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U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel would suffer its important backing from the United States if it annexes the occupied West Bank, successful a Time mag interrogation published connected Thursday (October 23, 2025).
Mr. Trump’s comments, which Time said were made by telephone connected October 15, were published arsenic some Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned against immoderate annexation.
“It won’t happen. It won’t hap due to the fact that I gave my connection to the Arab countries. And you can’t bash that now. We’ve had large Arab support,” Mr. Trump said erstwhile asked what the consequences would beryllium for Israel if it did so. “Israel would suffer each of its enactment from the United States if that happened.”
Mr. Trump besides told Time that helium believed Saudi Arabia would articulation the Abraham Accords, which normalise relations betwixt Israel and Arab states, by the extremity of the year.
“Yes, I do. I do,” helium said erstwhile asked if helium thought Riyadh would articulation successful that time-frame.
“See they had a problem. They had a Gaza occupation and they had an Iran problem. Now they don’t person those 2 problems,” helium said, referring to Israel’s warfare successful Gaza and Iran’s atomic program, which U.S. airstrikes targeted earlier this year.
Mr. Trump past said that helium would beryllium “making a decision” connected whether Israel should merchandise high-profile Palestinian captive Marwan Barghouti arsenic portion of bid moves.
Barghouti — from Hamas’s rival, the Fatah question — was among the Palestinian prisoners Hamas wanted to spot released arsenic portion of the Gaza deal, according to Egyptian state-linked media.
Mr. Trump has dispatched a watercourse of apical officials to Israel successful caller days to enactment up the fragile Gaza ceasefire helium brokered earlier this month.
But arsenic Mr. Vance wrapped up his three-day sojourn and Mr. Rubio arrived, Israeli lawmakers precocious 2 Bills paving the mode for West Bank annexation. Mr. Vance said it was a “very anserine governmental stunt.”
