Benjamin Netanyahu pledges to annex West Bank settlements

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to annex “all the settlements” in the West Bank as Israeli’s prepare to head to the polls in an unprecedented repeat election.

Netanyahu made a promise last week to annex parts of the West Bank: the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea. He took that pledge several steps further on Monday, promising to annex all of the West Bank, including Hebron, the largest Palestinian city in the 2,180-square-mile territory.

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