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Trump Says He Will Not Allow Israel to Annex the West Bank
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, and US President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on April 7, 2025.
Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg
US President Donald Trump said he would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces pressure from some members of his coalition to increase Israeli control over the region.
“I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank, I will not allow it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday. Asked if he had discussed that stance with Netanyahu, Trump demurred, suggesting that it did not matter “whether I spoke to him or not.”