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Likud minister says West Bank measures amount to ‘de facto sovereignty’
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Energy Minister Eli Cohen attends the conference for Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 21, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Energy Minister Eli Cohen says that measures adopted by the government that deepen Israeli control over the West Bank amount to implementing “de facto sovereignty.”
The steps “actually establish a fact on the ground that there will not be a Palestinian state,” Cohen, a member of the ruling Likud party, tells Army Radio.
The US, the EU and a number of Muslim countries have expressed concern over the measures, with the White House stressing yesterday that US President Donald Trump “does not support Israel annexing the West Bank.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently on his way to Washington to meet with Trump tomorrow, with Iran set to dominate the agenda.
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