Netanyahu Presents Gantz With Scenarios for Annexation, Including a ‘Symbolic’ Step

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented Defense Minister Benny Gantz with a series of possible annexation scenarios Wednesday, including a purely "symbolic" step.

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LISTEN: How Netanyahu could fudge annexation, hoodwink Gantz and cling on to power

Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud colleague Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin met with Benny Gantz and Foreign Affairs Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, both from Kahol Lavan, amid uncertainty regarding the exact shape and timeline of the prime minister's declared intention to annex portions of the West Bank.

There’s still no final map, still no green light from the United States and still no agreement between Likud and Kahol Lavan. 

According to sources familiar with the content of the meeting, a number of scenarios were discussed, ranging from the annexation of 30 percent of the West Bank, as slated in the Trump Mideast peace plan, to a far more "symbolic" move.

In a tweet on Wednesday night, Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan said that he assured Jordan's "King Abdullah in our phone conversation of UAE's full solidarity with Jordan & our categorical rejection of accepting Israel's illegal annexation of Palestinian lands."