The newspaper "Times of Israel" published on Wednesday an article describing the plan to annex lands in the West Bank wrongly, and says that there are four personalities that can prevent its implementation.

The article written by retired Israeli Major General Amos Yadlin, former head of Israeli military intelligence and one of Israel's most famous defense and foreign policy experts, explains that instead of continuing this "fatal mistake", Israel should work to develop US President Donald Trump's peace plan by calling for a return to the table Negotiations with the Palestinian side.

Long-term vision

Yadlin added that sometimes there is a strategic reason for the state to take costly measures in the short term in order to achieve a long-term vision, and that the proposed annexation plan for 30% of the West Bank does not fit this model, because in the long run the annexation will be a challenge to the basic principles of the state by bringing it closer From the "one-state reality", where Israel loses either its democratic or Jewish character, but there are still four people who can prevent this fatal mistake from moving forward.

The article reviewed the risks to security, the economy, and foreign and diplomatic relations for large-scale annexation, such as stirring potential conflicts with Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Arab countries, Iran and its allies, the pressures posed by the pandemic "Covid-19" on the Israeli budget and economy, and the loss of foreign diplomatic support from Europe to America "in Democrat Joe Biden 's election case.

The four characters

And about the four characters who can still prevent annexation, the writer says that the first of them is President Trump, who if he really wants peace and prosperity and not just providing cover for annexation, he must seek to curb Israel's tendencies to implement the annexation.

He added that Trump's multiple measures that demonstrate his support for Israel would help him in asking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to suspend his plans to expand Israeli sovereignty. And if Trump fails to do so, the Arab states will lose any incentive they may have to support his plan, according to the writer.

The second character is Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who, Yadlin says, must ensure that resources are not unnecessarily diverted from the task of protecting Israel from nuclear and conventional threats by Iran and its allies, adding that the Trump administration is seeking to reach an agreement on the annexation between Netanyahu and Gantz in order to grant American approval of the annexation, and therefore the word Gantz will be a determining factor whether this process will go ahead or stop.

The third character is Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who if he wants to save the possibility of a future state for his people, he can do so through one phone call to Washington, during which he tells the Trump administration that the Palestinian Authority is ready to negotiate with Israel on the basis of past and current peace initiatives, including a plan. Trump can also provide sufficient reasons to curb the annexation plans.

The fourth and final character is Netanyahu, whom the writer said he is leading Israel as it faces unprecedented security threats and ailing economy, and is likely to make the country's problems worse if it goes ahead with the annexation.

A historic step

Yadlin added that if Netanyahu is looking to preserve his legacy as the longest prime minister in Israel, the risks inherent in the annexation on a large scale indicate that he must stop this annexation, and embark on a policy of separation from the Palestinians and ending the conflict, indicating that this will be More difficult and time consuming, but it would be a historic step that would make future generations of Israelis grateful to him.

Yadlin concluded his article that the goal of Israel should be to "build and maintain a democratic, Jewish, safe, and morally just state", and what appears to be Netanyahu taking steps that will cause further engagement with the Palestinians, and the firing of a mercy bullet on Trump's plan and that this will contradict the goals Israel.