Donald Trump says he will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank. “I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank. No, I won’t allow it. That won’t happen,” says Trump in front of reporters in the Oval Office. “There has been enough. It is time to stop now.” Previously, he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu is put under pressure by right -wing allies to annex the West Bank. Arab countries reject this. Around 700,000 Israeli settlers live below 2.7 million Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which Israel has not recognized by most countries. Israel refuses to hand over control over the West Bank.
With a regulation, Donald Trump has cleared the way for the sale of Tikok’s US business to a group of US investors. The arrangement signed on Thursday notes that the plan meets the national security requirements of a law from 2024. The new US company is rated around $ 14 billion, said Vice President JD Vance, giving it a prize for the popular video app for the first time. “This is operated completely American,” said Trump. Michael Dell, Rupert Murdoch and “Probably four or five absolutely first -class investors” are involved in the business.
Trump had repeatedly postponed the enforcement of the law from 2024, which prescribes a ban on the app, if the Chinese owners do not sell them. Instead, there were efforts to separate Tiktok’s US assets from the global platform, to gain American and other investors and to maintain the Chinese government’s approval. “There were some resistance on the Chinese side, but the essentials we wanted to achieve was to maintain Tikok’s operation.” It should also be ensured that the data security of the Americans is guaranteed as legally prescribed. Trump said with a view to Chinese President Xi Jinping: “I spoke to President Xi. We had a good conversation, I told him what we were doing and he said, continue.”
Trump, who has 170 million US users, has attributed Tiktok to have helped him re-election last year. He himself has 15 million followers on the platform. The White House also set up an official Tikok account in August. Republicans said in the House of Representatives that they wanted to learn more details of the business to ensure that it is a clear break with China.
