Benjamin Pogrund OIS (born 1933) is a South African-born Israeli author.
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68-596: A "senior U.S. official" as saying that any Israeli annexations must come "in the context of an offer to the Palestinians to achieve statehood based upon specific terms, conditions, territorial dimensions and generous economic support." and that "We are prepared to recognize Israeli actions to extend Israeli sovereignty over areas of the West Bank in the context of the Government of Israel agreeing to negotiate with
102-476: A book. However, the accusation is becoming fact.” Pogrund was the recipient of the 2005-06 Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award. Proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank The proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank , or parts thereof, has been considered by Israeli politicians since the area was captured and occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War . East Jerusalem
136-557: A career as a journalist in 1958, writing for The Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg , where he eventually became deputy-editor. The Rand Daily Mail was the only newspaper in South Africa at that time to report on events in black South African townships . In the course of his work he came to know the major players in the apartheid struggle and gained the respect and confidence of leaders such as Nelson Mandela . Pogrund
170-590: A coherent stance on the status of the West Bank. In 2009, Netanyahu endorsed the two-state solution, but before the April 2019 Israeli legislative election , he stated his intention of unilaterally annexing Israeli settlements in the West Bank. However, since this was a throwaway remark made without addressing the international opposition to such an action, it is unclear whether Netanyahu intends to follow through. On 16 September 2019, in an interview with Israeli Army Radio, Netanyahu said "I intend to extend sovereignty on all
204-415: A few million people will meekly accept perpetual inferiority and oppression. The government is driving Israel deeper and deeper into inhuman, cruel behavior beyond any defense. I don’t have to be religious to know that this is a shameful betrayal of Jewish morality and history. I have argued with all my might against the accusation that Israel is an apartheid state: in lectures, newspaper articles, on TV and in
238-771: A green light from the United States' Donald Trump administration . The administration said that there had been no change in United States policy. The next day, there was international condemnation of the proposal from Palestinians, the Arab League , Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, the UK and the UN, the latter stating "..that any Israeli move to impose its administration over the Palestinian territory would be illegal under international law." Several Israeli politicians from across
272-485: A joint Israeli-U.S. team completes mapping the exact territory based on the conceptual map released by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. However, the July 2020 annexation plan was later pushed back. A 2019 Haaretz poll investigated support for annexation among Israelis. According to the survey, 30% did not know, 28% of Israelis opposed any annexation and 15% supported annexing Area C alone. 27% wanted to annex
306-684: Is an exact mirror of what apartheid was [in South Africa].' In June 2019, the Donald Trump administration indicated that it might not object to the Israeli government's possible annexation of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Five senators from the opposition Democratic Party introduced a resolution condemning the idea. The Trump administration had earlier recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in December 2018 and recognized
340-613: Is in support of annexing Area C alone, although some of its MKs support annexation of the entire West Bank. Leading up to the April 2019 elections, the New Right party, led by Naftali Bennett , Israeli foreign minister and Ayelet Shaked , justice minister, advocated for the unilateral annexation of Area C . Bennett estimates that his plan would involve offering Israeli citizenship to some 80,000 Palestinians living in Area C, which contradicts
374-599: The Arab parties , which insist on Israeli withdrawal to behind the Green Line . Commanders for Israel's Security , an association of retired Israeli military officers, opposes West Bank annexation. Anshel Pfeffer , Netanyahu's unofficial biographer stated that the Prime Minister had no intention of going through with the plan, which, he argued, was an electoral move to secure more votes. Long-time Israeli critic of
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#1732780673657408-744: The Board of Deputies of British Jews , signed a letter stating that any such annexation would be an " existential threat " both to Israel and Zionists in Great Britain, and have grave consequences for the Palestinians. Among the signatories were Holocaust survivor Sir Ben Helfgott , historians Sir Simon Schama and Simon Sebag Montefiore ; former Conservative foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind ; lawyer Anthony Julius ; philanthropist Dame Vivien Duffield ; scientist Lord Robert Winston ; former MP Luciana Berger ; Times columnist Daniel Finkelstein , and novelist Howard Jacobson . On June 29, 2020, it
