Israeli lawmakers advance West Bank annexation bills despite Trump's past objection as Vance visits

Israel’s Knesset advanced two annexation bills on Wednesday, including one to absorb the Maale Adumim settlement and another covering the entire West Bank, in preliminary votes of 32–9 and 25–24. Most of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud lawmakers boycotted after he urged abstention; the party called the measures a provocation aimed at damaging U.S. ties. President Trump has said he would not allow annexation, as Vice President JD Vance visited to bolster a fragile Gaza ceasefire. Far-right ministers cheered; Palestinian and Jordanian officials condemned the move as illegal and harmful to a two-state outcome.

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