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Likud MK: Israel loves Trump but West Bank annexation ‘solely the Jewish people’s decision’
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Likud MK Dan Ilouz at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 22, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
A lawmaker from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party rejects US President Donald Trump’s declaration that he won’t allow Israel to annex the West Bank, stating that the matter “is solely the decision of the Jewish people.”
“We love and appreciate President Trump for standing alongside Israel over the years,” MK Dan Ilouz tweets. “But the State of Israel is a sovereign country.”
“No international figure, even a great and beloved friend, can dictate to us how to relate to our land.”
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