Annex Judea and Samaria

Got your attention, didn't I?  Actually it was Tzipi Hotovely who said it:

Deputy Transportation Minister MK Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) said on Sunday that it was time that the Israeli government take steps to annex Judea and Samaria, even if it comes with the price of giving citizenship to Arabs residing in these areas.Estimates of the number of Arabs in the area vary from 1.5 to 2.4 million.

Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Hotovely said that offering citizenship to Palestinian Authority Arabs would be a small price pay for ending the status quo which brings international criticism of Israel, viewed as an “occupier” in Judea and Samaria.

.... Hotovely noted that the reality in which the Israeli right does not provide a clear answer regarding the question of the future of Judea and Samaria causes more people to fall for the idea of a two-state solution. "When we clearly declare that  these areas are not up for negotiation and that we are going to apply sovereignty over them, we can come before the public and say in a clear and loud voice that these lands are ours and we are prepared to pay a demographic price for this,” she said.

According to Hotovely, Israel should begin by annexing Area C, which is under full Israeli control, and thus present a statement to the world that Israel is moving towards full Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria.

"Israel should say it is headed towards applying sovereignty. It makes no sense to leave this in the air for 45 years,” she said. “Leaving it up in the air sends a message that we have no connection to these places.”

 

No doubt there will be a cacophonic chorus of "No We Can't" by morning - If not sooner - but wouldn't it make a great announcement come Chanukah time?

 

From Israel Matzav: http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2010/12/palestinians-upset-over-menorahs-in.html

 

One more link and I'm outta here. This guy thinks Hotovely is the world's "next Sarah Palin."  It makes for an Interesting read.

 

Comments

[Mannie Sherberg]

Let the world shriek its cacophonic chorus. It can have a cacophonic conniption for all I care. Tzipi Hotovely is right -- and what a joy it is to hear someone say it out loud. I never heard Jabotinsky speak -- but this might just be the next best thing. Maybe Tzipi Hotovely will drown out the strident voice of Tzipi Livni.

[Elan]

The annexation should be accompanied by simultaneous enactment of every liberal gun control measure proposed in the last five years, enforced by automatic deportation to Gaza for violators, under a one-strike-and-you're-out law.