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The UN warned that Israel's annexation of the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank would be "devastating" for the prospects of peace and would have no international validity. On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to annex this area when he was re-elected in the presidential election on 17 September. With this measure, he calls for the vote of the nationalist right and the 400,000 settlers living in the occupied West Bank.

"This idea would be devastating for the possibility of relaunching the negotiations, for peace in the region and for the very essence of the two-state solution," the spokesman said during a press conference. of the President of the UN, António Guterres. "Any Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction or administration in the occupied West Bank would have no international legal effect," he said. Meanwhile, the Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization
(PLO), Saeb Erekat, called the plan "patently illegal"
Israeli President. "This adds to the long history of violations of
international law by Israel, "he said.

Netanyahu's plan is to annex Jewish settlements – but not Arab towns – in the Jordan Valley. The prime minister said he wanted to proceed "immediately" after his possible reelection to take advantage of the "peace plan" for the Middle East of the White House. The West Bank is considered "occupied territory" by international law, the United Nations and most of the international community, and does not belong to any state.