Israel’s plan to annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank is facing resistance from an unlikely source -- a group of settlers, who fear the plan envisaged under U.S. President Donald Trump's peace blueprint will leave some settler outposts as enclaves
ITAMAR, West Bank - Jewish settler leaders who resist the creation of a Palestinian state are complicating Israel’s plans to annex scores of settlements in the occupied West Bank under U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace blueprint.
The plan also faces resistance from settler leaders who oppose Trump’s calls for a future Palestinian state that would envelop at least 15 Jewish settlements - despite U.S. guarantees of protection for, and access to, the future “enclaves”. “I would tell : Thanks very much for the plan, thanks very much for the great affection for the Jewish people we’ll set our own destiny,” Elkayam said.U.S. officials will this week discuss whether to give Israel the green light for annexation moves seen by the Palestinians and many other countries as illegal land-grabs.
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