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Saudis Condemn Israeli PM's West Bank Annexations Plans

   JERUSALEM - Saudi Arabia on Wednesday denounced Israeli Prime Minister
   Benjamin Netanyahu's pre-election vow to annex parts of the West Bank
   as a "very dangerous escalation," adding to a chorus of international
   condemnations and injecting the issue of Palestinian statehood into an
   election campaign that had all but ignored it.

   The strongly worded statement from the Saudi royal court, which runs
   the affairs of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, marked
   a significant rebuke from a regional power that had grown closer to
   Israel in recent years over its shared concerns about Iran's growing
   belligerency.

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