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Trump says he and Netanyahu don't fully agree on West Bank

"We have had a discussion, big discussion, for a long time on the West Bank, and I wouldn't say we agree on the West Bank 100%, but we'll come to a conclusion," Trump said when asked if he is concerned about Israeli settler violence in the West Bank and whether he had conveyed a message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the occupied territory.

Reuters WORLD
Published December 30,2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump ⁠said on Monday that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ‍Netanyahu did not agree fully on the ‌issue of ‍the Israeli-occupied West Bank but the Republican leader did not lay out what the disagreement was.

In a press briefing after Trump's meeting with Netanyahu in Florida at his Mar-a-Lago estate, the U.S. president ⁠was asked if he had a message for Netanyahu about the West Bank and if he was concerned that settler violence in the West Bank ‌could undermine peace.

"We have had a discussion, big discussion for a long time on the West ‍Bank. And I wouldn't say we ‍agree on ‍the West Bank 100%, but ⁠we'll come ‍to a conclusion on the West Bank," Trump told reporters.