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A few hours before US President Donald Trump presents the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan at the White House, the Israeli army has strengthened its presence in the Jordan Valley, a strategic area of ​​the West Bank, sending troops to the area of infantry, "according to the army statement. According to Israeli media, the plan that Trump will detail on Tuesday could include the annexation to Israel of the territories occupied by Israel in this area.

The belief in the security agencies is that the Palestinians could react harshly if Netanyahu orders annexation in that area occupied in the war of 67 once Trump's "Road Map" has been revealed.

Meanwhile, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is in the United States, has withdrawn his request for immunity from the Knesset (Parliament). In this way, he renounces the possibility of postponing the trial after being charged in three cases of corruption. Netanyahu is aware that he did not have a parliamentary majority now to receive immunity and that the process surrounding his request harmed him in the face of the elections held in five weeks.

The decision of the veteran conservative comes two hours before the special session of the Knesset to approve the creation of the commission to study the petition. After claiming that the sessions of the Knesset were to become a "circus as the continuation of the obsessive personal persecution against me of all those of" just not Bibi, "Netanyahu justifies his decision by referring to Trump's plan that, according to the leaks, it could give the green light to the application of Israeli sovereignty in 30% of the West Bank where the Jewish colonies are located in exchange for the creation, in the future and under various conditions, of a Palestinian state.

"I will not allow my political rivals to use this issue (immunity) to disturb the historical process that I am leading," Netanyahu said, stressing that he is in the United States "on a historic mission to delineate Israel's definitive borders and ensure our security in the next generations ".

On January 1, Netanyahu announced that he would request immunity from the president of the House in Jerusalem, Yuli Edelstein, so that the decision could be taken in the next legislature with the hope of having a majority. But his great rival, the leader of the centrist block Blue and White and winner in the last elections of September 17, Benny Gantz, secured the majority in the current Knesset to study and reject it.

The prime minister has guaranteed on his Facebook account that he will derail accusations of bribery, fraud and abuse of trust. The first and immediate effect of his decision is that the attorney general, Avijai Mandelblit, has filed a formal indictment at the Jerusalem court at noon, which opens the door for a trial against the acting prime minister after the March 2 elections.

The passage of Netanyahu can be considered a momentary media coup against Gantz who left the United States this morning, after having a meeting with Trump on the peace plan, to attend the session on the immunity of the leader of the Likud. in this way, he will not share an image with Netanyahu in the presentation of Trump's plan.

"Netanyahu goes to trial. We must move forward. The Israelis are now facing a clear choice: a prime minister who works for them or a prime minister who deals only with him. No person can lead a country and at the same time face three serious cases criminal bribery, fraud and abuse of trust. "

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