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Judea and Samaria

One position that could be approved is for Israel to annex parts of the West Bank in stages over several months.
E.U., U.N. representatives to participate in anti-sovereignty demonstration in Jericho on Monday, says Fatah Central Committee member Jibril Rajoub.
It also fires back against warnings that the move would undermine the U.S.-Israel relationship.
“By shattering the two-state illusion and advancing a two-state solution, Israel hopes it will open up a realistic path to peace,” says Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer.
The meeting, which will reportedly be held in Washington, D.C., this week, will determine whether or not the administration gives the go-ahead for Israel to apply sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.
Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel, the two men behind Arugot Farms—a retreat center for music, prayer, art and meditation—say that U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan could destroy all they have built.
They say most Jews in the United Kingdom believe the land is Israel’s historically and legally, and acknowledge that Israel is a competent democracy that has the right to make its own decisions.
“We do not see how any of these acute risks serve the long-term interest of a strong, secure Israel,” say U.S. congressional members.
The California legislator acknowledges that “the prospects for a two-state solution in the near-term appear dim.” Even so, she believes that “peace is possible only through direct negotiations and an agreement that results in two states for two peoples.”
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Only the creation of an “independent, sovereign and viable Palestinian state” with its capital in Jerusalem will bring peace, Abdullah tells U.S. congressional leaders.
The United Kingdom “strongly objects” to Israel’s plan to extend its law to parts of Judea and Samaria, and “believes profoundly in a two-state solution,” says the British prime minister.