At a press conference, Netanyahu, an occupying zionist, made promises for early elections to be held on September 17.

Reiterating his promise to "annex" illegal jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu said that if re-elected, he would soon occupy the Jordan Valley in the West Bank in coordination with the U.S. administration.

David Friedman, the imperialist US ambassador to the occupation regime, backed Netanyahu, who made the same promise before the general elections on April 9, and claimed that the occupation was a "right" of the zionists.

There are about 250 illegal jewish settlements in the West Bank, which the zionists occupied in 1967, and there are more than 400 thousand jewish settlers residing there.

Under international law, all jewish settlements in the occupied territories are considered illegal.

ILKHA