Published: 13 July 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
France's Macron asks Netanyahu not to proceed with annexation (Haaretz)
In the first conversation on the matter between the two since Netanyahu declared target date for West Bank annexation, Macron warns of violation to international law; Netanyahu also spoke to Merkel, UK's Johnson
UK Board of Deputies sets date for special Israel debate next month (Jewish Chronicle)
Deputies also promised vote at August session
For Many Israelis who grew up in apartheid South Africa, annexation brings a horrible sense of déjà vu (Haaretz)
Having fled their discriminatory African homeland in the 1960s and ’70s, some Israelis are now deeply worried by talk of annexation and creating a series of Palestinian ‘Bantustans’
Photo: Netanyahu shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Israel in January (Mark Israel Salam
