J. D. Vance’s visit to Israel this week hit all of the usual beats, at least at first. The vice president met with Israeli politicians and the families of released hostages. He trumpeted the U.S.-Israel alliance and advocated for the continued implementation of President Donald Trump’s Gaza agreement. Everything went according to script—until Vance torched his hosts on the way out.
Before boarding Air Force Two, the vice president was asked by a reporter about a vote that had been held the day before in Israel’s Parliament. Hard-right lawmakers from Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition had advanced a measure calling for Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank, which Palestinians claim for their future state. The measure was a farce—it did not change Israel’s policy on the ground, and half of the Knesset’s members did not
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