US Vice President JD Vance criticised a symbolic vote in Israel's parliament on Thursday regarding the annexation of the occupied West Bank, calling it an "insult" that went against the Trump administration's policies.
Hard-liners in the Knesset narrowly passed a preliminary vote in support of annexing the West Bank on Wednesday, in an apparent attempt to embarrass Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while Vance was still in Israel.
The bill, which required only a simple majority of lawmakers present in the house, passed with a 25-24 vote, and sparked widespread condemnation, with over a dozen countries — including Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia — rebuking it in
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