Israeli Nationalists: West Bank and Items Articles

israeli nationalists: Speaking in parliament, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said U.S. officials had been clear in their opposition to Israeli annexation of West Bank land a notion that has gained steam in far-right Israeli circles since Trump's election, according to Brandon Sun. Related Items Articles White House aides defend Trump's wiretapping claim We received a direct message not an indirect message and not a hint from the United States. It was the latest indication that President Donald Trump is returning to more traditional U.S. policy and will not give Israel free rein to expand its control over the West Bank and sideline the Palestinians, as Israeli nationalists had hoped. Imposing Israeli sovereignty on Judea and Samaria would mean an immediate crisis with the new administration, Lieberman said, shortly before departing for a working visit to the U.S. Judea and Samaria is the biblical term for the West Bank, which Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war. The angry U.S. reaction was sparked by comments by Miki Zohar, a junior lawmaker in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's nationalist Likud Party. The Palestinians seek the West Bank as the heartland of a future state, a position that has wide international backing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.