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Ex-ally blasts Gantz, Abbas warns accords axed if annexation proceeds

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Published: 24 April 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Yair Lapid labels deal as ‘worst act of fraud’ in Israel’s history, Gantz says unpopular decision needed to help fight virus, US says annexation an ‘Israeli decision’

Excoriating ex-ally Gantz, Lapid vows to battle coalition, predicts its collapse (Times of Israel)
Opposition leader accuses former colleague of ‘worst act of fraud’ in Israel’s history, propping up corrupt Netanyahu, surrendering to ultra-Orthodox coercion, dooming Jordan peace

Abbas threatens to rip up accords with Israel, US if annexation plans proceed (Times of Israel)
PA president’s spokesman rejects statement from Mike Pompeo that annexation is an internal Israeli matter; Ramallah calls on Europe to put pressure on Jerusalem

Annexation would mark the end of the Zionist dream (Jerusalem Post)
NADAV TAMIR: The coronavirus crisis will pass. On the other hand, the danger of annexation is irreversible

Pompeo: Annexation of occupied West Bank 'an Israeli decision' (Middle East Eye)
US secretary of state says Washington will share its views on annexation with Israeli government in 'private setting'

Gantz admits joining Netanyahu unpopular, but says it’s needed for virus fight (Times of Israel)
In first address after signing coalition deal with prime minister he had vowed to oust, Blue and White chair says they both would have preferred a government without each other

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Israel to seize Palestinian land near Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque (Middle East Eye)
Palestinians denounce move to expropriate West Bank land, as final approval for the plan lies with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Photo: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a Security Council meeting at the UN in New York in February (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)
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