{"id":55754,"date":"2025-09-26T10:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/trump-promises-to-prevent-israel-from-annexing-the-west-bank\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:50:07","slug":"trump-promises-to-prevent-israel-from-annexing-the-west-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/trump-promises-to-prevent-israel-from-annexing-the-west-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump promises to prevent Israel from annexing the West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, ahead of Netanyahu\u2019s trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Trump said: \u201cI will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank. Nope. I will not allow it. It\u2019s not gonna happen.\u201d <\/p>\n

When pressed by journalists on whether he had personally discussed the issue with Netanyahu, Trump was non-committal: \u201cWhether I spoke to him or not, I\u2019m not allowing Israel to annex the West Bank.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments came just months after the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, passed a non-binding motion in July 2025 supporting annexation of parts of the occupied territory, a move championed by far-right Israeli leaders such as Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. <\/p>\n

These leaders have also been pushing for settlement expansion that critics warn could end any remaining prospects for a two-state solution.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s remarks directly contradict this momentum and have the potential to strain U.S.\u2013Israel relations. <\/p>\n

According to Al Jazeera, analysts cautioned that while the president\u2019s statement was significant, it did not include details of how he would enforce such a policy if faced with an Israeli annexation plan. <\/p>\n

Some observers warned that without clear diplomatic or economic measures, the pledge could remain symbolic.<\/p>\n

The annexation issue has drawn global concern. In July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law and must be dismantled, urging the return of occupied land to Palestinians.<\/p>\n

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United States President Donald Trump has declared that he would not permit Israel to annex the occupied West Bank, setting up a clear clash with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right coalition partners who have publicly supported annexation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000095135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[201],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-rania-umutoni"],"bylines":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"contributors":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"featured_image":{"id":2000095135,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fgfff.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fgfff.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fgfff.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fgfff.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fgfff.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fgfff.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000095135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55754"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55754"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}