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With the political horizon clogged in Israel after outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a government, the savior came from Washington by declaring that it no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be contrary to international law.

Israeli analysts are unanimous that the US announcement is a lifeline for Netanyahu that will help resolve the obstacles he faced in forming a government. It may make it difficult for the head of the "Blue White" coalition, Benny Gantz, to form a minority government based on Arab MPs for the joint list.

Analysts agree that the decision to legalize the settlements is an American gift, in addition to President Donald Trump's previous decisions and resolutions on relocating the Washington embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

Consolidate the rule of the right
Despite Trump's gifts of consolidating right-wing rule and strengthening Israel's standing in the Middle East, analysts have shown that Netanyahu's tough stance on settlements, based on Knesset legislation and consistent and consistent foundations over the years, has paid dividends and ultimately strengthened a strong international partnership with America.

They believe that if Israel succumbed to the position of international law on the legal status of the West Bank, even the most sympathetic government - like the Trump administration - would not have settled the situation in favor of the settlement project.

Although the new US policy is one of the chapters of the deal of the century, which was officially postponed due to the Israeli elections, analysts believe that it does not cancel or hinder the possibility of reaching an agreement with the Palestinians.

But on the other hand, they believe that it does not prevent Israel from starting to implement "its control in the strategic areas it needs or in the settlement areas themselves."

Israeli settlement continues to expand despite violation of international resolutions (Al Jazeera Net)

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Regarding the extent to which Israel and Netanyahu have benefited from the US decision, right-wing journalist Amnon Lord sees Washington's decision to legitimize settlements as one of the major revolutions in US diplomacy in dealing with Israel and the Middle East conflict.

According to the new American position, which is consistent with Netanyahu's principled position to promote settlement in all of the so-called "Land of Israel," the Israeli journalist considers that "the West Bank is disputed and not occupied areas, which means that Netanyahu or any right-wing rule will push for the annexation of the Jordan Valley and large areas of West Bank of Israeli Sovereignty ".

Regarding the reflection of the American decision on the internal affairs of Israel, Lord says, "Israel must form a government that has a political agenda to activate the meaning and content of the new American policy. The legitimacy of the settlements reinforces the Trump Declaration and its policies that have been revealed over the past three years, and confirms that the 1967 borders are no longer To be the cornerstone of future peace agreements. "

It is believed that Washington's declaration on the settlements will contribute to the formation of a broad government headed by Netanyahu and avoid a third election, stressing that the legitimization of settlement from the American point of view will have an impact on the position of parties and may push some of them to make concessions.

The Israeli journalist pointed out that the demand of the hour to form a government of national unity or a right-wing government that knows how to use and employ this political gift from Trump, saying, "This is a much more important gift than moving the US embassy to Jerusalem."

Settlement Project
Dore Gold, former Israeli foreign ministry director general, former UN ambassador and close advisor to Netanyahu, believes that Trump's decision is a correction to what he called a "historic mistake" in dealing with the perception of successive US administrations with the settlement project and the future of the settlements. West Bank.

Regarding the strategic benefit of Israel from the American legitimacy of the settlements, Gould said that the American decision is a turning point in the construction of the Zionist project and the Jewish state, recalling that "the last time any sovereignty was declared on the West Bank was during the Ottoman Empire, which was stripped of its political rights in Palestine. Historical after the First World War. "

In other words, "there was no international recognition of sovereignty on the ground before Israel entered the region. In this way, a vacuum of governance has been created in the West Bank, and despite the importance of the decision to Israel, these circumstances make the relationship between the Fourth Geneva Convention and Israeli settlement more problematic and thorny." ".

"For decades, the unique conditions of Israeli settlements in the West Bank were supposed to affect the way in which the settlements were discussed internationally and internationally, but now that the new US position has been published, the UN position that, despite international reservations, will be accepted will confirm its legitimacy and deal with it," he said. With it Arab and international as a fait accompli. "

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The future of the conventions
Apart from the scenarios expected after the declaration of legalization of settlements, there are those who believe that this declaration symbolic and emotional from the Zionist point of view, as the political correspondent of the newspaper "Haaretz" qualitative Landau that this decision will not change the situation in the West Bank overnight, and international law will also change Just because the United States decided not to recognize it.

The most surprising of the decision, which is in line with Trump's policy, is the timing of the announcement, Landau says. Netanyahu claims that he has been “dealing with this issue for several months and that the decision was made in coordination with the National Security Council and the Attorney General. The timing is aimed at helping Netanyahu form a right-wing government. "

The political reporter questioned Trump and Netanyahu's allegations that the resolution would contribute to moving the wheel of peace and normalization with the Arabs. Concluded with the Palestinian Authority, and even the Wadi Araba agreement with Jordan.