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XJerusalem: US Vice President JD Vance criticised Israel’s parliament vote on West Bank annexation, saying it amounted to an “insult” and went against the Trump administration policies and efforts to ensure that the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds in Gaza.

The Israeli parliament on Wednesday narrowly passed a symbolic preliminary vote in support of annexing the occupied West Bank — an apparent attempt to embarrass Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while Vance was still in the country.

The bill was sponsored by parliamentary hard-liners, with only one member of Netanyahu’s Likud Party joining them. With Netanyahu opposed, the bill is unlikely to pass the multiple votes it requires to become law.

While many members of Netanyahu’s coalition, including the Likud,

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