In the same manner that some in the MAGA camp have been arguing that Israel does not own America, America likewise does not own Israel. Israel is a sovereign nation which is doing what it needs to do in order to survive the jihad. It isn’t only about Hamas. It is about the entire jihad against the state of Israel. Both Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are committed to Israel’s destruction, and both groups are quite active in Judea and Samaria (also known as the West Bank). Brigadier General Amir Avivi, founder and chairman of the Israel Defense And Security Forum, has warned that many released “murderous terrorists” who make their way to Judea and Samaria establish militias. Avivi has stated in February that once the “hostage deal” was over, “it will require significant military pressure on the terror infrastructure in both Judea and Samaria, as well as Gaza…I trust our soldiers to do whatever is needed to secure a decisive win.”
Only four months after Hamas’ savage October 7 attack, Judea and Samaria saw a 350% rise in terrorist attacks. And last summer, Judea and Samaria was reported to be “literally on fire.” Palestinian terrorists were intentionally and persistently lighting forest fires “in an attempt to literally smoke Israeli farmers, ranchers, and settlers out of the area.” Also, the Syrian jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham issued a fatwa nine months ago, encouraging Palestinians in Judea and Samaria to continue their jihad against Israel.
It is no coincidence that after Trump met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the White House that Trump now declares “I’m not allowing Israel to annex the West Bank.” A top Israeli strategic analyst has dubbed Turkey “the New Iran,” and for good reason.
According to Reuters:
The Turkish leader said he and Trump had held extensive discussions about U.S. ally Israel’s war in Gaza and peace efforts there. He said they had “reached an understanding” on how to achieve a ceasefire and lasting peace in Gaza and Palestine. Erdogan also said he explained to Trump the need for a two-state solution in the Middle East for regional peace. Turkey is a vocal critic of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, calling it a “genocide”, and has urged countries including the U.S. to end their support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Israel strongly denies genocide charges.
Trump’s declaration is worrying news for Israel and also for the West, since Israel stands at the frontlines of the global jihad.
“Trump: I will not allow Israel to annex Judea and Samaria,” by Elad Benari, Israel National News, September 26, 2025:
US President Donald Trump stressed in a conversation with reporters on Thursday that he will “not allow” Israel to apply sovereignty over Judea and Samaria.
“I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank. No, I will not allow it. It’s not going to happen,” Trump replied firmly when asked by a reporter about the issue.
Asked whether he spoke about it with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about this, Trump responded, “Yeah, but I’m not going to allow it, whether I spoke to him or not. I did, but I’m not allowing Israel to annex the West Bank. There’s been enough. It’s time to stop now.”
Trump also told reporters that he had a “very good” conversation with Netanyahu earlier in the day, and expressed hope that a hostage release deal could be agreed upon soon.
“I had some very, really good talks today on Gaza, with both the Middle East representatives and kings and all of the top leaders in the Middle East,” said Trump.
“And we had also a very good conversation with Bibi Netanyahu, trying to get the hostages back, and we’re trying to get the end of the Gaza situation. It’s really bad, very bad,” he added.
Earlier on Thursday, at a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Trump said an international effort is underway to bring an end to the hostilities in Gaza and to secure a hostage release deal.
“I had a great meeting with [Middle East] leaders… at UNGA – and I think we’re close to getting some kind of a deal done. We want to get the hostages back. I have to get the hostages back,” President Trump stated……
commonsense says
Trump has done many admirable things, but he seems clueless regarding Islam’s expansionist imperative and the strategic, legal and historical basis for Israel’s claim to Judea and Samaria. His opposition to Israel’s plan for annexation of at least some of Judea/Samaria is utterly wrong-headed, effectively weakening Israel’s ability to fight its implacable Muslim enemies, whose jihad against Israel will never end, despite Bibi’s wishful and unrealistic statements this morning at the U.N. The irony was that the delegations of many if not all the countries deemed potential peace partners walked out of the General Assembly precisely when Bibi arrived to give his presentation. This, along with Arab leaders’ warning Trump that they would abandon the so-called Abraham Accords if Israel proceeded with its plans for annexation of areas containing militias attacking Israel, underscores the hollowness of this faux accord, as Israel’s necessity for self-defense is repudiated; Israel’s only utility being its willingness to attack Iran, while the Sunni states watch the fighting but never actually participate. One may also ask what Turkey, an obvious enemy of Israel and close ally of NATO’s adversaries, would need with F-15 fighter planes, the sale of which Trump has not ruled out. What countries or groups would Erdogan be targeting? Israel? Kurds?
