The U.S. State Department's position is that any plan to extend Israeli sovereignty over parts of the West Bank should be Israeli plans to annex parts of the West Bank must be in discussion with the Palestinians in an effort to fulfill U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan.
“We think [annexation] should be part of the peace process, part of discussions between the Israelis and the Palestinians,” State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus told Israeli journalists in a briefing Friday