Overview

• Trump told reporters he would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank, declaring, “It’s not going to happen.”
• Likud’s Dan Ilouz, Religious Zionism’s Zvi Sukkot, and Noam’s Avi Maoz said the decision rests with Israel and urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to advance sovereignty plans.
• Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan framed annexation as a security necessity after Oct. 7 to prevent a Palestinian state he says would endanger Israel.
• Netanyahu arrived in New York to address the United Nations and is scheduled to meet Trump in Washington next week, with the issue expected to be raised.
• A senior Israeli official said the Trump administration had privately urged Israel not to proceed, and reporting notes that without U.S. backing any move would lack international legitimacy and invite broad condemnation.