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White House official: Greenblatt and Netanyahu didn’t discuss ‘Annexation bill’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA senior Trump administration official says that the White House’s Middle East envoy and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not discuss “the annexation bill” that seeks to absorb a number of West Bank settlements into Jerusalem’s municipal boundaries.
“Jason and the ambassador met with the prime minister as a general check-in on peace conversations. They did not meet to discuss the annexation bill,” the official says.
Greenblatt has been shuttling throughout the region in hopes of restarting peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, which last collapsed in 2014.
Earlier today a senior US official criticized the proposed Israeli legislation, saying it “distracts” both parties from peace.
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