Hananel Elkayam, mayor of Itamar, gestures during his interview with Reuters in Itamar a Jewish settlement near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
ITAMAR, West Bank (Reuters) - Jewish settler leaders who resist the creation of a Palestinian state are complicating Israel's plans to annex scores of settlements in the occupied West Bank under U.S. President Donald Trump's peace blueprint.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet is due next month to discuss the annexation plan, under which Israel would apply sovereignty over 30% of the West Bank - in areas where most of its about 130 settlements are located.
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