Here we go again. Another day, another headline about the Middle East that makes you want to stare at a blank wall for three hours. The news came out recently that the Israeli security cabinet has decided to change the rules regarding **West Bank land ownership**. They made a few tweaks to the paperwork. Now, it is going to be a lot easier for Jews to buy land in the occupied West Bank, effectively greenlighting the rapid acceleration of **Israeli settlements**.

If you are reading this and expecting me to act shocked, you don’t know me very well. And you definitely don’t understand how the world works. This is not a surprise. This is just the inevitable, slow-motion car crash of history that we have all been watching for decades.

Let’s break down what actually happened. The government didn’t send in a thousand tanks this time. They didn’t need to. They used pens. They used bureaucracy. They looked at the map, saw some land they wanted, and decided to cut the red tape. It’s boring, right? It sounds like a zoning meeting at your local city hall. But that is the point. That is how the real grim stuff happens. It doesn’t happen with a bang. It happens with a stamp on a document that legalizes **de facto annexation**.

Critics are already screaming. They are shouting about the **Oslo Accords**. Do you remember the Oslo Accords? I barely do, and I pay attention to this garbage for a living. It was a deal made back in the nineties. It was supposed to be the roadmap to peace. It was supposed to set the rules. Well, I have news for the critics: the map is gone, and nobody is following the rules.

Bringing up the Oslo Accords in 2024 is like complaining that someone broke the rules of a board game that everyone stopped playing twenty years ago. It is performative. It is weak. The people in charge of the Israeli government right now do not care about a piece of paper signed before the iPhone was invented. They care about dirt. They care about land. They care about control.

They say this move makes it "easier" to buy land. That is a nice way of putting it. It’s like saying a bank robber is making it "easier" to withdraw cash. This is about power. When you control the land, you control the future. The critics say this violates **international law**. Sure. Okay. Let’s talk about international law.

International law is a fairy tale we tell ourselves so we can sleep at night. We pretend there is a global police force that will come down and stop bad things from happening. There isn’t. International law is just a suggestion. If you have the power, and you have the army, and you have the patience, you can do whatever you want. Israel is proving that right now. The rest of the world will write angry letters. They will make speeches at the United Nations. And absolutely nothing will change.

The people crying about "annexation" are missing the point. They are worried that Israel is going to officially claim the land. But look at the reality on the ground. If you build houses there, and you move your people there, and you protect them with your army, and you control the water and the electricity—guess what? You already annexed it. You don’t need to make an official announcement. The deed is done.

This is why I hate politics. It is all a game of pretend. The Right pretends they are just doing "security" or "natural growth," while they slowly eat up every inch of ground they can find. They are greedy and they don't care who they step on. The Left pretends that if we just shout "International Law" loud enough, the tanks will turn around and the fences will come down. They are delusional.

Both sides are useless. The settlers are moving in because they believe God gave them the real estate. The politicians are letting them do it because it gets them votes. And the international community is watching it happen like a cow watching a train.

So, Israel gives itself more control. Of course they did. Why wouldn’t they? Who is going to stop them? You? Me? The United Nations? Please. The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must. That isn’t just a quote from an old history book; it is the only rule that actually matters on this planet.

So don’t look for a hero in this story. There aren’t any. There are just people with power taking what they want, and people without power losing what they have. It is the same story that has been playing out since the first human picked up a rock and hit his neighbor with it. We just have better paperwork now.

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### References & Fact-Check * **Original Source**: [Israel Gives Itself More Control Over Occupied West Bank](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/world/middleeast/israel-settlements-west-bank.html) (New York Times) * **Key Context**: This article interprets recent decisions by the Israeli security cabinet to bypass military approvals for land purchases in the West Bank, expediting settlement expansion despite the legal framework of the Oslo Accords.