Trump says he won’t allow Israel to annex the West Bank

Trump says he won’t allow Israel to annex the West Bank

 Trump says he won’t allow Israel to annex the West Bank Is that a place behind you? On Gaza, did you promise the leaders this week that you would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank? Is that something I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank? No,

I will not allow it. It is not going to happen. Have you spoken to Netanyahu about this? Yes, but I will not allow it whether I have spoken to him or not. I have, but I am not allowing Israel to annex it.

West Bank. Mr. Enough is enough. It is time to stop. Okay. We have very good relations with many countries and you can.

I will be even happier when you find out because we spoke to Mrs. Netanyahu today and we spoke to all the leaders of the Middle East who are great people and we are getting very close.

A deal on Gaza and perhaps even peace, which would be the first time in the region in almost 2,000 years. I'll be the first to say it.

Steve, what would you say? In the first 2,000 years or maybe President. Two thousand years. That's a long time.

Trump says he will not allow Israel to annex the occupied West Bank

Now we're going to bring you some breaking news from the White House. US President Donald Trump has said for the first time publicly that he will not allow Israel to annex the occupied West Bank. Here's some of what the president said a few minutes ago

Here's some of it. I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank. No, I will not allow it. It's not going to happen. Have you spoken to Netanyahu about it?

Yes, but I will not allow it. Whether I spoke to him or not, I did. But I am not allowing Israel to annex the West Bank. Enough is enough. It's time to stop. Okay.

AlZero's Alan Fisher is here for us now live from Washington, D.C. We just heard from the US President. Enough is enough. It's time to stop. He said the same thing in the Oval Office a while ago if I'm not mistaken. Alan, give us all

the context we need around this:

When he says enough is enough, it has to stop, more on the Gaza war. And that certainly backs up the comments that we've heard from administration officials in the last few days, particularly

Tom Barak, who you're talking about now, who said that while he didn't hold out much hope for a ceasefire, it really had to stop. People were tired and they had had enough. As for stopping Israel from annexing the West Bank, that's certainly been the case.

There's been talk about it for the last 6 months. Oh, of course the concern is that the United States has faced this on several occasions. Under several administrations, we've said to Israel, "No, no, you can't do this.

Please stop." And then Israel went ahead and did it and it didn't work. And Israel recognizes that it can operate with impunity because while the US can threaten to withhold support and diplomatic backing,

it has never done so in any context. So when Donald Trump gave Israel this rather surprising sign, he is not going to let the Western countries do that. It is crystal clear what happens next.

Trump has made a lot of comments about the war in Gaza, how it was supposed to end, how it was going to have dire consequences, how it was over in a few days, and it is still going on. And we are certainly approaching the second anniversary.

Donald Trump would like to see a ceasefire there. He would like to be the person who actually brokers it. His ambassador Tom Barrack said that there is no possibility of a ceasefire. He said that there has been a 27-day ceasefire. Where did he get that number, we're pretty sure,

But he says he doesn't see another ceasefire anytime soon, but he says the president would like to see one. It's just putting pressure on the Israelis, but the Israelis have been pretty steadfast in resisting American pressure in the past.

Alan Fisher reporting from Washington, D.C. And a quick reminder for our viewers is that Israel maintains a military occupation of Israel.

The occupied West Bank, which is considered illegal under international law. And it's been happening since 1967. Thank you very much, Alan.

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President of Palestinian Authority speaks over video at UN after US revoked his visa  Now on to the UN General Assembly. More leaders are speaking today. This includes the president of the Palestinian Authority, who spoke via videoconference after the US revoked his visa.

Local 10’s Janice Fernandez joins us live from New York with the president’s message about the war in Gaza. Janice, this was a highly anticipated speech because Palestine has been recognized as a state by a majority of UN members, really taking center stage during this high-level week.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas began his speech by thanking UN members for their commitment to finding a two-state solution. Now Abbas is telling UN General Assembly members that Hamas will have no role in the Palestinian government.

He also called on Hamas to lay down its weapons. He condemned the October 7 attacks and said the hostages must

be released. He also said that Palestine recognizes Israel’s right to exist. Condemning the war in Gaza, he said that more than 1 million people have been displaced as a result of this war

and at the same time he added that more than 60,000 people have been killed because of it. He called on the international community to join him and continue to demand an end to this war, asking Israel to stop the ground attacks. Listen, what Israel is doing is not aggression.

This is a war crime and a crime against humanity that has been documented and monitored and will be recorded in the pages of history books and journals.

Internationally recognized as the most horrific chapter of human tragedy in the 20th and 21st centuries. Of course, the recognition of Palestine as a state by the majority of members is a piece of this really complex puzzle because it

is a complex situation. The fact is that the Palestinian Authority does not control Gaza. Hamas does and Israel continues its assault on Gaza, vowing to continue until Hamas is defeated.

The Palestinian Authority has been criticized in the past and some have said it is corrupt and ineffective. In fact, French President Emmanuel Macron, who

has been the one who has led the way in recognizing statehood and the two-state solution, has said that the only way this is going to work is if the Palestinian Authority goes through some very serious reforms. We know what he might say.

You are already getting a preview of that. There are a lot of questions on people's minds for that, including what the reaction might be to other countries recognizing Palestine as a state.

The Prime Minister will be speaking tomorrow and it is going to be another closely watched speech and he is really giving us a preview of that.

He plans to be here in New York before he leaves Israel. He said he was going to condemn the nations that are recognizing Palestine as a state and he was going to say that Israel will not stop its attacks.

In fact, Haven said that under his watch, Palestine will not become a state, there is still a lot to be done. Also know that Netanyahu will meet with President Trump on Monday to discuss the war and a possible path to peace and a ceasefire.

So, we will certainly be watching Netanyahu's address to the United Nations tomorrow. Okay, Janice, thank you. Janice Fernandez is reporting for us from New York and she will be there all week. We will be with you and we will get back to you later, Janice.