LONDON (AN) — An independent group of global leaders appealed to European leaders on Friday to "stand firm" against Israel’s threat to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, saying such a move would increase the risks of violence and undermine global respect for the rule of law.
Though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not yet made any direct military and legal moves towards annexation, The Elders, a London-based group of 16 veteran politicians and diplomats led by former Irish President Mary Robinson, said the absence of any such moves "should not be taken as grounds for complacency."