Trump Reaffirms Opposition to West Bank Annexation Ahead of Netanyahu Meeting

U.S. President Donald Trump has reiterated his opposition to Israeli annexation of the West Bank, days after Israel’s security cabinet advanced measures to reform land registration and property acquisition procedures in the territory. “I am against annexation,” Trump said in an interview with Axios published on Feb. 10. “We have enough things to think about now. We don’t need to be dealing with the West Bank.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington on Feb. 10 for talks expected to focus on Iran. Israel’s security cabinet approved the land reform and property acquisition measures on Feb. 9. The changes repealed what Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich described as outdated Jordanian provisions prohibiting the sale of land to Jews and requiring transaction permits....