Kushner: US won’t sign off on West Bank annexation 'for some time'
Top US presidential adviser Jared Kushner has said the focus will be implementing the agreement reached last week between Israel and United Arab Emirates.
The United States will not sign off on Israeli annexations in the West Bank "for some time," White House adviser Jared Kushner said Tuesday, adding that the priority will be implementing the agreement reached last week between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
“Israel has agreed with us that they will not move forward without our consent. We do not plan to give our consent for some time,” the president’s son-in-law told reporters in a phone call, according to Reuters.
“Right now the focus has to be on, you know, getting this new peace agreement implemented,” Kushner said.
The new UAE-Israel deal, which was brokered by the Donald Trump administration, called for the Jewish state to hold off on declaring sovereignty over parts of the West Bank that Palestinians claim for a future state.
