Netanyahu has cast Gantz as a weak leftist who would endanger Israel’s security by giving territorial concessions to the Palestinians. “Netanyahu’s dreams of annexing the West Bank will never be achieved and we will not allow that to happen,” he said. A further 212,000 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The Palestinians want to establish a state in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, all territory Israel captured in 1967. The West Bank remains under Israeli military occupation with limited Palestinian self rule.

Source: Huffington Post April 07, 2019 03:33 UTC