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The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem

Vance says Knesset votes on annexing West Bank are an ‘insult’ as Netanyahu halts progress

Israeli forces blocking access to olive trees
Israeli forces blocking access to olive trees for Palestinians and foreign activists during the olive harvest near Hebron in the West Bank. Photograph: Mussa Qawasma/Reuters

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered a halt to the advancement of parliamentary bills linked to the annexation of the West Bank after the US vice-president, JD Vance, described a vote on two bills in the Knesset as an “insult”.

The bills applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, which would be tantamount to the annexation of land Palestinians want for a state, won preliminary approval from Israel’s parliament on Wednesday, barely a week after Donald Trump pushed through a deal aimed at ending a two-year Israeli offensive in Gaza.

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