Saudi king condemns Netanyahu pledge in call with Abbas

King Salman reiterated Saudi Arabia's condemnation of the Israeli prime minister's pre-election pledge to annex part of the West Bank, in a phone call Thursday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. Battling to win re-election in September 17 polls, Netanyahu issued a deeply controversial pledge on Tuesday to annex the strategic Jordan Valley, which accounts for around a third of the occupied West Bank.

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