Donald Trump says he 'will not allow' Netanyahu to annex West Bank | BBC News

US President Donald Trump said he will not allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

"I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank... It's not going to happen”, Trump told reporters.

Trump, who will meet Netanyahu on Monday, also said a ceasefire deal over the war in Gaza was "pretty close".

Israel is facing increasing global pressure to end the conflict and occupation of the West Bank, as a wave of Western states formally recognise an independent Palestinian state.

Far-right Israelis view annexation as a means of preventing a Palestinian state being created.

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