House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks Releases Statement on Israel’s Decision to Deepen Control over the West Bank

February 11, 2026 Press Release Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet decision to deepen control over the West Bank: “The decision by Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet to deepen Israeli control over the West Bank and advance de facto annexation is deeply troubling. By making it easier to expand settlements, weakening the Palestinian Authority, and fundamentally alter the facts on the ground, these actions deliberately and potentially irreversibly erode the possibility of a negotiated two-state solution. Policies that make the two-state solution less attainable only make peace harder to achieve, weaken U.S. leverage, and risk undoing progress to de-escalate conflict throughout the region.” Issues : Foreign Affairs