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Bennett: US elections ‘opportunity’ to annex Palestinian land

September 26, 2016 at 8:49 pm

Israel should exploit the US elections and annex parts of the occupied West Bank and impose its full sovereignty over them, Education Minister Naftali Bennett urged today.

Speaking on Israel Radio, Bennett said the illegal settlement of Ariel south of Nablus and Ma’ale Adumim east of Jerusalem should be placed under full Israeli sovereignty.

“I see this as a period of opportunity to take action with regard to the future of Judea and Samaria,” he said referring to the West Bank.

Bennett has long called for Israel to annex Area C of the West Bank, particularly given that the peace process has been frozen for over two years.

His calls come after meetings held by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US presidential candidates in New York yesterday showed that both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are supporters of Israel.

During the meeting that lasted more than an hour at Trump Tower in New York yesterday, Trump told Netanyahu that under his administration, the United States would “recognise Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel.”