Overview

• Speaking in the Oval Office, President Trump said he will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank, calling for the fighting to stop as Netanyahu arrives for a UN address.
• U.S. officials presented Arab leaders with a 21-point proposal reported to tie the release of hostages, a permanent ceasefire, Hamas disarmament, governance of Gaza without Hamas, and Israel’s gradual withdrawal to a pledge of no annexation and a freeze on new settlements.
• Netanyahu is due to speak at the UN on Friday and meet Trump in Washington on Monday, after his government advanced the contentious E1 settlement plan and coalition hardliners pressed for annexation.
• Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Trump grasped the grave risks of annexation, and France’s Emmanuel Macron warned it would be a red line that could upend the Abraham Accords, as multiple Western countries recognized a Palestinian state this week.
• Trump did not specify how the U.S. would enforce the non‑annexation pledge, and the push comes against a severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where local health authorities report more than 65,000 dead and pockets of famine.