Trump told Muslim leaders he won't let Israel annex West Bank: Report

US President Donald Trump pledged to Muslim leaders that he wouldn't allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the occupied West Bank, according to news outlet Politico.

The report cited six sources familiar with the discussion while "two of those people said Trump was firm on the topic and that the president promised that Israel would not be allowed to absorb the West Bank".

According to Politico, Trump presented a white paper on ending Israel's war on Gaza, which included the annexation pledge alongside a plan for postwar governance and security.

The pledge from Trump may come as a surprise given that much of the occupied West Bank is already de facto annexed and US officials have either condoned it or turned the other cheek when discussing it.

One US and one western official briefed on recent discussions, who spoke with Middle East Eye for an earlier article, said that Israel could officially annex the Jordan Valley, a wide swathe of territory bordering Jordan, in response to the moves by states at the UN to recognise a state of Palestine.