Vance Calls Israeli Vote to Annexe West Bank an ‘Insult’

U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Oct. 23 called a new Israeli bill, which received preliminary approval in the Knesset and would apply Israeli law to the West Bank, an “insult.”
Vance was on a two-day visit to the Jewish state when he made the comments following a vote by Israeli lawmakers on Oct. 22.
“If it was a political stunt, it is a very stupid one, and I personally take some insult to it,” he told reporters.
Vance said that President Donald Trump would oppose Israeli annexation of the region and said that it would not happen.
“The West Bank is not going to be annexed by Israel,” he said. “The policy of President Trump is that the West Bank will not be annexed. This will always be our policy.”…