Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has asked Jewish Home ministers not to submit for discussion the law applying Israeli sovereignty to Maaleh Adumim Israeli news sites reported Saturday.
Netanyahu justified the step by saying Israel needs to work a while with US President Donald Trump before taking any significant political steps.
The law is scheduled to be submitted on Sunday after which the Knesset will vote on whether or not to pass it. During Sunday’s meeting Netanyahu is expected to discuss Trump’s policies with the Knesset.
On Saturday evening Netanyahu said he is planning to speak with Trump about the Iran threat.
Bennett responded by saying “Iran is important but preventing a second Iran in the heart of Judea and Samaria is no less important. We must not allow the ‘Iran threat’ to be used as an excuse to miss an historical opportunity to prevent Palestine from developing on Israel’s Route 6.”
The Prime Minister further claimed that the associates of US President Donald Trump asked Israel not to surprise them with unilateral steps.
After Donald Trump has been inaugurated as US President Netanyahu asked Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett to postpone the vote on the bill to apply Israeli sovereignty over Maale Adumim until an orderly discussion could be held on the issue.
Channel 2 reporter Udi Segal learned that Bennett who recently has been trying to hold a discussion on applying Israeli sovereignty over Maale Adumim agreed to review the matter after a discussion will be held on the subject Sunday.
Recently Maaleh Adumim mayor announced the launch of a so-called I1 settlement project connecting the settlement to Occupied Jerusalem in a move that is said to have dealt a deadly blow to the two-state solution and to the establishment of a Palestinian independent state.
The project will reportedly sever the ties between the northern and southern West Bank.
