Proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank

The proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank, or parts thereof, has been considered by Israeli politicians since the area was captured and occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.

East Jerusalem was the first part of the West Bank to be annexed; it was de facto annexed following its occupation by Israel in 1967, and de jure annexed following the 1980 Jerusalem Law.[1] Annexation of the Jordan Valley, first proposed in the 1967 Allon Plan, was announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in September 2019 as his plan, subject to the outcome of the September 2019 Israeli legislative election.

Israeli law has been applied to Israeli settlements throughout the West Bank, leading to a system of "enclave law" and claims of "creeping annexation". Annexation of the West Bank would be condemned as illegal by the United Nations and would break international law.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "East Jerusalem". OCHA. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Israeli annexation of parts of the Palestinian West Bank would break international law – UN experts call on the international community to ensure accountability". OHCHR. June 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Annexing the West Bank Is a Brazen Violation of International Law". The New York Times. May 30, 2020.
  4. ^ Reem Abaza (June 16, 2020). "Rights experts call for global opposition to Israel's annexation plans". UN News.

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