Thread by @Marianhouk

Bibi’s ‘emergency government’ is a land grab disguised as a health crisis: "In Israel, Netanyahu won’t find a lot of opposition from within or outside his government for the move, despite public opinion opposing it." jd.fo/X1xX via @jdforward

"What Netanyahu has done over the past twenty odd years is ready the ground
for the erasure of Palestine, successfully erasing the Palestinian cause from the international stage + turning it into a version of Tibet: forgotten + forsaken...

"...With Netanyahu’s dogged patience, it may happen sooner than later":
by Etan Nechin
forward.com/opinion/445951…

"Netanyahu’s dogged patience" is the key, here...

"It’s almost certain that Netanyahu will take the opportunity come July 1 and annex parts of the West Bank to Israel, ratifying the unequal status of the Palestinians living there, who are not citizens of Israel."

"Some have doubts that Netanyahu will go through with annexation.
Netanyahu has convinced many that he’s pragmatic, and that he won’t upend
the delicate status quo that has existed for almost 53 years.
But this view of things underestimates the lengths Netanyahu will go to..."

[And, not just because he's focussed on his political survival]
"Netanyahu is indeed pragmatic—but that’s exactly why he’s going to go ahead with annexation...

"Netanyahu has bided his time, waiting for the right opportunity + enough support to fulfill his goals. It doesn’t matter that the majority of Israelis oppose annexation — only that the White House does not."

-->> "But it’s not about Trump. Netanyahu’s great allies are Jared Kushner, Jason D. Greenblatt and US Ambassador David Friedman. And they have been stalwart in their support...proving again and again that the US isn’t interested in being an honest peace broker",,,

"...there is no partner at the White House."
Meanwhile, "Netanyahu’s emergency government was never about corona.
It was a smokescreen for something else: annexation."