Israel is transitioning to a direct, aggressive approach. Its government issues decisions that override Jordanian laws preventing the sale of land to Jews, legalizing Israeli purchases of properties without legal restrictions. This strategy relies on the distress that might compel people to sell, effectively aiming to 'buy' the West Bank. Israel publicly signals this shift by enacting new legislation, along with previous laws, to impose full sovereignty over the settlements, marking the end of the 1993 Oslo Accords and halting work on the maps of areas A, B, and C.

These decisions were driven by Defense Minister Yisrael Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. They included abolishing the Jordanian law that prohibited the sale of Palestinian lands to Jews, lifting the secrecy on land records, and transferring authority over building permits in the Hebron settlement block from the Palestinian municipality to the Israeli civil administration.

Israel is attempting to impose a fait accompli, taking advantage of the attention on Gaza and preparations regarding Iran. It seizes the rare historical moment created by the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation, an event that drew world leaders into solidarity and unconditional condemnation. During this period, Israel successfully elicited excessive sympathy from allies and heightened embarrassment for its opponents. Even though the government exhausted the tragedy of the event with subsequent disasters it caused, Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration is betting on the world’s acceptance of its claims over the West Bank, in exchange for Gaza moving toward an upcoming international arrangement.

The attempt coincidentally occurred just hours before Netanyahu’s trip to Washington. It seemed that the man who publicly voices "concerns" about any deal President Donald Trump might accept with Iran also carries the "issue" of the West Bank in his agenda. Hours after Israel announced its decision, the White House declared that the president has not and will not accept Israel’s annexation of the West Bank.

Weeks earlier, he had told Time magazine: "That will not happen because I gave my word to Arab states. It cannot be done now. We have had great Arab support. Israel will lose all its support from the United States if that happens."

The Israeli rush to seize the West Bank reveals an obsession with the possibility that international arrangements affecting Gaza could also influence its fate. There are even whispers that Netanyahu, who opposed Trump’s Gaza plan and particularly disliked its 19th clause—which conditionally promised a path toward a Palestinian state—fears its implications might extend to the West Bank. What prevents the authorities of the "Peace Council" and the "International Stability Force" in the sector from extending their reach to the West Bank?