Years ago, Trump had suspicions that “Islam hates us.” Whatever happened?
carpediadem says
He got Lebanese relatives by marriage and a Qatari plane.
commonsense says
I had always believed that Trump could not be bought, given his immense personal wealth. But I now believe that even he has succumbed to promises of multi-billion dollar investments by KSA and other Gulf states. As you mention, the gift of the Qatari plane exemplifies this. Very troubling, indeed.
Karen Dowden says
So agree, This is very stupid of him. He needs to become educated about ISLAM, the sooner the better.
I AM THE INFIDEL YOUR IMAM WARNED YOU ABOUT says
Neither Trump nor the United States own Israel just as Israel does not own the United States. Israel is fighting for it’s survival. Judea and Samaria belong to Israel …. NOT the so called ‘palestinians’ or any Arab.
Trump and the US have no right to dictate to Israel what it should do to maintain it’s survival.
Ernie says
Amen !
GE says
Double Amen!
OLD GUY says
Totally Agree.
gravenimage says
+1
Billy says
Now, we see Trump’s incompetence if the Muslims countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Turkey, etc. have ‘bought off’ President Trump through large investments in America despite Islam’s violence, discrimination, and terrorism against Non-Muslims. Islam is a corruptive and terroristic ideology(Quran 3:54; 7:99; 8:30; 9:5, 29, 111, etc.), and our Western leaders to do not identify this clear threat.
Islam functions like a Terrorist-Criminal-Gang Enterprise. Similar to a Foreign Terrorist Organization(FTO) designated by the USA Secretary of State, Islam and its Muslims are a MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION(MTO) fighting against Non-Muslims to make Islam supreme and NOT A PEACEFUL religion under Western Law because Islam funds, teaches, and promotes Terrorist Criminal Organizations with Muslims as Terrorists for Allah(Quran 2:191; 4:89, 91; 9:5,29, 111; 49:15, etc.).
Muslims make false claims and deceitful exaggerations, breed a grievance mentality, and aggravate divisions among people in a manner that allows for justification of terroristic violence(Quran 3:28,54; 7:99; 8:30, etc.). Allah in Qur’an 49:15 says, “Surely the believers[Muslims] are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed jihad with their MONEY and their LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.”
Allah in Quran 4:101 says, “…Surely the infidels(Non-Muslims) were your clear enemies.” Allah disrespects and detests Jews and Christians for not being Muslims by teaching discrimination. So, Allah’s apostle in Sahih Muslim 26:5389 says, “Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you and when you meet any one of them on the roads force him to the narrowest part of it[where excrement and trash flow].”
MUSLIM BELIEVERS are a greater TERROR than Allah. Allah in Qur’an 59:13 says, “You[Muslims] are a greater terror in their chests than Allah. This is because they[Jews & Christians] are people who do not understand.”
Hugh Fitzgerald says
Let’s see.
In May a member of the UAE ruling familly invested $2 billion dollars in the Trump family’s crypocurrency start-up. After that the UAE was allowed to buy thousands of chips, despite fears by some in the government that those chips might fall into the hands of the Chinese.
Qatar, the main supporter of Hamas, gave Trump a $400 million dollar Boein 747, which he plans to sell and use the proceeds to support his presidential library
And so on and so bloody forth.
Surely these transactions help explain his sudden, and unacceptable, harshness as he presumes to tell Israel what it can and cannot do in Judea and Samaria, where Jews have lived for 3500 years, and which was always supposed by the League of Nations to be included in the territory assigned to the Mandate for Palestine that eventually was to become the Jewish National Home and then the State of Israel..
Ruth E weekly says
Thank you so much for letting us know . No one can trust Trump. He is a con artist and he sounds truthful but he turns around and does the opposite. I keep wondering why we can’t get a good president. The last several of them starting with Bush was just as bad. They live for money they are so greedy. Trump is making millions of dollars and somehow someway he is cheating the Americans. I could think of a few ways but I am sure you all know some ways he does it.
Ernie says
Amen !
Ernie says
This is an answer to I AM THE INFIDEL YOUR IMAM WARNED YOU ABOUT says . Israel should do what it wants/has to do in order TO SURVIVE . Indeed Trump and the US have no right to dictate to Israel what it should do to maintain it’s survival . Thank you!
Ruth E weekly says
i agree with you. Israel is truthful and they have a wonderful man, Bibi, who loves his country and people.
Taffy says
Israel can make refraining from the annexation of Judea and Samaria conditional. So long as there is no more cross-border terror originating from Judea and Samaria, Israel will refrain from annexing it. But, as soon as there are three such instances, or the PA engages in “pay-for-slay,” all such restraint evaporates, and Israel can annex the whole area.
