Netanyahu signals delay in annexation

Prime Minister Netanyahu said on Tuesday that discussions with the

US on his plan to annex occupied West Bank territory would continue “in the coming days”. July 1 had been the target date for beginning the controversial process. The Israeli leader has been eager to begin annexing West Bank territory in line with US President Donald Trump’s Mideast plan. The plan, unveiled in January, envisions turning over some 30 percent of the territory under permanent Israeli control, while giving the Palestinians autonomy in the remaining land. But the plan has come under fierce international criticism. The Palestinians, who seek all of the West Bank as part of a future state, have rejected the Trump plan. bloody battles of World War II. Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko traveled to the village of Khoroshevo, just outside Rzhev, for a somber ceremony that involved goose-stepping troops laying wreaths before the towering figure of a soldier. Putin said that 1.3 million soldiers were killed, wounded in combat or went missing in action during the fighting around Rzhev that raged for more than a year.