Trump Promises Arab Leaders He Won’t Allow Israel to Annex the West Bank

By The Blogging Hounds President Donald Trump told Arab and Muslim leaders behind closed doors at the United Nations this week that he would not allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the West Bank. The pledge — described by six people familiar with the meeting — signals Trump’s willingness to restrain Israel at a…

By The Blogging Hounds

President Donald Trump told Arab and Muslim leaders behind closed doors at the United Nations this week that he would not allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the West Bank. The pledge — described by six people familiar with the meeting — signals Trump’s willingness to restrain Israel at a moment of global pressure, while also protecting the fragile Abraham Accords from collapse.

Trump’s “Most Important Meeting”
Trump met with leaders from eight Arab and Muslim countries in what he called his “most important” meeting of the day. While he offered no public remarks afterward, multiple sources say the president was firm: “Israel will not be allowed to absorb the West Bank.” Two participants described Trump as blunt and unwavering on the point, even as his administration continues to support Netanyahu’s military operations against Hamas in Gaza.

The White House also presented a 21-point plan for peace in Gaza, outlined by special envoy Steve Witkoff at the Concordia summit in New York. While the plan touched on governance and postwar security arrangements, Witkoff sidestepped direct mention of the West Bank promise.

Arab Pressure and the Abraham Accords
Arab leaders reportedly warned Trump that any Israeli move to annex parts of the West Bank — already heavily settled and patrolled by Israel — would be a red line. Several warned that annexation could shatter the Abraham Accords, Trump’s signature foreign policy achievement from his first term, which normalized relations between Israel and several Arab states.

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the talks “fruitful” in a Fox News interview, but declined to elaborate. Arab diplomats privately said they pressed Trump to stop Netanyahu from seizing the moment to push annexation, with Israeli elections looming and far-right members of his coalition demanding it.

Netanyahu’s Calculus
Despite Trump’s pledge, Netanyahu faces pressure at home. Calls to annex parts of the West Bank have grown louder as European nations move toward recognizing a Palestinian state and as Israel deepens its de facto control with settlement expansion and security enforcement. Far-right members of his government view annexation as the fulfillment of a long-cherished dream, and Netanyahu may be tempted to use it as an election-year rallying point.

More than 64,000 Palestinians have been killed in the ongoing war with Hamas, fueling global anger and intensifying the diplomatic stakes of Trump’s meeting. Netanyahu is set to meet Trump at the White House on Monday, a conversation Arab leaders will watch closely to see whether Trump doubles down on his red line against annexation.

Globalist Agenda and Prophetic Implications
The world’s leaders frame annexation of the West Bank as the ultimate obstacle to the so-called “two-state solution.” Arab and European officials insist it would end any hope of Israel’s further integration into the region. Yet the prophetic reality is clear: the nations are gathering to pressure Israel into dividing the land.

The New York Declaration of July 2025 already condemned both Hamas and Israel, exposing the double standard applied to the Jewish state. Now Trump’s assurances — though politically pragmatic to preserve the Abraham Accords — echo the globalist demand that Israel surrender its God-given inheritance for the sake of “peace and security.”

Scripture warns of this very moment: “I will enter into judgment with them there on behalf of My people and My inheritance Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; they have also divided up My land” (Joel 3:2). Whether annexation is delayed or not, the prophetic trajectory is unmistakable.

The Bottom Line
Trump may have bought time by assuring Arab leaders that annexation is off the table, but the underlying tensions remain. Netanyahu faces pressure from his right flank, Arab leaders are drawing red lines, and global elites continue pushing the two-state framework. The nations want to divide the land — but the Bible is clear: this is a line God Himself has drawn.

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