The G7 group of nations would unite to “stand against” any attempt by Israeli extremists to annex the occupied West Bank and Gaza, Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy said.He informed British MPs on Tuesday that the issue of Israel’s illegal seizure of Palestinian territory was raised a day earlier during a meeting of G7 Foreign Ministers in Italy.

The pro-settlement movement in Israel is exulting at what it perceives as a possible green light from the incoming Trump Middle East team to pursue annexation of the West Bank.