{"id":31307,"date":"2017-03-06T21:01:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T21:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=31307"},"modified":"2017-03-06T21:01:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T21:01:15","slug":"us-warned-israel-against-annexing-west-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=31307","title":{"rendered":"\u2018US warned Israel against annexing West Bank\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A picture taken from the Palestinian village of Al-Twanah south of Yatta in the occupied West Bank shows the Israeli settlement of Maaon on March 4 AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday that the United States has warned that annexing the West Bank would lead to an \u201cimmediate crisis\u201d with President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/h2>\n
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Lieberman sought to push back against those in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s coalition calling for a declaration of Israeli sovereignty over all or part of the occupied territory.<\/p>\n

He said annexation would provoke a crisis with Washington and result in steep costs for the Israeli government since it would be required to provide services to Palestinians in the West Bank.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have received a very clear, direct message from the United States stating that the application of Israeli law in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) would provoke an immediate crisis with the new administration,\u201d Lieberman said before a parliamentary committee.<\/p>\n

Some 2.6 million Palestinians live in the West Bank, which Israel occupied in 1967.<\/p>\n

The US is Israel\u2019s most important ally, providing it with more than $3bn in defence aid annually.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday that the United States has warned that annexing the West Bank would lead to an \u201cimmediate crisis\u201d with President Donald Trump\u2019s administration. Lieberman sought to push back against those in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s coalition calling for a declaration of Israeli sovereignty over all or part of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":31308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n