U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the Israeli Knesset’s push to annex the West Bank could jeopardise President Donald Trump’s plan to resolve the Gaza conflict , which has so far resulted in a fragile ceasefire.

“I mean, that’s a vote in the – yeah, that’s a vote in the Knesset, but obviously I think the president’s made clear that’s not something we’d be supportive of right now, and we think it’s potentially threatening to the peace deal,” Rubio told reporters late on Wednesday before leaving for Israel.

Rubio’s visit to Israel, announced by the State Department on Wednesday, is the latest by a senior U.S. official seeking to keep alive a fragile truce between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel this week and

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