Alternatively, Judea and Samaria is 3,438 square miles. So, for each terrorist act originating in Judea and Samaria, the Settlers are authorized to expand by 500 square miles, as aided by the IDF, if necessary.
Note that the Israeli (Jewish) population is about 520,000. But the PA does not have census figures, so the best guesstimate of Arab inhabatants is from 1.6 to about 3 million. 3 million will easily fit into 500 square miles, a little bit ove the area of New York City. And if the Muslims still don’t behave, they can be displaced to Yemen to serve and fight for the Houthis.
Taffy says
I forgot to add:
Under either of the two previous scenarios, Israel will annex Judea and Samaria, but such annexation will be the Arabs’ fault.
On another note, if the shoe were on the other foot, and Israel territory were on the verge of being overrun by Muslims, I’m sure that the UN, the EU, Turkey, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran and everyone else would be calling for Muslim restraint in taking Israeli territory. NOT!!! And, I’m sure that the UN and the aforementioned countries have the Israeli hostages on the front burner and will refuse to give any aid to the Gazans until every hostage is returned. NOT!!!
Trump is trying to perform a balancing act on a very unstable platform. World class jugglers can juggle 10 balls–11 is the world record. And, the longest time ever, juggling 3 balls is a little over 13 hours. The point is that Trump will eventually fail. Just as only 3 balls in the hands of the juggler are eventually destined to fall to earth, Leaving Judea and Samaria and eventually Gaza in the hands of the PA, will result in renewed jihad against Israel on its border and a repeat of the war.
commonsense says
Excellent post
Taffy says
Israel can make refraining from the annexation of Judea and Samaria conditional. So long as there is no more cross-border terror originating from Judea and Samaria, Israel will refrain from annexing it. But, as soon as there are three such instances, or the PA engages in “pay-for-slay,” all such restraint evaporates, and Israel can annex the whole area.
Alternatively, Judea and Samaria is 3,438 square miles. So, for each terrorist act originating in Judea and Samaria, the Settlers are authorized to expand by 500 square miles, as aided by the IDF, if necessary.
Note that the Israeli (Jewish) population is about 520,000. But the PA does not have census figures, so the best guesstimate of Arab inhabatants is from 1.6 to about 3 million. 3 million will easily fit into 500 square miles, a little bit ove the area of New York City. And if the Muslims still don’t behave, they can be displaced to Yemen to serve and fight for the Houthis.
On another note, if the shoe were on the other foot, and Israel territory were on the verge of being overrun by Muslims, I’m sure that the UN, the EU, Turkey, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran and everyone else would be calling for Muslim restraint in taking Israeli terratory. NOT!!! And, I’m sure that the UN and the aforementined countries have the Israeli hostages on the front burner and will refuse to give any aid to the Gazans until every hostage is returned. NOT!!!
Trump is trying to perform a balancing act on a very unstable situation. World class jugglers can juggle 10 balls–11 is the world record. But the longest time ever, juggling 3 balls is a little over 13 hours. The point is that Trump will eventually fail. Just as ony 3 balls are eventually destined to fall to earth, Leaving Judea and Samaria and eventually Gaza in the hands of the PA, will reqult in renewed jihad agaisnt Israel and a repeat of the war.
JS says
Israel should conquer all of Israel but how can they with those that sit on oil with their money? Why not conquer Qatar first and then Saudi? Bad men should be thrown from their thrones.
This isn’t good and never will be until that’s taken care of. Trump is making bad decisions!
JS says
Israel should conquer all of Israel but how can they with those that sit on oil with their money? Why not conquer Qatar first and then Saudi? Bad men should be thrown from their thrones.
This isn’t good and never will be until that’s taken care of. Trump is making bad decisions!
Daniel Bielak says
• “The West Bank”—Judea and Samaria—has been governed by the Palestinian Authority (Fatah-PLO) since 1994.
• Fatah-PLO was named the Palestinian Authority in 1994.
President Trump needs to be informed of the following facts.
• Mahmoud Abbas is the chairman of Fatah.
• Mahmoud Abbas has been the chairman of the PLO since 2004.
• Mahmoud Abbas has been the president of the PA since 2005, when he was elected president for a four year term, and has not held elections since then.
• The PA continuously broadcasts, on official PA TV, anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli programming which, in Arabic, libels the Jewish people and denies any Jewish historical connection to the land of Israel.
• Mahmoud Abbas has repeatedly said, in Arabic, on official PA TV, that he will never accept the existence of Israel as the Jewish state.
