Senior members of a major Israeli party are pushing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the West Bank before the end of the Knesset’s summer session on July 27, according to multiple reports.

The Jerusalem Post first reported that Likud ministers and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana signed a petition that urged Netanyahu, a Likud member, to take the West Bank after teaming with the U.S. to force Iran into a ceasefire following the 12-Day War.

“After Israel’s historic achievements under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against the evil axis of Iran and its sympathizers, the task must be completed, the existential threat removed from within, and another massacre in the heart of the country must be prevented,” the petition states, the Post reported.

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