LONDON: The US will end its support for Israel if its parliament votes to pass a bill giving it sovereignty over the West Bank, President Donald Trump has said.
The bill refers to the region in its Biblical terms, imposing “Israeli sovereignty across Judea and Samaria.”
A preliminary reading — the first of four stages — passed in favor of the legislation on Wednesday with 25 votes for and 24 against.
Trump is adamant that the bill will not pass into law. “It won’t happen because I gave my word to the Arab countries,” he told Time magazine. “Israel would lose all of its support from the United States if that happened.”
He told reporters on Thursday: “Don’t worry about the West Bank. Israel’s not going to do anything with the West Bank.”
