ISRAEL LIKELY TO DELAY WEST BANK ANNEXATIONS

JERUSALEM: Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that discussions with the US on his plan to annex occupied West Bank territory would continue “in the coming days,” indicating he would miss a July 1 target date for beginning the controversial process. Netanyahu made the comments shortly after wrapping up talks with White House envoy Avi Berkowitz and the US ambassador to Israel David Friedman.The sides have been holding talks for several months on finalising a map spelling out which areas of the West Bank will be annexed by Israel. “I spoke about the question of sovereignty, which we are working on these days and we will continue to work on in the coming days,” Netanyahu said.