West Bank Annnexation: 'Denial' is the New 'Oops'
While global attention focused on Gaza, Israel quietly, rapidly altered West Bank land maps. This isn't a new strategy; Netanyahu's government has routinely used periods of heightened conflict as cover for land grabs and settlement expansion—a pattern documented by human rights groups for decades. Every 'denial' of annexation is immediately followed by more concrete facts on the ground, creating
irreversible changes. One might wonder at the timing, as if a crisis abroad provides a convenient smokescreen for what's happening just next door. How many times does annexation have to happen before it's called annexation, not just 'Palestinian claims'? At what point does 'redistricting' stop being a euphemism for ethnic cleansing?