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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly said Wednesday he had planned to declare sovereignty over the Jordan Valley immediately but Israel’s attorney general told him he did not have the authority to do so until after he was reelected and able to form a new government. On Tuesday, Netanyahu had pledged to begin annexing the Jordan …

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said Tuesday that he would move swiftly to annex nearly a third of the occupied West Bank if voters returned him to power in the election next week, a change that would dramatically reshape the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His plan to annex territory along the Jordan River would …

Benjamin Netanyahu has announced he will annex large swathes of the occupied Palestinian territories if he is re-elected next week. Israel’s prime minister said on Tuesday that he planned to make the move after next week’s Israeli election and hinted it may have been approved by Washington. “I am waiting to do this in maximum …