{"id":12956,"date":"2025-02-14T11:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=12956"},"modified":"2025-02-14T11:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:37:24","slug":"trump-greenlights-west-bank-annexation-what-lies-ahead-for-mahmoud-abbas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/02\/14\/trump-greenlights-west-bank-annexation-what-lies-ahead-for-mahmoud-abbas\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Greenlights West Bank Annexation: What Lies Ahead for Mahmoud Abbas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-The situation in occupied Palestine is rapidly intensifying following U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s full support for the Israeli government&#8217;s plans to annex the entire West Bank, a move aimed at eliminating any remaining hopes for an independent Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b04a3bfd-5d7f-4352-b914-9eae94ddb702\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"642\">This development reflects continued U.S. unconditional backing for settlement projects in Palestinian territories, raising questions about the future of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who has long played a key role in coordinating security with the Israeli occupation.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"642\">Trump\u2019s Green Light for West Bank Annexation: A Historic Shift and Abbas\u2019 Dilemma<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"914\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/02\/05\/republicans-push-to-rename-west-bank-as-trump-weighs-annexation\/\">Trump<\/a>, who previously gave the green light for the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, is now redrawing new borders for the Israeli state, bypassing all previous agreements, including the Oslo Accords that divided the West Bank into different administrative zones.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12347\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12347\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12347 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1110.36.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli occupation forces\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1110.36.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1110.36-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1110.36-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1110.36-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Bank settlements<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"1224\">With this support, the Israeli occupation finds itself with a historic opportunity to impose complete control over the West Bank without significant political obstacles, while Mahmoud Abbas faces a difficult position after years of cooperation with the Israelis under the banner of &#8220;security coordination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"1224\">Israeli Settlement Expansion in the West Bank: Escalation and Abbas\u2019 Dilemma<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1701\">Israeli leaders, who do not even recognize the existence of a region called the &#8220;West Bank,&#8221; treat it as &#8220;Judea and Samaria&#8221; and view its annexation as a natural step in completing their settlement project.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1701\">The Israeli government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, has not concealed its intentions to escalate settlement construction and displace Palestinians, while Abbas faces an awkward situation after relying for years on negotiations and diplomacy to maintain his authority.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5837\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5837\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5837 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/west-bank-1024x715.jpg\" alt=\"military movements in the West Bank\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/west-bank-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/west-bank-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/west-bank-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/west-bank-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/west-bank-450x314.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/west-bank-1200x838.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/west-bank.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iron Wall escalation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1703\" data-end=\"2299\" data-is-last-node=\"\">The escalation of settlements in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/02\/04\/trump-renews-remarks-on-israels-small-size-amid-talks-on-west-bank-annexation\/\">West Bank<\/a> threatens to ignite a new Palestinian intifada, as both popular and armed resistance movements will not remain passive in the face of land theft. Images of previous uprisings are still etched in the minds of Palestinians, serving as a clear message that imposing faits accomplis by the occupation will not go unchallenged. As tensions rise, the key question remains: Will the occupation turn on Abbas as it has with other former collaborators, or will he be left to face the Palestinian people&#8217;s wrath alone after serving the occupation&#8217;s interests?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-The situation in occupied Palestine is rapidly intensifying following U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s full support for the Israeli government&#8217;s plans to annex the entire West Bank, a move aimed at eliminating any remaining hopes for an independent Palestinian state. 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