Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin (Bibi) NetanyahuMORE said he would move forward on Sunday and ask his Cabinet to approve plans to annex West Bank territory, according to The Associated Press. ADVERTISEMENT“Basically, this is the lifting of martial law and the implementation of Israeli law,” an Israeli government official told The Washington Post. “This does not require a Knesset decision.”The announcement of the vote came shortly after Trump’s unveiling of his peace plan, which would allow Israel to annex the settlements and the Jordan Valley, which sits at the border between Jordan and the West Bank. Under Trump’s plan, which would be the potential framework for future peace talks, Palestinians would ultimately be given a state that would cover roughly 70 percent of the West Bank plus the Gaza Strip in exchange for the concessions. “After the nonsense that we heard today we say a thousand no’s to the Deal of The Century,” Abbas reportedly said at a press conference in the West Bank.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 28, 2020 21:00 UTC