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Israel PM Netanyahu vows to annex occupied Jordan Valley

September 11, 2019 6:35 am

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to annex part of the occupied West Bank if he is returned to office next week.

He would apply “Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea”, a policy certain to be backed by the right-wing parties whose support he would need for a coalition.

Palestinian diplomat Saeb Erekat said such annexation moves would “bury any chance of peace”.

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Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967 but stopped short of annexation.