US EditionKnesset Passes West Bank Annexation Bill in Preliminary Vote
The Knesset passed preliminary sovereignty bills on the West Bank with a narrow 25-24 vote, despite opposition from Prime Minister Netanyahu and the U.S. government.
- During U.S. Vice President JD Vance's visit, the Knesset on October 22, 2025, advanced a bill to apply Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, sending it to committee stage.
- Settler leaders and far-right MKs pushed the sovereignty bill, with Avi Maoz, MK and head of the Noam party, rejecting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's delay request.
- Almost all Likud MPs boycotted the vote, but Likud MK Yuli Edelstein broke ranks to support the bill and was removed from a committee while coalition members fled and Yesh Atid opposed Maoz's bill.
- Avigdor Lieberman's Ma'ale Adumim bill also advanced, passing 32-9, while the Palestinian foreign ministry, Jordan's foreign ministry, and United Arab Emirates condemned the moves as violations.
- The measures must still clear three more readings in the Knesset plenum, and if enacted, the bills would apply Israeli law to settlement areas, affecting more than 500,000 Israeli settlers within a total West Bank population of 4,000,000.
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The Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, approved on Wednesday 22 October for preliminary reading draft laws to extend Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, including the Ma'ale Adumim settlement, one of the most important in the Palestinian territory. This announcement comes as US Vice-President J.D. Vance visits the country and Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to attend on Thursday 23 October at night.
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JERUSALEM, Oct 23 — Israeli lawmakers yesterday voted in favour of advancing two bills on annexing the occupied West Bank, an ambition openly promoted by far-right ministers in recent months.The vote came as US Vice President JD Vance visited Israel to shore up a Gaza ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump, who has made clear he would not back annexation of the West Bank.“I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank,” Trump told reporter…
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