APAIMages - APAIMages CLIENTS ONLY, Nablus - 02 April 2019. General views show the Israeli Jewsih settlements of Shilo and Shifot Rahil, near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
STORYLINE Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will possibly declare illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as Israeli territory if re-elected on the April 9 elections, according to a report by The Times of Israel published Wednesday.
After the United States recognized the annexed Israel Occupied Golan Heights as Israeli territory Monday, Netanyahu told reporters the decision of the U.S. President Donald Trump reiterates “a very important principle in international life: When you start wars of aggression, [and] you lose territory, do not come and claim it afterward. It belongs to us.”
A recent poll by Haaretz found out that 42 percent people backed full or partial annexation of West Bank, while 27 percent supported full annexation and 15 percent went for partial. Only 28 percent of people opposed any kind of annexations.
"In 2004, the International Court of Justice rendered its opinion regarding the Israeli Apartheid Wall, which effectively annexed large areas of the West Bank, by reaffirming the legal status of the Occupied Palestinian Territories as illegally occupied by Israel in violation of international law,.
SOUNDBITE - Bashar al-Qaryouti, Activist against the Israeli settlements in Nablus
Footage by Shadi Jarar'ah/APAimages
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAIMages CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAIMages - APAIMages CLIENTS ONLY, Nablus - 02 April 2019. General views show the Israeli Jewsih settlements of Shilo and Shifot Rahil, near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. STORYLINE Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will possibly declare illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as Israeli territory if re-elected on the April 9 elections, according to a report by The Times of Israel published Wednesday. After the United States recognized the annexed Israel Occupied Golan Heights as Israeli territory Monday, Netanyahu told reporters the decision of the U.S. President Donald Trump reiterates “a very important principle in international life: When you start wars of aggression, [and] you lose territory, do not come and claim it afterward. It belongs to us.” A recent poll by Haaretz found out that 42 percent people backed full or partial annexation of West Bank, while 27 percent supported full annexation and 15 percent went for partial. Only 28 percent of people opposed any kind of annexations. "In 2004, the International Court of Justice rendered its opinion regarding the Israeli Apartheid Wall, which effectively annexed large areas of the West Bank, by reaffirming the legal status of the Occupied Palestinian Territories as illegally occupied by Israel in violation of international law,. SOUNDBITE - Bashar al-Qaryouti, Activist against the Israeli settlements in Nablus Footage by Shadi Jarar'ah/APAimages
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