Weekly Commentary: Is historic window of opportunity slamming shut?
Dr. Aaron Lerner 1 November, 2019

For 8 years we were told that our hands were tied because Mr. Obama was
president.

And when Mr. Trump came into office there was always a good reason to
postpone exploiting what has been seen as an historic window of opportunity
to take our destiny in our hands.

So here we are, with the days ticking away, and its not even clear when we
will finally have a new government in place with the clear authority to take
such major moves. And this despite the broad consensus supporting many of
these measures (for example applying Israeli law to the Jordan Valley).

Let's be clear: peel away the rhetoric of our Sunni neighbors and the truth
is that their willingness to work together to address shared concerns (e.g.
Iran) would not be impacted one iota if we took dramatic historic action
this side of the Jordan River.

Curiously, the remarks of the Democratic presidential candidates should
serve, if anything, to prod us to act now.

After all, their calls are to halt funding and support for MORE activity in
the "West Bank".

So far no candidate has suggested blackmailing the Jewish State into
dividing Jerusalem or withdrawing to the Green Line.

Yes, we have a lot on our plates, what with heightened security concerns.

But when one considers that the most important actions relating to our
sovereignty this side of the Jordan River can be accomplished in literally
one cabinet meeting, there is most definitely still enough time remaining
before the 2020 US elections.

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