Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Trump today. President Trump, worryingly, was asked on Monday about Israel annexing the West Bank and he said this:
“It’s a small country in terms of land…that’s not good… It’s a pretty small piece of land and it’s amazing that they’ve been able to do what they’ve been able to do when you think about it. There’s a lot of very smart brainpower. But it is a very small piece of land, no question about it.”
What does that mean exactly? That the U.S. President supports Israel annexing and ousting Palestinians from their homes? That he thinks that Israel has outgrown it’s country? Even if it did annex the West Bank, Israel would still be a small piece of land so….would Jordan and Egypt be next? Israel already tried to take the Sinai Peninsula but had to give it back in 1982 due to the Camp David Accords.
The Wall Street Journal cites unnamed “U.S. officials” reporting that “the Trump administration has asked congressional leaders to approve new transfers of roughly $1 billion worth of bombs and other military hardware to Israel at the same time the White House is working to preserve a fragile cease-fire in Gaza.”
This was announced by the Biden administration and President Trump has said that Israel already paid for them. Israeli officials have said that this was part of the conditions of the ceasefire.