• Mahmoud Abbas rejected, in 2008, Israeli then-president Ehud Olmert’s offer of creating a “Palestinian” Arab state in “the West Bank”—Judea Samaria.
• Yasser Arafat rejected, in 2000, Israeli then-president Ehud Barak’s offer of creating a “Palestinian” Arab state in “the West Bank”—Judea Samaria.
• The PA killed, with bomb attacks in Israel, over 1,000 Israeli civilians from 2000 to 2005 during what the PA called the Second Intifada, until it was stopped by Israel’s building of a separation barrier along the borders of Israel and “the West Bank”—Judea and Samaria—and the Gaza Strip.
• Fatah’s charter expresses that the goal of Fatah is the elimination of Israel.
• The PLO’s charter expresses that the goal of the PLO is the elimination of Israel.
• Mahmoud Abbas is the author of the PLO’s “Phased Plan” for eliminating Israel.
• Fatah was founded in 1959 by Yasser Arafat and other followers of Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the founder of the Palestinian Arab movement.
• Hajj Amin al-Husseini organized, starting in 1920, massacres of Jewish people in what is now Israel, was appointed Grand Mufti of Jerusalem by Britain in 1921, was the founder of the Palestinian Arab movement, was a confidant of Adolf Hitler, resided in Germany from 1941 to 1945 as an official of the Nazi regime of Germany, was, as a colleague of Adolf Eichmann, a co-architect of the Nazi Final Solution, was the head of the Arab Higher Committee, in such capacity coordinated the intendedly genocidal military attack on Israel by the armies of five Arab states in 1948, and was the mentor of Yasser Arafat.
• The PLO was founded in 1964 by the USSR and Gamal Abdel Nasser, the then-president of Egypt.
• Fatah took over the PLO in 1969 when Yasser Arafat was appointed president of the PLO.
• Britain, in 1922, created the Emirate of Transjordan from land that it had taken from Ottoman Turkey during World War I, and which was originally intended to be part of the Mandate for Palestine.
• The League of Nations’ Mandate for Palestine of 1922 assigned all the territory “from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea” to become the Jewish National Home.
• The Emirate of Transjordan was given independence by Britain in 1946 and was renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
• Jewish people did not steal any land from Arab people. Jewish people bought, in pieces, from Arab and Turkish absentee land owners, the land that, in 1948, became the modern state of Israel.
• Almost all of the Arab refugees from the 1948 Arab war on Israel fled Israel at the instruction to do so by Arab leaders.
• Many Arab people migrated to Mandate Palestine in the early twentieth century to get jobs there that were created by the thriving Yishuv—the Jewish community living there at that time.
• The United Nations defines a “Palestinian” refugee as being an Arab person who resided in what is now Israel for at least TWO years before 1948.
• From 1949 to 1967, Egypt occupied the Gaza Strip, and Jordan occupied Judea and Samaria, which Jordan renamed “the West Bank” (of the Jordan river).
• The PLO charter of 1964 explicitly states that The Gaza Strip and the “West Bank”—Judea and Samaria—ARE NOT part of what the PLO charter of 1964 refers to as being “occupied” “Palestine.”
• The PLO charter of 1968 explicitly states that The Gaza Strip the “West Bank”—Judea and Samaria—ARE part of what the PLO charter of 1968 refers to as being “occupied” “Palestine.”
• “Palestinian” Arab refugees are the only refugees in the world whose descendants are defined by the United Nations as also being refugees.
• “Palestinian” Arab refugees are the only refugees in the world who have a United Nations organization—UNRWA—dedicated to only themselves.
• The concept of there being a “Palestinian” people was invented in 1964 with the creation of the PLO.
• Jordan is the “Palestinian” Arab state.
gravenimage says
Important post, Daniel.
Daniel Bielak says
Thank you, gravenimage.
somehistory says
Since he is not King of Israel, nor King of Judea, nor president nor prime minister of Israel, it should not be his business, his place to say Israel cannot claim what is its own. From where does he believe he has this kind of authority?
This has to be why Ezekiel wrote that when the ‘hordes out of the North come upon Israel,’ there will be “no wall.”
Trump is blind in this regard. Any evil seed sown, will grow an evil harvest, which is destruction.
GE says
I have a feeling Trump is falling for Erdogan’s skata.
He better wise up. Erdogan is the craftiest of snakes.
Trump shouldn’t meddle in Israeli affairs imo.
