Israelis protest Netanyahu's annexation plan
Thousands of Israelis demonstrated on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to extend sovereignty over parts of the occupied West Bank, de-facto annexation of land that the Palestinians seek for a state.The Palestinians want an independent state in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, territories Israel captured in a 1967 Middle East war.A Reuters photographer and Israeli media estimated the protesters gathered at Tel Aviv's Rabin square numbered a few thousand.
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