President Donald Trump responded to a question from a reporter in the Oval Office on Monday about Israel’s possible annexation of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) by illustrating how small Israel really is
The question arose in advance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on Tuesday. Trump has, in the past, given the nod to Israel’s proposed annexation of the West Bank in principle, but pushed back on it in practice, using the prospect of annexation instead as a bargaining chip to reach the Abraham Accords deal.
More recently, Trump has implied that Israel should annex Gaza, and that Palestinians should be encouraged to leave for other Arab countries, rather than staying in a small strip of territory that Hamas has used to launch many wars. (Ed note: Read the Q & A in the article) (Read More)
