WASHINGTON —

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not allow Israel to annex the occupied West Bank, offering an unequivocal promise to block such a move that Arab leaders in the Middle East have also staunchly opposed.

Asked about Israel officials suggesting in recent weeks that their government could move to seize control of at least some parts of the West Bank, a move that has been floated in response to a number of countries — including key U.S. allies like the United Kingdom and Canada, to recognize a Palestinian state, Trump's response was blunt.

"I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank. I will not allow it. It's not going to happen," he told reporters during an unrelated signing of executive orders in the Oval Office.

Trump said he'd spoken to Israeli Prime Mi

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