Vice President JD Vance said a Knesset vote was an "insult." Secretary of State Marco Rubio planned to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later Thursday.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Israel’s parliament vote on West Bank annexation, saying the move was an “insult.”

An investigation from CBC's the fifth estate follows the trail of millions of dollars in tax-deductible donations sent through Canadian charities to support Israeli settlements deemed illegal under international law.

In a whirlwind trip to Israel to help salvage Trump's ceasefire deal, Vance weighed in on Netanyahu politics and toured the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

JD Vance slams Israeli lawmakers' West Bank annexation vote as "very stupid political stunt" during his visit, reaffirming Trump policy against annexation.

Israel's Knesset, in a preliminary vote, approved sovereignty in the West Bank, described as a political ploy by right-wing opposition during JD Vance's visit.

In an apparent attempt to embarrass Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, far-right politicians took the symbolic step of giving preliminary approval to a bill granting Israel authority to annex the West Bank. The Palestinians claim the West Bank - occupied by Israel since 1967 - as part of a hoped-for independent state.

Trump’s own ambassador to Israel has previously contradicted the administration’s stated policy of opposing annexation.

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