Will the European objective win out over the American one on Israel?
CHINA DAILY
Israel's new government began life on Thursday, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the day before European Union foreign ministers were scheduled to meet.
Looming large over both meetings is the question of Israel's annexation of those parts of the West Bank where its settlements and the 460,000 settlers who live in them are based.
In the press conference between Netanyahu and Pompeo, the American secretary of state avoided making any public statements about the proposed annexation. Although Netanyahu didn't bring it up, it's likely that annexation was discussed behind closed doors and that Pompeo didn't discourage the Israelis.
