Vance and Rubio criticise Israeli parliament’s vote on West Bank annexation
Vance and Rubio criticise Israeli parliament's vote on West Bank annexation7 hours agoShareSaveYolande Knell,Middle East Correspondent, Jerusalem and David GrittenShareSaveRubio: An Israeli annexation of West Bank would threaten peace dealUS Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have criticised a move by Israel's parliament towards annexation of the occupied West Bank.
On Wednesday, far-right politicians in the Knesset took the symbolic step of giving preliminary approval to a bill applying Israeli law in the territory, which the Palestinians claim as part of a hoped-for independent state.
At the end of a trip to Israel, Vance branded it a “very stupid political stunt”. Rubio warned before flying to Israel that annexation would threaten President Donald Trump's plan to end the conflict in Gaza.
Israel's prime minister called the move a “deliberate political provocation by the opposition to sow discord”.
A statement from Benjamin Netanyahu's..
