Price of Palestine’s recognition must not be Israeli annexation

This September could be the cruelest of months for the Palestinians — an irony since Gazans just marked more than 64,000 dead as a result of Israel’s 700-day genocidal war on the enclave. But things could get even worse in the coming days and weeks. Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government is now closer than ever to carrying out its open threat to annex 82 percent, the total sum of Areas B and C, of the West Bank. Israeli officials have threatened to retaliate against an expected flurry of European countries recognizing Palestinian statehood at this month’s UN General Assembly.