442-671: The Jordan Valley , if it won the election. He also reaffirmed his previous pledge to annex all Jewish settlements throughout the West Bank, but said such a move would not be made before publication of the Trump peace plan and consultations with President Donald Trump. According to B'Tselem, 65,000 Palestinians and about 11,000 Israeli settlers live in the area. According to Peace Now , the proposal includes 30 settlements with 12,778 settlers, 18 illegal outposts, 15 Area A and B communities, including 44,175 Palestinians planned to remain under
476-651: The Golan Heights as part of Israel in March 2019. In November, it declared that it did not consider the settlements illegal, but asked Israel to refrain from annexation before the release of the Trump peace plan. The West Bank is internationally recognized as militarily occupied by Israel , though Israel disputes this and has created nearly 200 Israeli settlements there. According to Yuval Shany , an Israeli annexation would likely be opposed internationally because
510-486: The Israel-South Africa apartheid analogy, Benjamin Pogrund , who was born in South Africa, commented that were the proposal enactment, it would be tantamount to implementing an apartheid regime, and stated that his former assessment would therefore change: '[At] least it has been a military occupation. Now we are going to put other people under our control and not give them citizenship. That is apartheid. That
544-486: The Palestinians along the lines set forth in President Trump's vision." U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman told Netanyahu's aides at a meeting of the U.S.-Israeli mapping committee that is examining potential areas that could be annexed, that "the U.S. wants to implement a peace plan, not an annexation plan". On 28 May 2020, Netanyahu said he was committed to annexing parts of the West Bank in July once
578-678: The South African press under apartheid. Pogrund emigrated to Israel in 1997. He settled in Jerusalem with his wife Anne, an artist. He is the founder of Yakar 's Centre for Social Concern. He was a member of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations World Conference against Racism in Durban . For decades, Pogrund pushed back on the application of the term “apartheid” to Israel. According to Pogrund,
612-477: The UN estimate of 297,000 Palestinians in Area C. Caroline Glick , a New Right MK candidate in the April 2019 elections, supports annexation of the entire West Bank. Glick supports an application process for Israeli citizenship to Palestinians living in annexed areas, and anticipates that not all Palestinians would desire Israeli citizenship or be eligible. In April 2020 Barak Ravid , writing in Axios , cited
646-611: The Wall . Secondly, it would violate the vision of a two-state solution set forth in the Oslo Accords . Thirdly, the permanent and day-to-day control of a civilian population by a foreign power, denying it the right to naturalize or participate in politics, would perpetuate a democratic deficit . In 2020, on the eve of plans to go forward with a form of annexation, leading figures in the British Jewish establishment, but not
680-699: The West Bank , leading to a system of "enclave law" and claims of "creeping annexation". Annexation of the West Bank would be condemned as illegal by the United Nations and would break international law. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross , "Annexation amounts to an act of aggression, forbidden by international law". Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu , and his center-right Likud party do not have
714-579: The coalition in the event of annexation. However, both parties support annexation of the settlement blocs after a permanent resolution of the conflict has been negotiated. Yisrael Beytenu supports redrawing the borders in order to keep as many Jews as possible within the Jewish state while transferring some Israeli Arab towns to the Palestinian state, with some Jewish settlements in the West Bank to be annexed to Israel. The left-wing opposition parties, Labor Party and Meretz , also oppose annexation, as do
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#1732780673657748-403: The entire West Bank including 16% who opposed granting political rights to Palestinians and 11% who favored granting political rights. In 2014, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid said that his centrist party would leave the governing coalition and topple the government if any West Bank settlements were annexed. Tzipi Livni , leader of the centrist Hatnuah party, also said that Hatnuah would leave
