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You cannot annex your own homeland.

JL;DR SUMMARY In his guest essay, Nachum Kaplan argues against the international criticism of Israel's decision to liberalize land purchase registration in Judea and Samaria. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Oslo AccordsJudea And SamariaIsrael Palestine ConflictJewish SovereigntyPublic RelationsNation BuildingInternational CriticismHistorical ClaimsLand Annexation

Places mentioned

Hebron, Central District, Israel
"The Cave of Machpelah (also known as the Cave of the Patriarchs) in the Israeli city of Hebron (photo: Dan Rosenstein/Unsplash..."
Jerusalem, Israel
"The four holy cities Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, and Safed, plus places such as Jaffa and Acre, have had a continuous Jewish presence..."
Tiberias, Northern District, Israel
"The four holy cities Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, and Safed, plus places such as Jaffa and Acre, have had a continuous Jewish presence..."
Safed, Northern District, Israel
"The four holy cities Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, and Safed, plus places such as Jaffa and Acre, have had a continuous Jewish presence..."
Jaffa, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"The four holy cities Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, and Safed, plus places such as Jaffa and Acre, have had a continuous Jewish presence..."
Acre, Haifa District, Israel
"The four holy cities Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, and Safed, plus places such as Jaffa and Acre, have had a continuous Jewish presence..."
Jordan
"The British Mandate originally included what is now Jordan (formerly Transjordan), which was carved out in 1921."

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