Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

For years, allegations of war crimes hung over Hashim Tachi, President of Kosovo.

For years, he's denied them.

Now, a court has charged him just as he headed to talks to resolve a 20-year-old territorial standoff with Serbia.

And in Sierra Leone, a three-story brick house might be tacked the same as a tin-roofed shack,

or a house that isn't even there.

As civic improvements race ahead in the capital free town, tax assessors are having to get their houses in order.

But first, Israel's cabinet could have begun discussions yesterday over a contentious issue,

plans to annex parts of the West Bank, home to three million Palestinians and 430,000 Israeli settlers.

For Palestinians, the territory is supposed to form the heart of a future state.

Across the world, protests erupted as July 1, to drew near.

Yet the day came and went.

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said work on the plan was ongoing,

a signal that there could be delays.

Israel's annexation plans have already drawn plenty of opposition from the international community.

If implemented, annexation would constitute the most serious violation of international law,

grievously harmed the prospect of a two-state solution,

and had the kept possibilities a very new level of negotiations.

There's fear that what comes next could bury the peace process,

but it's long been more about process than peace.

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