FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (centre), Minister of Regional Cooperation, Tzachi Hanegbi (left) and Cabinet Secretary Tzahi Braverman attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, December 29, 2019. Abir Sultan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Half of Israelis support annexing parts of the occupied West Bank, although they are divided over whether to take the step without U.S. support, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.
Some 25 percent of Israelis surveyed by the Israel Democracy Institute think-tank said they want their government to apply sovereignty to Jewish settlements and the Jordan Valley in the West Bank even without backing from Israel's closest ally.
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