NETANYAHU PLEDGES FURTHER ANNEXATIONAs Israel today heads to the polls for the third time in one year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged “immediate†annexation of greater areas of the West Bank and Jordan Valley if he is re-elected, The Japan Times reports, citing work done by the joint US-Israeli mapping committee just last week. TALKING POINT:According to the BBC, Netanyahu was indicted on bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges in three separate cases in January, while Haaretz reports he sent an implicit threat over the weekend to what he called “left wing†judges