John Smith says
GE I believe Trump could be playing Erdogan the same way he did with Putin. He knows what Erdogan’s true ambitions are, but he wants to keep on the good side of him for the time being. I don’t believe he has any intention of stopping Netanyahu from annexing the West Bank, he’s just saying what Erdogan wants to hear. Maybe I’m wrong, but that’s what I believe.
GE says
That’s also a possibility, Mr. Smith,
and I do hope you are right—
John Smith says
Thank you.
Laurence Jarvik says
This is on the leadership of the IDF which took way too long and accomplished too little in Gaza to date. Whether IDF generals were deliberately sabotaging Netanyahu to bring him down, or just incompetent, it doesn’t matter. World opinion predictably turns against Israel every time there is a war, and any small nation with limited population can’t win a long-term war of attrition without some secret resources–even the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany couldn’t win World War I. It’s a matter of population and economics more than firepower–and the fact that Israel is dependent upon the United States for arms and ammunition is obviously their Achilles Heel. Instead of complaining, Israel needs to do what Trump says, launch an honest investigation into the failures of October 7th and the Gaza War, and reform the IDF so that it is self-sufficient in arms and structured with enough full-time personnel to fight a long-term conflict if necessary. It’s not Trump’s fault Israel hasn’t made Hamas surrender–it’s manifestly the fault of the IDF’s leadership…especially since IDF generals have been on record opposing Netanyahu’s war plans!
Larry says
The reason the IDF has taken as long as it has in Gaza shows up in the breakdown of casualties between civilians and terrorists.
Traditionally urban warfare has seen a civ-combatant ratio of 9-1 or more. The IDF have got this down to 1-1.
That care, which means going slow, being very, very careful who and what you shoot at, is what has slown things down. Especially given the way HAMAS deliberately uses the civilian population as meat shields.
MJ Raichyk, PhD says
So is there a Mark-Milley in the IDF? The leftists were in charge up to 2023BOY.. and I read that Netanyahu’s govt got back power by an alliance between the IDF and the religious sector, but the IDF wanted the religious side to be in the fighting ranks, which was not gonna happen…
Was that resolved in some way? Then BIDEN gave Iran $$Billions and amas $100Million.. then came Oct 7th within WEEKS of the money…
While the leftists were In charge, organizational changes were made that incapacitated the Reservists getting their weapons…. All of which undermines responding….
Not to mention changes to training programs while the Leftists had control of govt….
TTYL
Stive says
Trumps modern role is not Cyrus nor Nebuchadnezzar but is Judas Iscariot. That horror will be much clearer to more people in a few more months.
Trump condemned Israel preventing mass slaughter of druze & christians by attacking trumps beloved terrorist killer jolani.
Trump stopped Israel on day 12 of phase 2 of pounding the IRGC to enable Iranians to topple the regime. Trump knows an Iran Israel India alliance with more joiners will overshadow his Abraham accords.
Trump is not the good guy some think. He sets traps with tasty good cheeze. The total enslavement infrastructure trump is setting up now while handing out nice gifts.
James Lincoln says
I support Pres. Trump on the vast majority of major issues – but NOT this one.
somehistory says
James, I think this “issue” is way above “major.” More like colonel or admiral, five star general.
And I believe he’s wrong to try to control Israel.
James Lincoln says
Yes, somehistory.
tgusa says
President Trump is not a stupid man. I may be wrong but as he is shaking hands he has a smile on his face that’s says, I know who and what you are.
President Trump. The poem called The Snake.
https://youtu.be/qSrOXvoNLwg?si=Uy6ciNDIO3Fst_7L
Patrick says
Who is President Trump working for? Islam/Hamas? Trump knows nothing about the dangers of Islam, he might even have a Muslim son-in-law in Boulos. Which would mean, he knows 0 about Islam. So why is he trying to impose his will on Israel?
STOP TRUMP ! Go Netanyahu Go!!!
jerry glenn says
Even Trump sometimes nods.
OLD GUY says
I’m hoping our President knows more about what is going on than most of us. I guess we will see and I hope his decisions are right for Israel and America.
Major Tom says
President Trump should not interfere with Israel’s national security.
Naja says
Perhaps President trump is doing a “Taquiyya” on the Jihadi’s?
He’s pretty smart and he’s well aware of the “March of Islam”. Why not play the same game with the Mucken Fuslims as they do with the West. If “War is Deceit”, then it is fair play is to deceive?
gravenimage says
Trump: ‘I’m not allowing Israel to annex the West Bank’
………………………………………..
Deeply foolish–and this is not his call,
ORRN31 says
I’ve been wondering when Trump would turn against Israel since most MAGA talking heads have let their inherent antisemitism seep out into the public venue. Trump listens to these people.