An Israeli news site said that an inter-ministerial committee will convene to examine plans to extend sovereignty over the Jordan Valley, in contradiction to an earlier report.
By World Israel News Staff
Arutz-7 reports on Tuesday afternoon that the inter-ministerial Committee to Promote Sovereignty in the Jordan Valley will meet in a week and a half at the Prime Minister’s Office.
The report contradicts an earlier one Tuesday by Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has frozen plans to annex the Jordan Valley.
“Netanyahu has made it clear that he will promote with full force the plan for applying sovereignty in the Valley and the northern Dead Sea and will continue to do so,” the Prime Minister’s Office said, according to Arutz-7.
Yediot had reported earlier in the day that the inter-ministerial meeting had been canceled last week in order not to increase friction with the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
It was motivated by “the assessment that the chief prosecutor of The Hague was about to publish her preliminary examination results. The concern was that the convening of the [inter-ministerial] team at that time would intensify the confrontation with the ICC,” he paper reported.
But Arutz 7 reports the prime minister intends to keep his promise to annex the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea areas.
以色列的一个新闻网站说，一个部际委员会将召集会议，以审查扩大约旦河谷主权的计划，这与先前的报道相矛盾。
以色列世界新闻社
Arutz-7星期二下午报道说，促进约旦河谷主权的部际委员会将在总理办公室举行一周半的会议。
该报告与以色列日报《日报》的艾迪诺特·阿罗诺特早些时候的一个星期二相矛盾，后者是总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡政府冻结了吞并约旦河谷的计划。
总理办公室说：“内塔尼亚胡已经明确表示，他将全力推动在山谷和北死海应用主权的计划，并将继续这样做。”
耶迪奥特当天早些时候曾报告说，为了不增加与海牙国际刑事法院的摩擦，部际会议已于上周取消。
该评估的动机是“海牙首席检察官即将公布其初步审查结果。令人担心的是，当时的[部际]小组的召集将加剧与国际刑事法院的对抗。”
但据《阿鲁兹7》报道，总理打算遵守诺言，吞并约旦河谷和北部死海地区。