US President Donald Trump warned that Israel could lose crucial backing from the United States if it moves ahead with annexation of the occupied West Bank.

In a Time magazine interview published Thursday, Trump said the consequences would be severe, emphasizing that his previous assurances to Arab countries constrained such a move.

“It won't happen. It won't happen because I gave my word to the Arab countries. And you can't do that now. We've had great Arab support,” Trump said in comments made via telephone on October 15. “Israel would lose all of its support from the United States if that happened.”

Trump also expressed optimism that Saudi Arabia could join the Abraham Accords, which normalise relations between Israel and Arab states, by the end of the year. “Yes, I do. I do,” he sa

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