West Bank Annexation: 'Outrage' Over What's Been Happening for Decades
Funny, isn't it, how 'outrage' bubbles up when something already in progress gets a legislative rubber stamp? The 'move' to annex the West Bank isn't breaking news; it's the slow, methodical grinding of the occupation documented for decades. As early as 2002, Ariel Sharon declared, "There will be no Palestinian state." Netanyahu, in 2014, said, "Israel will control all the territory west of the
Jordan River." This isn't a 'move'; it's the inevitable climax of a long-unquestioned land grab, facilitated by consistent US political and financial backing. Where was the sustained 'outrage' during the gradual, illegal settlement expansion? We're supposed to gasp at the formalization of a reality that has visibly unfolded for generations. The Knesset's vote is merely the paperwork catching up to
the facts on the ground, a ground that shrinks daily for Palestinians. One might wonder, how many times must a duck look like a duck, quack like a duck, and walk like a duck before we stop calling it a 'potential future duck-like entity'?