Some Israeli lawmakers are pushing for the annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, but former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie told Newsmax on Thursday that he does not think the Israel cabinet is ready to make that step as the war continues.

“I don’t think that the Israeli cabinet is ready for that fight while they’re conducting operations in Lebanon and also in Gaza, and also with an open eye toward the Iranians,” Wilkie said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.”

However, those calling for the annexation can fall back on Trump’s actions in Israel during his first administration, when he moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and sanctioned the annexation of the Golan Heights, “which created a strategic buffer between Israel and its enemies in Syria and Iraq,” said Wilkie.

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