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Israelis are unaware of how heavy the price will be for annexation

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Published: 26 May 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

An escalation of hostilities will be hard to avoid; Abbas shows he’s serious about ending security co-operation, including with CIA, though doubts persist over back channel contacts

This will be the heavy price of annexation for the Israelis (Haaretz)
SHAUL ARIELI: The issue of annexation has again been proudly hailed as the flagship of the new government. Most of the public, which may not know the practical implications of unilateral annexation on our daily lives, is not aware of the threats embedded in such a move, including destabilisation and the almost certain escalation in Israeli-Palestinian hostilities

Cutting security ties, Abbas shows he’s serious — even if it risks everything (Times of Israel)
AVI ISSACHAROFF: Ending coordination will hurt and endanger both Israel and the PA, but faced with Israeli annexation, the Palestinians are increasingly willing to employ desperate measures

Israeli officials reportedly say secret coordination with PA likely to continue (Times of Israel)
Security ties expected to carry on via clandestine channels, senior staffers believe

Palestinians tell Israel they will not allow outbreak of violence, report says (Al-Monitor)
Palestinian Authority to suspend cooperation with CIA over US support for Israeli annexation

Senate Democrats warn Netanyahu against West Bank annexation (Al-Monitor)

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Peace Now petitions court to halt Efrat E2 settler building project (Jerusalem Post)
Palestinians hold that the portions of the land are private Palestinian property and should never have been allocated as state land

Image: A map showing the Jordan Valley annexation plan (Shaul Arieli)

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