US ambassador: #Israel has right to annex parts of West Bank | World news | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/08/us-ambassador-israel-david-friedman-west-bank-annexation
Most countries view Israeli settlements in the West Bank, territory captured in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, as illegal. Israel disputes this, citing historical, political and religious ties as well as security needs.
Friedman said that under certain circumstances, “Israel has the right to retain some, but unlikely all, of the West Bank”.