US EditionVance criticizes Israel’s parliament vote on West Bank annexation, says the move was an ‘insult’
- On Oct. 22, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned the Knesset's annexation vote `might be counterproductive` and `potentially threatening to the peace deal`, while Vice President J.D. Vance called it `weird` and personally offensive after a two-day Gaza ceasefire visit.
- In the Knesset, lawmakers gave preliminary approval to two bills on Wednesday, backed by far-right parties in Netanyahu's ruling coalition, while most Likud party members skipped the vote and one cast the deciding vote; the bills require three more approvals to become law.
- The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the annexation proposals as `a blatant violation of international law`, while Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's national security minister and head of the Jewish Power party, said `The time for sovereignty has arrived now!`
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump reiterated annexation of the West Bank is off the table, warning `It won’t happen because I gave my word to the Arab countries` and that Israel risks losing United States support.
- The legislature will need to pass the bills three more times, and a second bill would annex a controversial West Bank settlement critics say would complicate future Palestinian statehood.
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Israel Postpones West Bank Annexation Amid Global Backlash - teleSUR English
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday postponed plans to annex the West Bank, bowing to mounting international pressure and to remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, who publicly rejected the proposal. RELATED: Israeli airstrikes kill two civilians in eastern Lebanon The decision came just a day after the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, narrowly approved a bill extending Israeli law and sovereignty to settlements in the occupied W…
Vance says Israeli vote on West Bank annexation was an 'insult', opposed by Trump
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that President Donald Trump would oppose Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank and it would not happen, suggesting a move by Israeli lawmakers toward that end looked like a stupid "political stunt". A bill applying Israeli law to the West Bank,…
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