Editorial in Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz this morning is headlined: 'Don't Look Away: Israel's Annexation of the West Bank Is Already Here'

From the editorial:

At a time when the Israeli right has adopted the "Trump vision" of transferring two million Gazans for the sake of creating an American Riviera and the Israel Defense Forces is preparing the ground there for a supposedly temporary extended stay on which the infrastructure of renewed settlement is being established, annexation of the West Bank is no longer moving at a snail's pace. It has risen to its feet and is proceeding apace.

The annexation is already here. By the time it is formally declared, it will already be too late to stop it – the process will have been completed.

That is the modus operandi of the settlers and the government – to do everything short of a formal declaration, knowing that no one is paying attention and that no one really cares.


From inside pages:


Sources in Washington say that the White House is not pressuring Netanyahu to end the war – in part because it does not want to jeopardize his coalition.




Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan, said she was told by "senior officials" that Netanyahu is trying to secure a partial deal that would mean her son remaining in captivity as "personal revenge" for her criticism of the PM.