{"id":2502182,"date":"2025-10-23T08:41:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-calls-knesset-vote-on-west-bank-an-insult\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T08:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:42:52","slug":"vance-calls-knesset-vote-on-west-bank-an-insult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-calls-knesset-vote-on-west-bank-an-insult\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance calls Knesset vote on West Bank an &#8216;insult&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-calls-knesset-vote-on-west-bank-an-insult%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2502182&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President JD Vance criticized the Israeli Knesset&#8217;s recent vote asserting Israeli sovereignty over parts of the West Bank, calling the move an &#8220;insult&#8221; to the Trump administration and a &#8220;very stupid political stunt.&#8221; He emphasized that the Trump administration&#8217;s policy opposes annexation of the West Bank and warned that such actions coudl threaten regional peace. The legislation, passed despite opposition from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, aims to apply Israeli laws to settlements in judea and Samaria but still requires further approval. Vance noted that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is largely holding despite occasional violations, and he stressed the importance of maintaining long-term peace. Other U.S. officials, including Senator Marco Rubio, have also expressed concerns that the Knesset vote could jeopardize the fragile Gaza peace deal.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance calls Knesset vote on West Bank an &lsquo;insult&rsquo; to Trump administration<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2379985\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JD Vance<\/a> expressed alarm on Thursday about the Israeli legislature&rsquo;s vote that would claim sovereignty over swaths of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/west-bank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">West Bank<\/a>, calling the move an &ldquo;insult&rdquo; to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump administration<\/a> because it could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-may-send-more-u-s-troops-to-eastern-europe-beyond-the-8500-already-alerted\/\" title=\"Biden May Send More U.S. Troops To Eastern Europe Beyond The 8,500 Already Alerted\">threaten peace<\/a> in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Before departing for the United States at the end of his two-day trip to the Jewish state, Vance denounced the Knesset&rsquo;s vote as a &ldquo;very stupid political stunt.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3860139\/senate-confirmation-scarred-trump-nominees-other-homes-administration\/\">Senate confirmation-scarred Trump nominees find other homes in the administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3860760\/trump-entire-east-wing-demolished-ballroom\/\">Trump says entire East Wing to be demolished for ballroom construction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3858106\/trump-hosts-nato-secretary-turns-up-heat-russia\/\">Trump hosts NATO secretary as he turns up the heat on Russia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I personally take some insult to it,&rdquo; he said at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. &ldquo;The policy of the Trump administration is that the West Bank will not be annexed by Israel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That will continue to be our policy, and if people want to take symbolic votes, they can do that, but we certainly weren&rsquo;t happy about it,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >vice president added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Knesset passed two preliminary bills that assert&nbsp;&ldquo;the State of Israel will apply its laws and sovereignty to the settlement areas in Judea and Samaria, in order to establish the status of these areas as an inseparable part of the sovereign State of Israel.&rdquo; The legislation was put up for a vote despite opposition from Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>. It must still be approved in additional votes, but the bills may endanger the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-on-the-washington-post-democracy-dies-in-dumbness\/\" title=\"Bill Maher on the Washington Post: Democracy Dies in Dumbness\">fragile nature<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gaza<\/a> peace deal that was struck earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the state of the ceasefire between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamas<\/a>, Vance said both sides are largely respecting the terms of the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are exceptions,&rdquo; he told reporters. &ldquo;There are little exceptions that break out here and there. That would be expected when these parties have been at war for two years. But so far, the ceasefire is actually holding, the peace is actually holding, and now we&rsquo;re trying to figure out how to make it stick over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brian-kolfage-one-florida-school-combated-covid-by-going-back-to-normal-as-a-result-the-children-and-teachers-are-safe-and-happy\/\" title=\"Brian Kolfage: One Florida School Combated COVID By Going Back to Normal \u2013 As a Result the Children and Teachers Are Safe and Happy\">long term<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Accusations of ceasefire violations have been lobbed at both sides amid reports of clashes in Gaza. Israel said at least two of its soldiers were killed in Rafah, while Hamas said the Israeli military was still targeting Palestinians in airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration, as a whole, has been opposed to Israeli annexation of the West Bank, a move that could stoke outrage from Israel&rsquo;s Arab neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marco Rubio<\/a> criticized the Knesset&rsquo;s vote on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3859551\/israel-right-wing-votes-sovereignty-west-bank-ignoring-benjamin-netanyahu-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ISRAEL&rsquo;S RIGHT-WING VOTES FOR ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY IN WEST BANK, IGNORING NETANYAHU&rsquo;S OPPOSITION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They passed a vote in the Knesset, but the president has made clear that&rsquo;s not something we&rsquo;d be supportive of right now,&rdquo; he told reporters at Joint Base Andrews before departing for Israel Wednesday night. &ldquo;We think there&rsquo;s potential for [it to be even] threatening to the peace deal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rubio is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Thursday as Vance returns home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance labels Knesset West Bank vote an &#8216;insult&#8217; to Trump admin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2502183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25296402807043.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5107,45251,15469,52533,40331],"class_list":["post-2502182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-insult","tag-knesset","tag-vance","tag-vote-2","tag-west-bank"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25296402807043.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2502182"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2502186,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502182\/revisions\/2502186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2502183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2502182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2502182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2502182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}