Gantz Tells Trump’s Envoys: July 1st Not a Sacred Date for Annexation

Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz met on Monday with President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Avi Berkowitz and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman to discuss the Trump administration's peace plan.

According to sources in Gantz's party, he told them that the target date of July 1st "is not a sacred date." According to Gantz, before moving forward with annexation, "people must be returned to their jobs and the coronavirus must be dealt with."

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According to sources, Gantz said in the meeting that Trump's peace plan "is a historic move that constitutes the right and the best framework for promoting peace in the Middle East." He added that the plan must move forward together with "the strategic partners in the region and the Palestinians, and reach an outline that benefits all sides proportionally, responsibly and reciprocally."

On Friday, Gantz said that Palestinians will have full rights wherever Israeli law is applied.