At a moment when the face of colonial arrogance reveals itself in its clearest form, the usurping entity resurfaces with a new plan to annex the occupied West Bank — a move that hides behind no political or legal pretext, but rather openly declares that the occupation project was never meant to be temporary. It is an attempt to swallow what remains of the land and erase what remains of the Palestinian presence, a continuation of a process that began with the Nakba and has never stopped.
This endeavor not only cements control but also reopens the door to forced displacement. Annexation means turning Palestinian villages and towns into zones of persecution, where Zionist laws are imposed to justify land confiscation and the expulsion of residents. It is an organized uprooting — a continuation of the policy of ethnic cleansing upon which this entity was founded.
The decision exacerbates the daily tragedy of millions of Palestinians, trapping them in cities torn apart by walls and turning them into strangers on their own land. The West Bank, once measured by its olive trees and orchards, is now reduced to maps drawn by an occupier seeking to strip the land of its people.
On the ground, annexation means yet another chain on life itself: land confiscation, home demolitions, denial of freedom of movement, and the prevention of Palestinians from farming, building, working, or studying. This is not an ordinary policy of occupation — it is a project of total erasure, designed to empty the land of its inhabitants and turn the remaining few into isolated, besieged enclaves.
Politically, the decision reflects a dangerous slide toward the extreme within the institutions of the usurping entity, where right-wing leaders compete to prove who can be “tougher on Palestinians.” The West Bank has become an electoral bargaining chip in a marketplace of blood, where the Palestinian person is reduced to a mere number in the calculations of political gain.
Internationally, this course deepens the isolation of the usurping entity and exposes the hypocrisy of its allies who speak of “stability” while funding expansion and annexation. The world — which has recently witnessed several states recognizing the State of Palestine — now stands before a moral test: either it translates its positions into action that halts this brutality, or it continues its silent complicity, legitimizing the crime.
Locally, Palestinians do not have the luxury of waiting. The field is not a passing arena of confrontation, but a daily stage for survival. Every tree planted in defiance of the bulldozer, every home rebuilt after demolition, every family refusing to leave its village — all are acts of endurance and resistance against erasure.
Annexation is a declaration of open war on Palestinian existence. No matter how the occupation redraws its maps, the West Bank will always beat with life that redraws truth with every olive harvest: the land belongs to those who cultivate it, not those who occupy it. And the right will not vanish by decrees of the occupier, for its roots are planted deep in soil that remembers the names of its people.
