mandate to do this. the 69-year-old israeli leader has made promises of annexation before, but never like this. pulling out a map, he showed specific areas in the west bank he would make official israeli territory, areas he says are crucial to national security but are held as occupied territory by most of the international community. this should have taken place many decades ago. reporter: netanyahu has staked his future on his close ties to u.s. president donald trump. he connected his annexation plan directly to president trump s plan to obtain peace in the middle east. who will negotiate with president trump? who will recruit him to our side? an official tells cnn there s no change in policy at this time
the citizens of israel, i ask you for a clear mandate to do this. the 69-year-old israeli leader has made promises of annexation before, but never like this. pulling out a map, he showed specific areas in the west bank he would make official israeli territory, areas he says are crucial to national security and are held by occupied territory by most of the international community. taken place many decades ago. netanyahu has staked his future on his close ties to u.s. president donald trump. today s announcement was no different. the israeli prime minister connected his annexation plan directly to trump s soon to be released plan for mideast peace. translator: the most important question facing us in this election is who will negotiate with president trump? who will recruit him to our side? a trump administration official tells cnn that says there is no change in u.s.
yesterday, white house spokesperson actually said the reports that the u.s. and israel have discussed of any sort of annexation plan are false. however, netanyahu s later said that israel has updated the administration about several different proposals being discussed in the israeli parl money and an official later said that while netanyahu has not the presented any proposals to the u.s., quote, in any way the u.s. has not expressed its dwraemt to the proposals obviously under international law the west bank is considered occupied palestinian territory so there s sensitivity on that issue. coming up next, on morning joe, the continued questions of security clearance. the concerns of whether top aides are handling classified information without proper approval and the fallout of a high level aide leaving the white house on domestic abuse.