Israel's Netanyahu and Gantz at odds over West Bank annexation moves

June 29, 2020 – Israel / Palestinian Territories, Middle East - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main coalition partner, Benny Gantz, signalled his opposition on Monday to advancing a plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, where Palestinians want to establish a state. A source in Gantz’s party quoted him as telling the U.S. officials on Monday - Ambassador David Friedman and White House adviser Avi Berkowitz - that the July 1 target date was “not sacred”.