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IDF Ordered to Prepare for Application of Israeli Law in Parts of West Bank
(Jerusalem Post) Lahav Harkov - Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday instructed IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi to accelerate preparations for the possibility that Israel will apply Israeli law to parts of the West Bank, after he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Trump administration officials. Gantz told Kochavi to speed up preparations for "diplomatic steps on the agenda in the Palestinian arena." "President Trump's peace plan is an opportunity to set and promote permanent borders for the State of Israel," Gantz told a meeting of his Blue and White party in the Knesset on Monday.