JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would move Sunday to apply Israeli sovereignty to the strategically vital Jordan Valley and to all Jewish settlements on the West Bank. The move, which was blessed by President Trump and administration officials on Tuesday, is tantamount to annexation. It could apply to up to 30 percent of the West Bank, occupied territory that Israel seized from Jordan in the 1967 war that Palestinians wanted for their future state. Mr. Netanyahu told Israeli reporters in Washington that his cabinet would vote on the measure on Sunday. The decision could still be subject to legal challenges because the current cabinet is an interim government.

Source: New York Times January 28, 2020 21:11 UTC