Netanyahu says first step for a unity govt will be annexing Jordan Valley

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has called on Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and Yisrael Beyteinu leader Avigdor Liberman to join him in a unity government an annex the Jordan Valley in the West Bank.

Netanyahu, who is meeting Gantz later today, tweets that a new government will ‘safeguard the security of Israel and annex the Jordan Valley.”

His comments come a day after the US revised its long-standing position that Israeli settlements were illegal under international law

 

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