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BY DAVID SAFFER
The war of words over Israel’s West Bank annexation plans next month has escalated. The United Nations and leaders of numerous countries, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aspirations regarding settlements and the Jordan Valley. Jordanian King Abdullah II has warned of Middle East stability being threatened. Criticism has been intense whenever Netanyahu has stated the unity government’s intentions. Johnson swerved a question regarding possible sanctions against Israel in the House of Commons on Tuesday, but did view Israel’s proposition as a “breach” of international law. “We have strongly objected,” he said. “We believe profoundly in a two-state solution and we will continue to make that case.”
UN human rights experts claimed this week that Netanyahu would be violating international law. Some 50 signatories to a joint statement called on countries to oppose plans and slammed the United States for backing Netanyahu’s “unlawful” plan. “The annexation of occupied territory is a serious violation of the Charter of the United Nations and the Geneva Conventions, and contrary to the fundamental rule affirmed many times by the United Nations Security Council and General Assembly that the acquisition of territory by war or force is inadmissible,” they noted. “The United Nations has stated on many occasions that the 53-year-old Israeli occupation is the source of profound human rights violations against the Palestinian people,” the statement added. “These human rights violations would only intensify after annexation.”
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Jordan, meantime, has condemned Israel’s plans to extend sovereignty. King Abdullah, in a royal palace statement, said that unilateral Israeli measures in the West Bank was unacceptable; it would also
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