Agreement between Netanyahu and his government partners on the annexation of the West Bank

Acting Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to implement a plan to annex the occupied West Bank, as part of an agreement with his partners on the formation of a government, as reported by the Xinhua agency.

Just minutes before his deadline expired, Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that an agreement had been reached between his party (Likud) and its partners (ultra-Orthodox Jewish and far-right parties) to form the new government in Israel – the most right-wing government in the country’s history, according to political analysts.

Netanyahu has reportedly pledged to draw up and promote a plan to annex the West Bank, which Israel captured in the 1967 Six-Day War.

For their part, the Palestinians want the declaration of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

According to Xinhua, which obtained a copy of the agreement, “the prime minister (Netanyahu) will lead the formulation and promotion of a policy by which (Israel’s) sovereignty will be extended to Judea and Samaria.” The term “Judea and Samaria” is used in Israeli documents to describe the West Bank.

It is not specified the time for the implementation of the specific plan, which is expected to trigger an explosion of violence in the Palestinian territories and reactions from a part of the international community.

Netanyahu’s reliance on far-right parties to return to power has raised concerns in Israel. “The government being formed here is dangerous, radical and irresponsible. It will end badly,” outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid warned tonight.

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