Israel’s West Bank annexation “was conceived almost entirely by men” and would crush the “dignity and rights” of Palestinian women still further, a group of 40 prominent women have said quoted by EUobserver on Thursday.
The move “would unravel half a century of efforts for peace in the region” and posed “an existential threat to Palestinians, to Israelis, to regional stability, and to an already fragile global order,” Wednesday’s (1 July) open letter said.
The new coalition government of Israel intends to begin moving forward with applying the so called ‘Israeli sovereignty’ to settlements in the West Bank by July of 2020, a scheme which has been denounced by the State of Palestine, the Arab League, the EU and other international factors.
Israeli authorities have the constant support of the US. /argumentum. al
