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The Takeaway: Danon: Israeli annexation decision ‘should be taken in next few weeks’

Highlights: Israel’s UN Ambassador offer new timeline for annexation decision; Palestinian UN ambassador rules out talks with Israel under Trump plan; Syrian terrorist group seizes Turkish lifeline; an environmental catastrophe in a war zone; Iraqi protesters go after statues.
Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks to the UN Security Council at the United Nations headquarters on February 11, 2020 in New York. - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday told the UN Security Council that the world should reject President Donald Trump's Middle East plan, which he said would limit Palestinian sovereignty in a "Swiss cheese" deal. "We reject the Israeli-American plan," which "throws into question the legitimate rights of the Palestinians," Abbas said, brandish

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