Israeli annexation of Jordan Valley would be the ‘death of the two state solution’ – George Galloway

PM Netanyahu vowed to annex the territory and build new settlements there in a press conference on Tuesday, calling the area Israel’s “defense wall.”

“Netanyahu’s threat … to annex the Jordan Valley – which constitutes sixty percent of the entire West Bank area, if you include East Jerusalem – means the death … of the two state solution,” Galloway said.

I call it a threat, you could also call it a promise, it’s clearly motivated by his current election.

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The move might be explained by electoral battle, as Netanyahu is now “fighting two other right wing parties” in preparation for the September 17 vote, Galloway noted. He is now trying to convince right-leaning Israelis that he will take a “bold step” in the West Bank.

US President Donald Trump was likely not involved in Netanyahu’s threat, Galloway said, “because it closes the door on the so-called great peace initiative of Jared Kushner,” the White House adviser spearheading Trump’s “deal of the century.”

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