Arab Americans and liberal Jewish voters, however, have ample reason to fear the naming of pro-settlement, pro-Netanyahu officials to top foreign policy posts in the new administration.

Middle East minister Hamish Falconer said the annexation of the West Bank would be illegal and undermine any prospects for peace.

A top official in Israel is floating his plan to take sovereign control over the West Bank in 2025. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced Monday at a faction meeting of his Religious Zionism party that he believes “the time has come to apply [Israel’s] sovereignty over the West Bank,