Netanyahu Pushing Trump to Permit Settlement Expansion in West Bank

JOL: Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu is seeking a public statement from President Donald Trump to support an Israeli initiative to expand Israel’s sovereignty over settlements in the West Bank, according to officials at the prime minister’s office. Netanyahu would like such a commitment to be made before the Israeli general elections on September 17th. While the prime minister can not himself make the diplomatic decision to extend Israeli sovereignty to the settlements as he