Israel to annex jordan valley

Liberman to PM: Hold Jordan Valley vote now to show you're serious

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief political rival, Blue and White head Benny Gantz are on their way to Washington to hear details of the plan from Trump in separate meetings.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman visits the Jordan Valley.
Prme Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks next to a monument for fallen IDF soldiers

Netanyahu’s zigzag road: Palestinian statehood to West Bank sovereignty

The best Netanyahu could muster was a promise that Jews will remain in Hebron forever.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit of an army base in the West Bank settlement of Beit El near Ramallah January 10, 2017

Netanyahu’s promise to annex the West Bank settlements, explained

What does annexing West Bank settlements mean? How would it affect Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and the general geography of the Jewish state?

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A view of the Jordan valley

U.N. expert: Israel moving closer to formal West Bank annexation

In the past few years, the international community has grown increasingly concerned about Israeli actions, which it holds are tantamount to de-facto annexation.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Liberman: Israeli annexation of West Bank will cause 'immediate crisis' with US

Defense minister reiterates his opposition to annexing the West Bank and stresses that the coalition must also do so to prevent diplomatic strife with the Trump administration.

MARCH 6, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM, TOVAH LAZAROFF
Avigdor Liberman

Ma’aleh Adumim pushes for a Sunday ministerial vote on annexation

A source in the campaign said it was on the agenda for this Sunday’s Ministerial Legislative Committee and they believed it would come for a vote.

MARCH 2, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A Star of David decorates a lamp post in Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem