Israel: Netanyahu to annex West Bank settlements if re-elected

As Israel’s citizens prepare to go to the polls tomorrow, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested he will annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Mr Netanyahu is fighting for his political survival as he seeks a fifth term in office in elections for the 21st Knesset.

He faces a corruption indictment, as well as a strong challenge from a new centrist party that includes former chiefs of the Israel Defence Force.

The final polls before the pre-election media blackout saw the Prime Minister’s Likud party neck-and-neck with the new party.

Listen to the report by Eric Tlozek on The World Today.