Trump Opposes West Bank Annexation
During a conversation with a US-based news outlet, Trump was questioned about newly endorsed actions by Israel’s security cabinet concerning the territory. While he avoided commenting on detailed aspects, he remarked, “I am against annexation.”
“We have enough things to think about now. We don’t need to be dealing with the West Bank,” he further noted.
Earlier on Sunday, Israel’s security cabinet instructed the revocation of a regulation that prohibited the sale of Palestinian property to Jewish buyers in the West Bank. The cabinet also authorized the reopening of land registry documents and reassigned the authority for issuing construction permits in a settlement cluster near Hebron from the Palestinian local administration to Israel’s civil authority.
These decisions additionally broaden Israeli supervision and regulatory enforcement into zones identified as Area A and Area B, referencing claimed infractions involving unauthorized building, water-related concerns, and harm to archaeological and ecological locations.
Within the last three years, the Israeli administration has examined proposals for the construction of approximately 50,000 housing units in West Bank settlements.
This comes alongside the seizure of nearly 60,000 dunams (14,826 acres) of territory since the outbreak of the conflict with Hamas in October 2023.
In a significant advisory ruling issued in July 2024, the International Court of Justice determined that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land is unlawful and urged the removal of all settlements from the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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