Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding a security cabinet meeting Thursday focusing on Israel's response to several countries saying they will recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly this month, Israeli sources told ABC News.

The United States strongly opposes any move by its European allies to recognise Palestinian independence. It has responded by imposing sanctions on Palestinian officials, including denying and revoking visas which will block Abbas and other PA figures from attending the U.N. General Assembly in New York.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says US told countries considering recognizing Palestine that such a move would ‘create big problems’ - Anadolu Ajansı

Israel on Thursday said it would not agree to a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron so long as Paris plans to recognize a Palestinian state.

Israel is weighing the annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank, three Israeli officials said, just as several Western nations move towards recognizing Palestinian statehood this month.

Prime minister convenes high-level talks on extending Israeli sovereignty in West Bank after France and others recognize a Palestinian state, officials say. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene a meeting on Tuesday on the possibility of applying sovereignty and taking measures against the Palestinian Authority in response to countries recognizing the Palestinian Authority as a state.