fredag 24 april 2020

Will the new government push ahead with annexing the West Bank?

Will the new government push ahead with annexing the West Bank? (Jerusalem Post)

The 14-page agreement Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White head Benny Gantz signed Monday to form an emergency government stipulates it will be able to promote only coronavirus-related legislation for the first six months after being sworn in. 

Except for one glaring exception: advancing US President Donald Trump’s peace plan and the extension of Israeli sovereignty – under that plan and with the agreement of the US – to areas of Judea and Samaria. As of July 1, according to the coalition deal, Netanyahu can bring a decision to annex to a discussion in the cabinet and/or the Knesset.

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