Trump says he will not allow Israel to include the West Bank

President Trump said on Thursday that Israel would not be allowed to include the occupied West Bank, a idea of ​​circulating among the members of the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“I will not allow Israel to include the West Bank,” the president told reporters during an oval office event. “There was enough. It’s time to stop now.”

The president’s comments come yet numerous Media She stated that Mr. Trump stressed the unilateral Arab leaders and the Muslim majority this week that he would retract any Israeli effort to include the occupied territories.

In recent days, many Western countries – including FranceThe United Kingdom and Canada moved to recognize a Palestinian state, which leads to Netanyahu Pledge A kind of response. Some extremist members of the Netanyahu Governor Coalition have compressed Israeli government To respond by including a large part of the West Bank, although it is unclear whether Netanyahu will seek to take this step.

Netanyahu did not immediately respond to Mr. Trump’s comments.

The West Bank – which was occupied by Israel since 1967 – is home to millions of Palestinians and hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers. Since the 1990s, the region has been divided between the areas where the Palestinian Authority has a degree of control and the regions that the Israeli army has fully governed. Most of the proposals for an independent Palestinian state included control of Israel to waive the vast majority of the West Bank.

If Israel includes some or all of the West Bank, which officially controls the region, it may make the formation of a Palestinian state almost impossible. Step You can also bother The Arab countries allied by the United States, some of which sought to improve their relations with Israel.

Netanyahu ruled out allowing the formation of a Palestinian state, Call the increasing pressure on the case A ridiculous terrorism prize last week.

The Netanyahu government has faced increasing international pressure on its dealings with the Israel-Hasmas war, which destroyed a lot of the Gaza tape and killed more than 60,000 people The Ministry of Health in GazaAnd that does not specify the number of deaths from militants or civilians. The war started when the militants, led by Hamas, southern Israel, attacked on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.

Mr. Trump pressed Israel and Hamas to conclude a ceasefire deal that could lead to the release of Israeli hostages, but the agreement remained out of reach.