‘Won’t allow Israel to annex the West Bank,’ Trump said

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would “not allow” Israel to annex Judea and Samaria.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office during a signing ceremony for executive orders, Trump said that he had relayed the message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of their upcoming meeting at the White House on Monday.

“I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank, nope,” Trump said. “Whether I spoke to him or not—I did—but I’m not allowing Israel to annex the West Bank.”

The president’s comments give credence to reports that he gave a similar message to Arab and Muslim officials on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, assuring the leaders of Jordan, Qatar and other countries that he would prevent Netanyahu from annexing the territories.

“There’s been enough,” Trump said on Thursday. “It’s time to stop now.”

https://www.jns.org/wont-allow-israel-to-annex-the-west-bank-trump-said/

 

[Tall Timbers]

Not good for the USA, Trump. I guess our President doesn't understand that God holds all the cards...

 

[1LoverofGod]

Related:

Trump after talk with Netanyahu: 'I will not allow West Bank annexation. Not going to happen'​

In recent days, Netanyahu has faced increasing pressure within his coalition to announce annexation steps in response to international momentum recognizing a Palestinian state — particularly after France spearheaded a push joined by countries such as the UK, Canada, and Australia. According to reports in American media, Trump has privately assured Arab leaders during meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly that he will not permit any Israeli annexation of the West Bank.

Trump’s statement Thursday was unambiguous: he will block any annexation — whether full, partial, symbolic, or limited to areas such as the Jordan Valley or settlement blocs. In some ways, the message may benefit Netanyahu politically. It offers him an external constraint he can cite in fending off pressure from more extreme members of his coalition. Netanyahu himself has never shown great enthusiasm for annexation, particularly after concluding that the international costs could be severe — potentially including sanctions or ruptures in diplomatic relations.

Still, Trump’s stance complicates Netanyahu’s position as well. It reinforces an image of Israel as subordinate to U.S. dictates and deprives Netanyahu of the one serious lever of deterrence Israel had in the current diplomatic crisis — leaving the prime minister with limited room to maneuver. In this context, any Israeli response to the recognition of Palestinian statehood may now be focused on diplomatic retaliation against France and the Palestinian Authority.

In Israel, Trump’s remarks triggered strong reactions. MK Tzvi Sukkot of the Religious Zionism party posted on X: “Jewish sovereignty over the Jewish homeland does not depend on any external factor, however friendly it may be. In the face of Europe’s insane recognition of a Palestinian terror state, sovereignty must be applied already during this term.”

Trump after talk with Netanyahu: 'I will not allow West Bank annexation. Not going to happen'

Netanyahu has faced increasing pressure within coalition to announce annexation steps in response to international momentum recognizing a Palestinian state

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[Margery]

This is bad news- for the USA and Donald Trump.

Israel has EVERY right to that land. It is Judea and Samaria, the Biblical heartland of Israel. It was granted to them several times in modern times. It was part of their land in 1948 when Jordan invaded and took it away.

In 67 - 19 years later the Jews got it back, but were kind to their enemies, and didn't force them out as had been done to them in 48.

Israel has that land, they control it, it is their by right BY GODS decree!

Whatever help Trump gives in Gaza he has taken away more with the West Bank. And this cripples the Israeli position against the UN as the above article explains.

 

[1LoverofGod]

Likud ministers call on Netanyahu to apply Israeli sovereignty over W. Bank ahead of Trump visit​

A lawmaker from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party rejects US President Donald Trump’s declaration that he won’t allow Israel to annex the West Bank, stating that the matter “is solely the decision of the Jewish people.”

“We love and appreciate President Trump for standing alongside Israel over the years,” MK Dan Ilouz tweets. “But the State of Israel is a sovereign country.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/likud-mk-israel-loves-trump-but-west-bank-annexation-solely-the-jewish-peoples-decision/