Trump: “Israel’s not going to do anything with the West Bank”
US President Donald Trump said Israel “is not going to anything with the West Bank.”
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US President Donald Trump said Israel “is not going to anything with the West Bank.”
![US President Donald Trump takes questions at the White House on October 23, 2025. [Screenshot via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/23_10_2025_141426596625.mp4.00_00_01_08.Still001-1761252222.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

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![People touch the coffin of deceased Thai hostage Sonthaya Oakkharasri, who, according to the Israeli army, was killed in the orchards of Kibbutz Beeri by Hamas during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, and whose body was taken to Gaza, during a memorial ceremony before he is returned to Thailand, at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, Israel Oct. 22, 2025. [Ronen Zvulun/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-1761241955.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)




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