who is the audience for op-eds like these? It's not like Netanyahu is waiting around to heed the great wisdom of Dennis Ross....

there is an incredible uniformity to op-eds from peace-process industry alums urging the Israeli govt not to annex—all fantasy and wish-fulfillment, very little sober analysis

Another example: there is zero evidence for this being a likely scenario! Senate Democrats barely managed to sign a very lukewarm, AIPAC approved letter

It makes no sense to write about potential consequences for annexation when there is a bipartisan consensus that there will be no consequences! There has to be some acknowledgment of reality for any of these arguments to be credible

Like, if you take Biden and his foreign policy aides at the word, they are explicitly committed to making sure this never happens!

the "this" being conditions on US military support for Israel