The Sovereignty Movement Reacts to the Visit of the American Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and to the Establishment of the New Government
Although the fact that these two events placed the sovereignty issue on the political, diplomatic and media agenda is appreciated, it appears that, in fact, the Americans are once again dissipating the sovereignty section of their program.
This is the moment to remind ourselves and the world that the right of the Jewish people to its land does not stem from the White House, but rather, from an ancient divine promise. If the American administration chooses to support the advancement of the sovereignty process, it will do so in order to have the privilege of joining the movement of the wheels of history forward in the right, moral, and just direction.
The various diplomatic reports remind us that it is exclusively the American interests that are motivating the steps of the American administration. During the Prime Minister’s visit to the White House in January of this year, it was claimed that sovereignty would be applied in a matter of days. However, Jared Kushner immediately stopped it.
A week ago, Ambassador David Friedman reported the possibility of advancing sovereignty on July 1st. On Wednesday this week, the American Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, stated that he did not come from the United States in order to promote sovereignty. In other words, sovereignty can be deferred. The burning issues are Iran and China.
From all this, it is clear that the United States has its own considerations, and that is fine; however, Israel, too, must act on the basis of its interests and assert its sovereignty.
We are presented with the opportunity to abandon the dangerous Trump plan, and to begin to apply sovereignty in the Jordan Valley, regarding which there is a broad national consensus.
It is disappointing to see that, although the issue of sovereignty was included in the Prime Minister’s election campaign, there is no paragraph devoted to sovereignty among the fundamental principles of the new Israeli government. It is disappointing that the Prime Minister did not include the “Yamina” party, which is a strong proponent of sovereignty, in his government. “Yamina” could have constituted an additional and significant force, along with those in the Likud who are loyal to the Land of Israel, in promoting the implementation of the sovereignty vision.
This is the moment to take action in realizing the opportunity to promote the political process that has the support of the two leaders, Binyamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, as well as most of the government ministers – application of sovereignty in the Jordan Valley as the first step. This should be undertaken totally independent of the American Deal of the Century, without assuming the danger of the willingness, God forbid, to establish an Arab state on 70% of the territory of Judea and Samaria.