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Netanyahu ’Confident’ Trump’s Settlement Annexation Pledge Will Be Fulfilled Within Months

Netanyahu ’Confident’ Trump’s Settlement Annexation Pledge Will Be Fulfilled Within Months
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By Staff, Agencies

“Israeli” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he is "confident" that US President Donald Trump's vow to recognize annexation of parts of the West Bank and the Jordan valley will be fulfilled within several months.

"A couple of months from now I'm confident that that pledge will be honored, that we will be able to celebrate another historic moment in the history of Zionism,” Netanyahu said during the broadcast by Christian television networks CBN and Revelation TV.

This comes as Netanyahu and former political rival Gantz signed a coalition deal agreement Monday to co-lead an "emergency government", based on power share and rotation of the premiership. The two sides eventually agreed on annexation of parts of the West Bank, although it is not clear which.

According to a clause of the political deal, Netanyahu can advance legislation to annex parts of the West Bank starting July 1, on the condition that the move is supported by the US administration.

The text of the annexation law is subject to Netanyahu's approval, which gives him the power to decide if there is annexation, and if so how - and also allows him to abandon the idea later on. 

The Labor Party which endorsed Netanyahu for prime minister claim that they could vote against annexation if it is brought forth for Knesset approval, but the coalition agreement signed by Labor chairman Amir Peretz and Gantz on Friday paints a different picture: The agreement does not explicitly state that Labor or Kahol Lavan will have the right to vote on the issue in the Knesset, in the event that annexation was previously approved by the government.

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