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Trump opposes Israeli 'annexation' of West Bank: Republican sources

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 21 Nov 2024 23:28
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The anonymous statements come after heightened speculation in recent weeks about Trump's nominations of pro-"Israel" officials in his future cabinet who support West Bank "annexation".

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  • Trump opposes Israeli annexation of West Bank: Republican sources
    President Donald Trump speaks at the White House, on November 5, 2020. (AP)

Republican Party sources have revealed that President-elect Donald Trump is opposed to "Israel's" ambitions to "annex" the occupied West Bank. 

According to the Israeli site Ynet News, a top Republican Senator close to the President-elect has stated that "Trump will not approve the annexation" of the West Bank.

The incoming president believes that such a step would be "a mistake for Israel" and would harm the occupation's international position, which has already been seriously harmed by the war on Gaza for over a year now.
 
Trump is also apparently concerned that any official "annexation" will further disrupt and derail efforts to achieve normalization between "Israel" and Saudi Arabia, which is a key priority for the incoming Trump administration, with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham working particularly hard on that goal.

The anonymous statements come after heightened speculation in recent weeks about Trump's nominations of pro-"Israel" officials in his future cabinet who support "West Bank annexation".

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That said, the Israeli settler lobby, along with the Netanyahu government, is now urging President-elect Trump to overturn President Biden’s executive order addressing settler violence and to lift all sanctions implemented over the past ten months.

Reversing these sanctions could serve as one of Trump's initial foreign policy actions.

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