Netanyahu discussed unilaterally annexing 30% of the West Bank during a closed-door meeting, report says

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• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly discussed plans to annex 30% of the West Bank, an Israeli official told Axios.
• The official said that Netanyahu presented several scenarios during a private meeting on Wednesday with Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.
• The meeting is said to have ended without agreement. 
• Netanyahu has previously pledged to move forward with plans to annex the Israeli settlements in the West Bank, setting July 1 as a tentative deadline to begin. 
• United Nations experts warned that if Israel annexed Palestinian-occupied parts of the West Bank it would "break international law." 
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly plans to annex 30% of the West Bank, according to a report.

Such an acquisition of disputed territory would violate international law, UN human rights experts have said.

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