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Gavin Blackburn

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

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.

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