782-463: The map that Netanyahu displayed of the area to be annexed had several errors, incorrectly noting the location of several settlements and omitting Palestinian villages. Netanyahu's map is only a slightly revised version of the Allon Plan map, with the key difference being that the Palestinians are no longer offered access to the international border with Jordan. Netanyahu said that he had received
816-595: The nominal autonomous rule of the Palestinian Authority, surrounded by annexed territory with access roads, described by Peace Now as "..alarmingly similar to the Bantustan formula in former Apartheid South Africa" and 48 shepherding communities in Area C including 8,775 Palestinians. The area to be annexed is about 22% of the West Bank, 90% of which is in Area C and 20% of the land is Palestinian-owned;
850-562: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pogrund&oldid=1129398213 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description All set index articles Monitored short pages Benjamin Pogrund Benjamin Pogrund was brought up in Cape Town . He began
884-533: The plan were to be implemented, his evaluation would differ:'[At] least it has been a military occupation. Now we are going to put other people under our control and not give them citizenship. That is apartheid. That is an exact mirror of what apartheid was [in South Africa].' In 2023, following the rise of Israel's extremist-populated 37th government , he stated in Haaretz : “We deny Palestinians any hope of freedom and normal lives. We believe our own propaganda that
918-470: The plan would violate multiple principles. Firstly, the principle of territorial integrity , that territories should not be acquired by war , as stated in the preamble to United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 , in several U.N. resolutions proclaiming the status of the West Bank as occupied Palestinian territory and in the International Court of Justice 's advisory opinion on
952-668: The political spectrum and Hebrew media outlets described this announcement as a political stunt for votes, with the former chief of staff and opposition Blue and White MK Moshe Ya'alon saying that Netanyahu had been prepared to evacuate Jordan Valley settlements in 2014. The West Bank is divided into Area A, Area B, and Area C . Area C contains 60% of the West Bank's area and all Israeli settlements. According to OCHA there are about 300,000 Palestinians in Area C (B'tselem estimates between 180 and 300,000) compared to some 2.8 million in Areas A and B. The Jewish Home party's official position
986-546: The settlements and the (settlement) blocs," including "sites that have security importance or are important to Israel's heritage," including the settlements in Hebron. The application of Israeli law in the West Bank settlements has been described by commentators as "creeping annexation". On 10 September 2019 (shortly before the September 2019 Israeli legislative election ) Netanyahu announced his government's plan to annex
1020-531: The state by security police. The Rand Daily Mail ceased publication in 1985 and Pogrund left for London in 1986. There he was the foreign editor at London's Today , and later chief foreign sub-editor of The Independent , London. Later he was editor of The WorldPaper in Boston , and reported from South Africa in The Sunday Times . He has authored books on Robert Sobukwe , Nelson Mandela and
1054-426: The term apartheid was being used falsely as a charge against Israel : "Anyone who knows what apartheid was, and who knows Israel today, is aware of that. Use of the apartheid label is at best ignorant and naïve and at worst cynical and manipulative." In 2020, however, he stated that his assessment might change if Benjamin Netanyahu went ahead with his 2020 electoral proposal to annex the West Bank , stating that if
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1088-469: Was a reporter at the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960. He was author of a 1965 series on beating and torture of black inmates and maltreatment of white political prisoners based on a series of interviews with Harold Strachan . During his career reporting on apartheid in South Africa he was put on trial several times, put in prison once, had his passport revoked and was investigated as a threat to
1122-523: Was revealed that Netanyahu's coalition partner Benny Gantz would not accept the proposed July 1, 2020 deadline to start annexing the West Bank. Gantz also announced that he would prefer that the Israeli government deal with the COVID-19 pandemic first. Despite not serving as prime minister, it was reported that Gantz's objection cast doubt on when a new deadline could be set. The same day, U.S. sources confirmed that West Bank annexation would not start by
1156-668: Was the first part of the West Bank to be annexed; it was de facto annexed following its occupation by Israel in 1967, and de jure annexed following the 1980 Jerusalem Law . Annexation of the Jordan Valley , first proposed in the 1967 Allon Plan , was announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in September 2019 as his plan, subject to the outcome of the September 2019 Israeli legislative election . Israeli law has been applied to Israeli settlements throughout
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