{"id":283084,"date":"2026-02-10T02:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T02:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/283084\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T02:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T02:14:08","slug":"us-stresses-opposition-to-annexation-after-israeli-steps-to-expand-west-bank-grip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/283084\/","title":{"rendered":"US stresses opposition to annexation after Israeli steps to expand West Bank grip"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\tUS stresses opposition to annexation after Israeli steps to expand West Bank grip<\/a><\/p>\n

The White House reiterates its opposition to Israel annexing the West Bank and stresses the importance of maintaining stability in the territory in a statement responding to the security cabinet\u2019s approval of a series of measures aimed at expanding Jerusalem\u2019s grip in the areas Palestinians hope will make up their future state.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump has clearly stated that he does not support Israel annexing the West Bank,\u201d reads a statement attributed to a White House official sent to reporters who asked for comment on the security cabinet decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cA stable West Bank keeps Israel secure and is in line with this administration\u2019s goal to achieve peace in the region,\u201d the White House official adds.<\/p>\n

The statement does not directly condemn or even address the measures approved by Israel, which violate the Oslo Accords by expanding Jerusalem\u2019s administrative powers in West Bank areas that are supposed to be under the Palestinian Authority\u2019s control.<\/p>\n

The statement does not mention whether the US has raised its concern over the security cabinet decision with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

It has issued similarly vague statements calling for stability in the West Bank before in response to controversial decisions by Israel to expand settlements in the territory.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tThis picture taken from the \u201cE1 corridor\u201d northeast of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank shows vehicles moving along a highway near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim (top) on February 4, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI \/ AFP)<\/p>\n

Upon his return to office, Trump indicated<\/a> that he was mulling expressing his support for Israel annexing the West Bank.<\/p>\n

But as Israel appeared to move toward the move, Arab allies of the US expressed their alarm, indicating it could risk their willingness to assist in the post-war management of Gaza as it would all but foreclose any chance for a two-state solution.<\/p>\n

In response, Trump announced<\/a> in September that he would not \u201callow\u201d Israel to annex the West Bank.<\/p>\n

The next month, Israel\u2019s Knesset nonetheless adopted<\/a> a pair of symbolic resolutions expressing support for the move, infuriating the administration and US Vice President JD Vance in particular, as he was visiting the country at the time.<\/p>\n

Israel has still advanced a slew of measures in recent months, which watchdogs say amount to de facto annexation. However, Jerusalem has avoided a formal move in that direction.<\/p>\n

During Netanyahu\u2019s last visit to the US with Trump in late January, Trump\u2019s aides raised their concern over the situation in the West Bank, taking particular issue with unchecked settler violence, settlement expansion and Israel\u2019s withholding of several billion dollars in Palestinian Authority tax revenues, which has brought the Ramallah-based government to the brink of collapse, a US official told<\/a> The Times of Israel then.<\/p>\n

Trump, at the time, publicly acknowledged disagreements with Netanyahu regarding the West Bank but declined to elaborate, insisting that the premier will ultimately \u201cdo the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two leaders are slated to meet again on Wednesday, but the focus of the sitdown is expected to be Iran. But Gaza will likely come up, and Washington has expressed concern that tensions in the West Bank risk upending the administration\u2019s efforts to stabilize the Strip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US stresses opposition to annexation after Israeli steps to expand West Bank grip The White House reiterates its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-283084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}