Trump’s Mideast plan and bribery charges to dominate Netanyahu’s fifth term
While Israeli prime minister promises to push on with his hard-line agenda, he faces three corruption cases
Maale Adumim — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s record fifth term is likely to be dominated by corruption allegations, scrutiny of his election promises and the unveiling of US President Donald Trump’s long-awaited Middle East plan. In the closing days of a campaign that had been driven more by personalities than policy, Netanyahu seized international attention by promising to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. “Who says that we won’t do it? We are on the way and we are discussing it,” Netanyahu told Israel’s Channel 12 News on April 7 when he was asked why he had not extended Israeli sovereignty to large West Bank settlements. Some political analysts saw the right-wing leader’s pledge as a calculated bid before Tuesday’s election to siphon votes from far-right rivals who have long advocated annexation of the West Bank, where more than 400,000 Israeli settlers now live, among 2.9-million Palestinians. Settlements, which Israel’s B’Tselem rights group says...
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