Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to outline his response to the growing recognition of a Palestinian state by the international community when he addresses the UN General Assembly this afternoon.
The address comes against intensifying diplomacy around the war in Gaza, with US President Donald Trump circulating a 21-point peace plan to a group of Arab and regional leaders.
Last night, President Trump said he would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank.
Israeli officials have said Mr Netanyahu will wait until he returns to Israel before responding publicly to President Trump's claim that annexation of the West Bank will not be permitted.
In an upsurge of diplomacy, there is renewed pressure to end the almost two year war in Gaza, which has claimed over 65,000 lives, according to local health officials.
This week, in an effort to put pressure on Israel to end the war, ten countries formally recognised the state of Palestine. In response, two far-right members of Mr Netanyahu’s cabinet said Israel should annex the West Bank in retaliation.
The pressure from the White House to prevent that happening now appears explicit.
It came after Mr Trump met Arab and Muslim leaders on the margins of the UN General Assembly.
The leaders informed the US President that annexation would have grave consequences.
The White House will host the Israeli prime minister on Monday to discuss a 21 point peace plan envisages who would govern and secure Gaza once the conflict has ended, with an international supervisory body providing oversight of a Palestinian committee that would administer Gaza for an interim period.
