A Suggested Option for Smotrich
Everyone knows tha the time to annex Yehudah and Shomron is now. What follows is a suggestion for how to go about it, until the next US presidential election.
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Stage One: The Eastern Shield – Securing the Jordan Valley
The first phase begins where history demands it must: along the ancient boundary where the Jewish people first crossed into their promised land. The Jordan Valley stretches like a golden ribbon from the shimmering waters of the Dead Sea northward to the fertile plains of Beit She’an, encompassing nearly 30% of the West Bank’s territory while housing fewer than 65,000 Arab residents. This is not merely annexation – it is the completion of a geographic destiny interrupted by the temporary armistice lines of 1949.
The Jordan Valley represents the ultimate strategic prize. Its eastern escarpment rises like a natural fortress wall, providing unassailable defensive positions overlooking the Hashemite Kingdom. Control of this corridor means permanent security for the Israeli heartland, eliminating forever the nightmare scenario of hostile forces racing across narrow coastal plains toward Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The ancient Roman highway that once carried legions and merchants now becomes Israel’s eastern rampart, with the settlements of the valley transformed from isolated outposts into the backbone of a new strategic reality.
Water flows here as it has for millennia – the Jordan River itself, underground aquifers, and springs that have sustained civilizations. By securing this territory, Israel ensures that its growing population of 20 million by 2065 will never thirst. The agricultural potential alone justifies the move, as the valley’s year-round growing season and advanced irrigation technology could feed much of the nation.
Most crucially, this stage establishes the new paradigm with minimal demographic disruption. The sparse Arab population, concentrated in small agricultural communities like Jericho’s outskirts and Tubas, would gain Israeli residency rights while Israel gains permanent control of its most vital strategic asset. The international community may protest, but they cannot argue with the mathematical reality: maximum territory, minimum population transfer.
Stage Two: The Settlement Convergence – Consolidating the Blocs
With the eastern shield secured, the second phase transforms scattered Israeli communities into contiguous Israeli territory. The great settlement blocs of Gush Etzion, Ma’ale Adumim, and Ariel have waited decades to fulfill their destiny as permanent parts of the Jewish state. No longer will children in Efrat or Har Gilo wonder if their homes are truly part of Israel – the question will be settled by Cabinet vote and international reality.
Gush Etzion, where Jewish communities thrived until the 1948 Arab assault, returns fully to Israeli sovereignty. The rolling hills that witnessed the heroic stand of the Haganah now become the southern gateway to a unified Jerusalem. Ma’ale Adumim, already home to 40,000 Israelis, extends Israeli control eastward from Jerusalem to within striking distance of the Jordan Valley, creating an unbreachable land bridge across the narrowest part of the West Bank.
Ariel, the jewel of Samaria, becomes the northern anchor of Israeli control. Its university, already training thousands of students, expands into a major academic center serving the newly annexed territories. The industrial zones surrounding these communities burst into full development, no longer constrained by temporary status or security concerns.
The genius of this stage lies in its surgical precision. By annexing the settlement blocs and their immediate surroundings while carefully excluding major Arab population centers, Israel gains thousands of square kilometers of developed territory while adding fewer than 50,000 new Arab residents to its population. These residents, mostly in small villages and suburbs, already maintain extensive economic ties with Israeli communities and often welcome the stability and opportunities that full Israeli sovereignty provides.
Stage Three: The Mountain Fortress – Claiming the Central Highlands
The third stage secures what military strategists have always known: whoever controls the heights controls the land. The central mountain ridge of Judea and Samaria rises like a spine through the heart of the ancient Jewish homeland, offering commanding views west to the Mediterranean and east to the Jordan Valley. This is where Abraham walked, where David’s warriors fought, and where the destiny of the Middle East will be decided.
The strategy focuses on the hilltops and ridgelines while creating carefully planned exclusion zones around major Arab cities. Ramallah and Bethlehem remain as autonomous enclaves, their urban cores excluded from annexation while their surrounding countryside becomes Israeli territory. This approach maximizes territorial control while minimizing demographic impact, adding perhaps 150,000 new residents while gaining control of the region’s water resources, transportation networks, and strategic positions.
