Israel's U.N. ambassador says he believes the government will take no action on annexing Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank until after the Trump administration releases its long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.

Danny Danon told reporters Wednesday he thinks the U.S. will present the plan between May and the summer.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged in the final stretch of his campaign to annex the settlements if he was re-elected. Netanyahu was asked Wednesday to form a government after his election victory.

Danon sidestepped a question on what Israel would gain from annexing the settlements, saying that "I don't think we will see any major action by our government before the peace plan" is presented.

He noted that the new Palestinian prime minister called the plan "dead on arrival."