Some lawmakers in Israeli’s right-wing government are pushing for Israel to annex parts of the occupied West Bank following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, on Tuesday ordered preparations for the annexation of settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank while Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s new foreign minister, on Monday told reporters that the government had made no decision on the issue of annexation as yet, but noted it had been discussed during Trump’s first and added that “if it will be relevant it will be discussed again with our friends in Washington.”

A State Department spokesperson called the comments “disturbing” and “not conducive to building an enduring peace.”

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