Rubio warns against West Bank annexation after Israel's parliament advances move

Marco Rubio is travelling to Israel to try to shore up the fragile ceasefire

The Palestinians claim the West Bank - occupied by Israel since 1967 - as part of a hoped-for independent state.

In an apparent attempt to embarrass Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, far-right politicians took the symbolic step of giving preliminary approval to a bill granting Israel authority to annex the West Bank.

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