Official: PM plans to push annexation within months; Gantz sidelined

A government official briefed on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conversation with Yesha Council chairman David Elhayani tells The Times of Israel that the premier told the settler leader that he has taken full responsibility of the annexation issue and that he will bring it to a vote “in the coming few months,” without the ability for Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz to veto.

The move will require cooperation with the United States and will be “in conversation” with the international community, the official says, adding that he does not expect those two conditions to railroad the process.

— Jacob Magid