By: Eliana Rudee – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org
Both employers and workers believe that it could help them economically, though politically and socially is a different story altogether.
With campaigns under way before the third round of Israeli elections within a year on March 2, Likud officials, and the Blue and White Party, have repeatedly made statements over the past few weeks in favor of annexing the Jordan Valley.
And that has elicited vocal reactions among the public both for and against the idea.
The Trump administration’s peace plan, revealed at the White House on Jan. 28 with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in attendance, gave American approval for annexation, paving the way for the next Israeli government to actualize its campaign promises.