Israel’s Quiet Redrawing of the Map: A De Facto Annexation Hiding in Plain Sight: The vote passed 71–13, backed by a who’s who of right-wing and center-right factions including Likud, Shas, Religious Zionism, Otzma Yehudit, and Yisrael Beiteinu. Framed as a response to the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks (called the “Simchat Torah Massacre” in Israeli discourse), the resolution declares the idea of a Palestinian state to be an existential threat — and asserts Israel’s “natural, historical, and legal right” to the land from the river to the sea.
Israel’s Quiet Redrawing of the Map: A De Facto Annexation Hiding in Plain Sight: The vote passed 71–13, backed by a who’s who of right-wing and center-right factions including Likud, Shas, Religious Zionism, Otzma Yehudit, and Yisrael Beiteinu. Framed as a response to the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks (called the “Simchat Torah Massacre” in Israeli discourse), the resolution declares the idea of a Palestinian state to be an existential threat — and asserts Israel’s “natural, historical, and legal right” to the land from the river to the sea.

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