Vice President JD Vance criticized on Thursday a vote by the Israeli parliament to advance a bill on the proposed annexation of the occupied West Bank, calling it "a very stupid political stunt."

"I personally take some insult to it," Vance said at Israel's Ben Gurion airport as he departed the country after his visit. "The West Bank is not going to be annexed by Israel. The policy of the Trump administration is that the West Bank will not be annexed by Israel. That will continue to be our policy. And if people want to take symbolic votes, they can do that, but we certainly weren't happy about it."

The preliminary vote Wednesday in support of Israeli annexation of the West Bank narrowly passed by 25 votes to 24, during Vance's visit.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offic

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