00:00US President Donald Trump says he and Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu do not see eye to eye on the Israeli-occupied West Bank, though he did not spell out the disagreement.
00:11Trump said he was confident Netanyahu would do the right thing after being asked whether settler violence in the West Bank could undermine peace efforts.
00:19Israel has faced growing international pressure to curb attacks by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, with violence surging since October 2023.
00:31The West Bank has been under Israeli military occupation since 1967 and is home to over 3 million Palestinians.
00:39In a bid to block the creation of a Palestinian state, Israel has approved 69 new Jewish settlements in the occupied territory so far as part of its expansion drive.
00:48The United Nations, Palestinians and most countries consider the settlements illegal under international law, warning they could further destabilize the region.
