JERUSALEM — Vice President JD Vance criticized Thursday 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 U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds in Gaza.

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Vice President JD Vance has criticized Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation, saying the move was an "insult"

Speaking on the tarmac of Tel Aviv's international airport before departing at the end of his visit to Israel this week, Vance said that if the vote was a "political stunt, then it is a very stupid political stunt"

"I personally take some insult to it," Vance said about the Knesset vote

"The policy of the Trump administration is that the West Bank will not be

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