Trump says he 'will not allow' Netanyahu to annex West Bank

The US president spoke ahead the Israeli PM's address to the UN General Assembly on Friday.

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The US president told White House reporters ahead of Netanyahu's address to the UN General Assembly on Friday: "I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank... It's not going to happen."

Trump, who will meet Netanyahu on Monday, also said a ceasefire deal over the war in Gaza was "pretty close".

Israel is facing increasing global pressure to end the conflict and occupation of the West Bank, as a wave of Western states formally recognise an independent Palestinian state. Far-right Israelis view annexation as a means of preventing a Palestinian state being created.

Ultranationalists in Netanyahu's governing coalition have repeated calls for Israel to annex the West Bank - part of the Palestinian territories - outright.