Netanyahu and Settler Leaders Plot West Bank Annexation Ahead of Trump Talks
Netanyahu faces increasing pressure from far-right allies and settler leaders emboldened by recent Western recognition of a Palestinian state.
USA, PUREWILAYAH.COM – The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with leaders of illegal West Bank settlements in New York on Sunday night, just hours before his scheduled talks with US President Donald Trump.
The meeting underscored the colonial ambitions of the occupation regime and Washington’s complicity, even as Palestinians face daily raids, killings, and home demolitions.
Meeting with Settler Leaders
Israeli media reported that Netanyahu reassured the settler delegation that he would raise the issue of annexing the occupied West Bank during his White House talks. At the same time, he admitted the “complicated reality,” signaling that full annexation may not occur immediately.
The gathering included figures such as Israel Ganz, head of the Yesha Council, and Yossi Dagan, chair of the Samaria Regional Council. Both are staunch advocates of annexation, framing it as the ultimate rejection of Palestinian statehood and a step toward the full colonization of Palestinian land.
Ganz later boasted on social media that he and other settler leaders had visited the New York gravesite of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson to pray for “Israeli sovereignty” over the West Bank, a symbolic act reinforcing the extremist, messianic ideology that drives the settlement enterprise.
Pressure from Extremists and Far Right
Netanyahu faces increasing pressure from far-right allies and settler leaders emboldened by recent Western recognition of a Palestinian state.
Rather than halting colonial expansion, Netanyahu has doubled down on empowering illegal settlements while publicly rejecting Palestinian independence.
During the meeting, he contrasted Trump’s support with former US President Barack Obama’s limited opposition to settlements. “We have a supportive president,” Netanyahu said, praising Trump for his permissive stance.
The United Arab Emirates, which normalized relations with the Zionist entity under US sponsorship, warned that annexation would cross a “red line.” Yet such warnings carry little weight against the entrenched US-Israeli alliance that shields Tel Aviv from accountability.
Ongoing Crimes in the West Bank
The push for annexation comes amid escalating Israeli crimes in the West Bank. Occupation forces continue to storm Palestinian towns, arrest youths without charges, execute civilians extrajudicially, and demolish homes.
These systematic violations of international law are met with silence—or outright defense—from Washington.
Trump’s Gaza Plan: Cover for Occupation
Netanyahu will meet Trump on Monday at the White House, marking their fourth encounter since Trump’s return to power. The two are expected to discuss Gaza, where the US president is promoting a so-called 21-point “peace plan.”
The plan, unveiled at the UN in New York, proposes:
A permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
The release of Palestinian captives under Resistance custody.
Deployment of an international occupation-style “stabilization force.”
Foreign oversight of Gaza’s governance.
A transitional Palestinian committee stripped of real sovereignty.
Trump, who described the plan as offering a “real chance for greatness in the Middle East,” seeks to repackage Gaza’s destruction into a Western-controlled project that denies true Palestinian self-determination.
Netanyahu, however, rejected even this flawed compromise, vowing at the UN to “finish the job” of crushing Palestinian Resistance.
He ruled out the creation of a Palestinian state and excluded the Palestinian Authority from any role in Gaza, making clear that Tel Aviv’s real goal is total domination. (PW)