Five senators from the opposition Democratic Party introduced a resolution condemning the idea.
(meta data) TITLE: Senators Sanders, Warren push resolution decrying PM's West Bank annexation idea | The Times of Israel Senators Sanders, Warren push resolution decrying PM's West Bank annexation idea home page # Senators Sanders, Warren push resolution decrying PM's West Bank annexation idea ## Move by group of Democrats an apparent warning to Netanyahu, who has recently spoken in favor of extending Israeli law to all settlements By Ron Kampeas and TOI staff 7 June 2019, 2:15 am Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, speaks at an event in Somerville, Massachusetts, April 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File) WASHINGTON — Five Democratic senators, including the party's deputy leader in the chamber and two leading presidential candidates, on Thursday introduced a resolution decrying any Israeli plan to annex West Bank territory, an apparent shot across the bow at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has recently spoken in support of extending Israeli law to all settlements. "Unilateral annexation of portions of the West Bank would jeopardize prospects for a two-state solution, harm Israel's relationship with its Arab neighbors, threaten Israel's Jewish and democratic identity, and undermine Israel's security," said the non-binding resolution. It said the "the policy of the United States should be to preserve conditions conducive to a negotiated two state solution." Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up The resolution was introduced by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Wash., joined by Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the deputy minority leader, Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent-Vermont, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 30, 2019. (Andrew Harnik/AP) Sanders and Warren were among the Democratic presidential candidates who decried Netanyahu's pledge, before Israel's April 9 elections, to annex all Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The elections were indecisive and Israelis go to the polls again in September, while Netanyahu remains prime minister. The liberal Mideast policy organization J Street welcomed the resolution. "This resolution is an important warning to the Trump administration against any attempts to encourage annexation or undercut the ultimate prospects for a two-state solution," group president Jeremy Ben-Ami said in a statement. Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump have retreated from endorsing a two-state outcome to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is set later this month to unveil the economic component of a peace plan he has been preparing for two years. 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Proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank
International response.
In 2019, the Donald Trump administration indicated that it might not object to the Israeli government's possible annexation of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.