The United States under the Trump administration has signaled no chance it would approve any deal with the Palestinians that would see Israel surrender its claims to sovereignty over the West Bank. The region is home to 3.3 million Palestinians. It also happens to be the heart of ancient Israel, Judea and Samaria.
The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, told the Jerusalem Post when questioned about how the U.S. views the West Bank, “We respect Israel as a sovereign nation. We are not going to tell Israel what it can and cannot do any more than we would expect Israel to tell us what we can and cannot do.”
Washington respects Israeli sovereignty in West Bank, rejects Palestinian state’s recognition, says US ambassador – The Indian Express
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Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, has hinted that Washington would not oppose the annexation of the Occupied West Bank if the country decides to do so. Huckabee said that it was Israel’s sovereign decision and the US would not dictate terms to Jerusalem.
