With a coalition government established at home and Trump’s reelection uncertain, Netanyahu signals his move to annex the West Bank
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is confident that Israel will annex the occupied West Bank in the near future.
Home to more than 2.3 million Palestinians, the territory is also home to more than 389,000 Jewish settlers, who live in landIsrael has refused to budge on the issue of their presence in occupied territory, long claiming the land as an integral part of the Israeli state, which it calls Judea and Samaria.
While the US and some of its allies have enthusiastically supported Netanyahu’s annexation campaign, other Western countries have been deeply critical.France, for example, has threatened to review the nature of its ties with Israel if it pursues theThe country’s ambassador to the UN, Nicolas de Riviere, told the UN Security Council on Thursday that the EU does not recognise Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank.
Trump, however, has gone further than any US president before him by moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, as well as the move on Golan.
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