Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced he will annex large swathes of Palestinian territory in the occupied Jordan Valley if he is re-elected next week.
Mr Netanyahu has announced he will also seek to annex all Jewish settlements in the West Bank, but that this would have to wait until the publication of US President Donald Trump's long-awaited plan for a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians
Palestinian diplomat Saeb Erekat said such that the proposed annexation would “bury any chance of peace”.