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Three quick takes:     1. Israel-Palestine: ‘Government of Mutual Paralysis’ agrees on annexation The COVID-19 crisis has spawned an unlikely partnership between Israel’s two Benjamins, Bibi Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, and according to Ben Caspit, they apparently have agreed on possible steps to annex parts of the West Bank containing Jewish settlements. Here’s the deal: According to the coalition agreement between the “co-prime ministers,” either Netanyahu’s Likud or Gantz’s Blue and White party can introduce legislation to proceed with annexation parts of the West Bank after July 1. The only other issue that has the legislative green light in the Knesset, or parliament, according to the agreement, relates to COVID-19, the disease that so effectively shut down the country and made clear that another election was off the table. ‘Slap in the face’ to Arab Joint List: The COVID-19 crisis won’t keep the politics of the new alliance from creating a political crisis. Daoud Kuttab writes that “the head of the Arab Joint List, [Ayman Odeh] which had recommended Gantz to become prime minister, expressed disappointment and frustration, calling the deal a ‘slap in the face’ to the majority of Israelis.” Also in the hot seat is Jordan, the country most at risk from annexation. It may be up to Trump: The coalition agreement references the Trump administration’s Peace to Prosperity plan. “The key lies in Washington,” writes Caspit, “specifically in the hands of President Donald Trump. July puts Trump four months away from the US presidential elections, not the best time to alienate his evangelical base and reject its dictates. Netanyahu hopes to use the achievement to carve his name in the annals of Israel’s political right. Gantz and [new Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi] Ashkenazi are hoping they can stop him once the price of such annexation becomes clear.”