Current sectionU.S. News'As recently as February of this year, the White House reiterated that "President Trump has clearly stated that he does not support Israel annexing the West Bank,'" the members wrote, adding that the Israeli plan would be 'annexation in its clearest form'Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe08:57 PM • June 05 2026 IDTWASHINGTON – Eighty-five House Democrats demanded that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration pressure Israel to halt construction in the West Bank's E1 area that would effectively split the territory in two and significantly diminish the possibility of a contiguous Palestinian state.CommentsIn the NewsEx-top Judge Warns Israel 'Sliding Toward Anarchy' Amid Attack on Justice's HomeThree Arab Israelis Shot Dead in Two Incidents as Homicide Surge ContinuesIf the Netanyahu Government Falls, This Will Be the ReasonKnesset Legal Adviser Lets Controversial State Watchdog Vote StandCaptain Eitan Lemberg, Killed in Lebanon, Laid to RestRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkIsrael's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartThey Fled Putin's Russia for Israel – and Could Swing the Election