Israel looks at annexing the Jordan Valley

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will fly to Israel this week and is expected to discuss an Israeli plan to annex large parts of the West Bank. That would include the Jordan Valley, which separates the Israeli-controlled West Bank from Jordan. But what about the Israelis and Palestinians who live there? The World’s Ariel Oseran spent some time in the Jordan Valley before the coronavirus hit. 

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