His government Israel examines the attachment of occupied West Bank As a possible response to the recognition of a Palestinian state from France and other countries, three Israeli officials said.
The expansion of Israel’s sovereignty to the West Bank, a de facto land attachment to the Middle East war in 1967, will be found on the agenda of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Security Council meeting, which will take place late on Sunday night.
It is not clear that exactly any such measure will be applied and when, either only in Israeli settlements or in some of them, or in specific areas of the West Bank such as the Jordan valley, and if the discussions follow tangible steps, which will probably entail a long -term legislative procedure.
Any step towards attaching to the West Bank is sure to cause a wide condemnation by the Palestinians, who are seeking the area for a future state, as well as from Arab and Western countries.
It is not clear what the position of US President Donald Trump is on the subject. The White House and the State Department did not respond immediately to a comment request.
A spokesman for Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar did not respond to a comment on whether Saar had discussed the move with his US counterpart, Mark Rubio, during his visit to Washington last week.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, however, denies reports, stressing: “Israel has no territorial claims against neighboring countries. Our goal is peace and security. “
A previous commitment by Netanyahu to annexation of Jewish settlements and the Jordan valley was canceled in 2020 to promote Israel’s relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to the so -called Abraham agreements reached by the first.
The office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Washington said on Friday that it would not allow Abbas to travel to New York for the UN General Assembly to the United Nations, where many US allies are expected to recognize a Palestinian state.
Israel, which is facing increasing international criticism of the war in the Gaza Strip, is outraged by the commitments of France, Britain, Australia and Canada formally recognizing a Palestinian state at a summit during the Summit during the Summit.