The White House denies discussing a model for Ukraine that mirrors the West BankRussia and the United States have discussed a model for ending the war in Ukraine that mirrors Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, The Times has reported. President Zelensky has refused to countenance handing over land but the occupation model may be a mechanism to allow for a truce after three and a half years of war. West Bank style occupation Under the model, Ukraine’s borders would not change, just as the borders of the West Bank have gone unchanged for 58 years, only under Israeli control. "It’ll just be like Israel occupies the West Bank," the source said before Trump’s summit with President Putin in Alaska on Friday. But it’ll still be Ukraine, because … Ukraine will never give up its sovereignty.


Source:   The Times
August 14, 2025 07:02 UTC