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Source: https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-great-myth-of-israeli-annexation/
The Great Myth of Israeli Annexation
(JNS) Alex Traiman - Critics of Israel's proposed application of Israeli civilian law in parts of the West Bank are hyper-concerned with the optics of an Israeli administrative move, despite the fact that Israel's action would not change any facts on the ground. Many critics specifically call Israel's move an "annexation," falsely implying that Israel will be marching across a line and taking over property it has no rights to and does not currently control. Yet what Israel is about to do is alter its own governing structure and formally apply Israeli law to the 400,000 Jewish citizens who already live in strategic lands the Jewish state has controlled for decades. Jews living in "Area C" of the West Bank are full, tax-paying Israeli citizens. Israel's move would simply remove the authority of an IDF-controlled Civil Administration over their communities. Just as nobody tells the Palestinian Authority how to govern the territories it administers, Israel's decision over how to govern "Area C" should be of little concern to anyone who doesn't live there.