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Vance calls Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation an 'insult'
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Vance calls Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation an 'insult'

  • By RENATA BRITO and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation. Vance says that the move was an "insult." He said that if the vote was a "political stunt, then it is a very stupid political stunt" and that he takes "some insult to it." He also said the Trump administration's policy is that "the West Bank will not be annexed by Israel." Vance's harsh words at the end of his trip to Israel on Thursday came a day after the Israeli parliament passed a symbolic preliminary vote in support of annexation. The bill is unlikely to pass the final vote but was an embarrassment to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while Vance was still in Israel.

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