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.

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.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance criticized on Thursday a symbolic vote in Israel's parliament the previous day about annexing the occupied West Bank, saying it amounted to an “insult” and went against the Trump administration policies.

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

Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations.

Illegal settler attacks in West Bank intensified since start of olive harvest season in mid-October, Haaretz says - Anadolu Ajansı