US Vice President JD Vance said yesterday that President Donald Trump would oppose Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank and it would not happen, suggesting a move by Israeli lawmakers toward that end looked like a stupid “political stunt”.
Asked by reporters about the Knesset vote, Vance said: “If it was a political stunt, it is a very stupid one, and I personally take some insult to it.” Vance spoke after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that steps toward annexing the territory could endanger Trump’s plan to end the Gaza war, which has yielded a shaky ceasefire so far.
“The West Bank is not going to be annexed by Israel. The policy of President Trump is that the West Bank will not be annexed. This will always be our policy,” Vance said at the end of a two-day visit to Israel.
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