Despite President Donald Trump’s pledge on September 23, 2025, to seven Arab and Muslim leaders that he would block “Israel’s” annexation of the West Bank, the reality on the ground tells a different story.

Just days before the UN General Assembly meets from September 9 to 23, 2025, the United States barred Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the entire Palestinian delegation from entry, in violation of the UN headquarters agreement.

The extremist Israeli government is exploiting the wartime environment and declining international scrutiny to consolidate control over strategic areas of the occupied West Bank.