The famous Route 60, the biblical highway that connects Beersheba to the Galilee through the heart of Judea and Samaria, becomes a fully Israeli road corridor. No longer will Israeli travelers risk ambush or delay at checkpoints – the ancient path of the patriarchs runs unimpeded through sovereign Israeli territory. Industrial zones along this corridor, freed from the constraints of military government, explode with development as Israeli and international businesses establish operations in the newly secure environment.
Archaeological sites throughout the region, from ancient Shiloh to the caves of Qumran, become permanently protected parts of Israel’s national heritage. The connection between the Jewish people and their ancestral homeland transforms from a political argument into geographic reality, carved in stone and secured by sovereignty.
Stage Four: The Northern Gateway – Securing Samaria’s Approaches
The fourth phase extends Israeli control across the northern West Bank’s rural expanses, creating a security buffer around the major Arab cities while claiming the territory that guards Israel’s narrow coastal strip. This region, the ancient heartland of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, returns to Jewish sovereignty after millennia of foreign rule.
The strategy carefully navigates around the major urban centers of Nablus, Jenin, and Tulkarem, leaving these cities as autonomous enclaves while annexing the surrounding countryside, smaller communities, and strategic positions. The Samarian hills, honeycombed with Jewish archaeological sites and dotted with thriving Israeli communities, become fully integrated into the Israeli state structure.
Transportation corridors connecting the coastal plain to the Jordan Valley run entirely through Israeli territory, eliminating the security vulnerabilities that have plagued the region for decades. The ancient tel sites where Israelite cities once stood witness the establishment of modern Israeli communities, completing a historical circle that began three thousand years ago.
Agricultural areas throughout northern Samaria, with their olive groves and wheat fields, become part of Israel’s food security infrastructure. Modern irrigation systems and agricultural technology transform these ancient lands into productive assets supporting the nation’s growing population.
Stage Five: The Southern Bulwark – Claiming the Hebron Hills
The fifth stage secures the southern approaches to Jerusalem and the coastal plain by annexing the rural areas of the southern West Bank, including the ancient city of Hebron itself. This region, where Abraham purchased the Cave of Machpelah and where David ruled before establishing Jerusalem as his capital, holds profound significance for Jewish history and Israeli security.
Hebron, with its 200,000 Arab residents, presents both the greatest challenge and the greatest opportunity. The city’s industrial zones, including modern factories that already employ thousands, become Israeli enterprises overnight. The economic benefits flow both ways – Arab residents gain access to Israeli social services, healthcare, and employment opportunities, while Israeli entrepreneurs gain a skilled workforce and developed infrastructure.
The surrounding hills, sparsely populated but strategically crucial, provide depth and security to Israeli communities throughout the region. Ancient sites like Mamre, where Abraham entertained angels, become permanently protected parts of Israel’s heritage. The southern approaches to Jerusalem, no longer vulnerable to infiltration or attack, allow the capital to expand and develop without security constraints.
Stage Six: The Final Integration – Connecting the New Reality
The final phase completes the transformation by establishing the transportation networks, administrative structures, and economic systems that unite the newly annexed territories into a single, functioning entity. This is not merely about drawing new lines on maps – it is about creating a new Middle Eastern reality that acknowledges demographic facts, geographic necessities, and historical justice.
The completion creates a contiguous Israeli state stretching from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River, with carefully managed autonomous zones for major Arab urban centers. The new entity encompasses approximately 75% of the current West Bank’s territory while incorporating only 35-40% of its Arab population – roughly 600,000 to 700,000 new residents who gain Israeli residency rights and access to Israeli services.
Transportation networks integrate seamlessly, allowing goods and people to move freely from Haifa to Jericho, from Tel Aviv to the Jordan Valley. The economic integration creates opportunities for all residents while establishing Israeli control over strategic resources and transportation corridors. Educational and healthcare systems extend throughout the annexed territories, raising living standards and creating new opportunities for all residents.
This vision transforms the temporary armistice lines of 1949 into permanent borders that reflect geographic realities, demographic facts, and security necessities. It completes the Zionist project not through conquest but through the logical extension of sovereignty over lands that have always been integral to Jewish history and Israeli security. The result is not just a larger Israel, but a more secure, more prosperous, and more historically complete Jewish state prepared for the challenges of the 21st century.
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