Hanan Ashrawi

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Netanyahu announced his plan, before the election, On Television on Tuesday

Arab Nations have condemned a plan by the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to Annex a third of the occupied West Bank .

if he is returned to office after a General election next week.

the officials in Jordan and Saudi Arabia sharply criticized The Announcement .

The Palestinians, said The Move would be "illegal", while the UN said it would destroy the chance of new Peace Talks .

The annexation, said Mr Netanyahu bury "would be any chance for peace", the head of the Palestinian Erekat negotiator Saeb.

Israel occupied the West Bank since 1967, but has short-stopped by annexation.

the Palestinians claim the whole territory for a future independent state. Netanyahu has insisted that Israel would always retain a presence in the Jordan Valley for security.

A UN spokesman said the proposed annexation would be "without international legal effect".

Why is Netanyahu says now?

The Israeli PM whose right-wing Likud party is neck and neck in the polls with a centrist opposition alliance, presented The Plan in a televised address.

"Today, I announce my intention to apply to the formation of a new government, the Israeli sovereignty on the Jordan Valley and Northern Dead Sea ," Netanyahu said.

He said this could be done immediately after the election, when he received a "clear mandate" of Israeli citizens.

He said The Move would allow Israel to seize the historical opportunity, but his political opponents in The Pledge dismissed as an election stunt.

He also says again he would plant all of the Jewish settlements in the West Bank , but said that would have to wait until the publication of U.S. President Donald Trump , the long-awaited plan for a peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Mr Netanyahu for the first time, made a promise before the election in April. But after the vote paves the way for next Tuesday, the early elections.

The BBC's Middle East correspondent, Tom Bateman , says the Prime Minister , The Announcement is likely to help to support him, support on the political right.

Blue and White is the co-leader, Yair Lapid , hit out at Mr Netanyahu and insists that he "wants to Annex territories he wants to Annex the votes".

"This is a campaign trick, and it's not even a particularly successful trick, because The Lie is so transparent," he said.

Meanwhile, White house officials said that US policy remained unchanged.

Later on Tuesday, Netanyahu was kidnapped from the stage, which went by bodyguards during an election rally in Ashdod, a city in the South, as sirens

Israel said it shot two rockets fired by Palestinians from the Gaza Strip . Netanyahu continued his speech continued a few minutes later.

In response, Israel said on Wednesday morning that his plane had hit 15 targets in the Gaza Strip , including a weapons facility.

What is the reaction?

A spokesman for UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres , said The Move would be "devastating" to the prospects of the revived peace negotiations.

"impose Any Israeli decision to, its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied West Bank , the added without international legal effect," Stéphane Dujarric.

The Arab League - an organization of 22 States, said Netanyahu's plan was a "dangerous development", which would be contrary to International Law and "torpedo" The Foundations of peace

Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi said The Plan was "undoubtedly reprehensible" and a "threat to international peace and security".

"This announcement is a Declaration of war against the Palestinian people, its rights and The Foundations of The International rule-based order," She Said .

The fertile Jordan Valley makes up a quarter of the West Bank

Jordan's Foreign Minister , Ayman Safadi , called The Plan a "serious escalation" and warned it could "push the entire region towards violence".

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described The Pledge as "racist" and criticized Netanyahu for "give all kind of illegal, unlawful and aggressive messages" before the election.

Saudi Arabia has also condemned The Announcement on the state media as a "very dangerous escalation" and called for an emergency meeting of The Foreign Ministers of the 57 member States of the organization of Islamic cooperation (OIC) in the response.

The politics behind the movement,

includes The Jordan Valley is a fertile strip of land along the Jordanian border, nearly 30% of the West Bank .

It is Home to around 65,000 Palestinians and 11,000 Jewish settlers is sparsely populated -. As such, it is the largest country, the Palestinians would have for The Future is the development of an independent state.

But currently, they are excluded from entering or using about 85% of the area, according to the Israeli Human Rights group B'tselem. This is because most of the area was designated means under the 1993 Oslo peace accords as "Area C", meaning it is under full Israeli control.

Traditionally, the majority of Israelis, from deep right to center-left that have seen the Jordan Valley as a security buffer with the Arab world, and that Israel maintain a sort of dignity there is military control, even in a peace agreement with the Palestinians.

So it was a relatively safe affair for Mr Netanyahu link to his earlier promise to Annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank , an agenda pushed by The Right wing. In fact, many in the Israeli press dismissed the whole thing as an empty choice developed a promise in order to lure right-leaning votes in a hard-fought election.

it focuses as much or more on Netanyahu rush of a campaign event, because of the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip , a picture, prove you can said wear-resistant voters as the Jordan Valley notice.

What is the background to the West Bank Problem?

Israeli-occupied West Bank , along with East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan heights, in the 1967 Middle East war. It effectively annexed East Jerusalem in 1980 and the Golan heights in 1981, although neither move has been accepted internationally for decades.

The trump administration has recognized, since the two steps, overturning the previous US policy. It remains unclear whether or not the next advocate a two-state Solution - a plan that dominates current international diplomatic efforts to bring peace in the region.

the fate of The West Bank goes to The Heart of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Israel has built about 140 settlements there and in East Jerusalem apply illegal under International Law , although Israel disputes.

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Source of news: bbc.com