latest iteration of a decades-long policy. Netanyahu and his predecessors have consistently advanced policies
that make a two-state solution virtually impossible, from the repeated destruction of Palestinian homes (over 1,000 in Jerusalem alone since 2016, according to UNOCHA) to the expansion of 'facts on the ground.' For the politicians and media pundits, it's a political talking point. For Palestinians, it’s their disappearing land. How many times will we pretend this 'plan' is novel before
acknowledging the consistent playbook?