Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan warn Israel on annexation

Statement by foreign ministers warns move would be 'violation of international law and imperil the foundations of the peace process'; say their countries would not recognize any unilateral changes to 1967 lines
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Egypt, France, Germany and Jordan on Tuesday warned Israel against annexing parts of the West Bank, saying that doing so could have consequences for bilateral relations.
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  • In a statement distributed by the German Foreign Ministry, the countries, including Israel's two leading partners in the Middle East, said their foreign ministers had discussed how to restart talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
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    בנימין נתניהו פגישה עם שר החוץ של גרמניה הייקו מאס
    בנימין נתניהו פגישה עם שר החוץ של גרמניה הייקו מאס
    German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a recent visit to Jerusalem to discuss annexation
    (Photo: EPA)
    They, along with most other European countries, oppose Israeli plans that envisage annexing parts of the West Bank as part of a peace deal that is promoted by the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump.
    The Palestinian Authority, which wants the West Bank for a future Palestinian state, opposes the move. The United States has yet to give its approval to the annexation plans.
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    עצרת מחאה של הרשות הפלסטינית נגד תוכנית הסיפוח
    עצרת מחאה של הרשות הפלסטינית נגד תוכנית הסיפוח
    Palestinians on the West Bank demonstrate against pending Israeli annexation
    (Photo: AFP)
    "We concur that any annexation of Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 would be a violation of international law and imperil the foundations of the peace process," the European and Middle Eastern foreign ministers said after their video conference.
    "We would not recognize any changes to the 1967 borders that are not agreed by both parties in the conflict," they added. "It could also have consequences for the relationship with Israel."
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    בנימין נתניהו הר חומה 20 בפברואר סיפוח החלת ריבונות
    בנימין נתניהו הר חומה 20 בפברואר סיפוח החלת ריבונות
    Prime Minister Netanyahu on the West Bank promoting his annexation plan
    (Photo: Reuters)
    Israel had no immediate response. But in a separate statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he had told British counterpart Boris Johnson on Monday that he was committed to Trump's "realistic" peace plan.
    "Israel is prepared to conduct negotiations on the basis of President Trump's peace plan, which is both creative and realistic, and will not return to the failed formulas of the past," the statement said.
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    Israel doesn't interfere in their territorial disputes
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    The state of Israel must explain to all nations that God gav
    The state of Israel must explain to all nations that God gave to Israel all the Land of Canaan, which includes all the Palestine, as it is written in the Bible, in Genesis 12:6-7, 15:13-21, 17:1-8, 17:19, 26:1-5, 28:10-14 and 35:9-12 and Numbers 34:13-29 and Deuteronomy 3:8, and that Israel possessed that land since the year 1466 BCE, and that the Arabs invaded the Land of Israel (Palestine) in the year 635 CE, so that all the Palestine belongs to Israel, including the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and the Arabs are invaders and must go back to their land, that is Arabia. The state of Israel must immediately declare null the Oslo Accords and annex the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to its territory and dismantle the Palestinian Authority. The Oslo Accords are null, because they are against the Law of God (Written Torah), because it is written in the Torah, in Numbers 33:50-53 and Deuteronomy 1:8 and 30:5, that God commanded Israel to possess all the Land of Canaan, that is the Land of Israel, that includes all the Palestine. And the state of Israel must not give Israeli citizenship to the Arabs, because Israel is a Jewish state, so that only Jews can be citizens of Israel. This is not racism, because any person, of any race or ethnicity, may convert to Judaism. The state of Israel must expel the Arabs from its territory, which includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, because it is written in the Torah, in Exodus 23:31-33 and in Numbers 33:52, that God commanded Israel to expel the other inhabitants of the Land of Canaan, which is the Land of Israel, which includes all the Palestine. The Arabs invaded the Land of Israel in the year 635 CE, so that they are invaders, and must leave Israel, and return to their own land, which is Arabia. This is not racism, because any person, of any race or ethnicity, can convert to Judaism. Moreover, the Palestinian Arabs are killing the Israeli Jews, so that the Israeli Jews need to expel the Palestinian Arabs from the Land of Israel (Palestine), as self-defense, in order to save their lives.
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    Pals must be allowed to postpone peace for as long as
    they want. No power on earth must be allowed to force them to conclude a peace settlement with Israel.It does not matter if they mess everyone around for another century.It is their right . Europeans must remember that they have massive Muslim Populations in most EU countries-these too must be taken into consideration.. Maybe if Pals can hold out long enough ,the USA will become a socialist country and it will drop Israel into Pal hands.
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