Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press conference following a military briefing at the Civilian Military Coordination Center on Oct. 21, 2025, in Kiryat Gat, Israel. (Pool/Getty Images/Nathan Howard)
Following Vance's comments, a top member of Netanyahu's Likud Party announced Thursday that the Israeli prime minister told him not to advance proposals regarding the annexation of the West Bank, according to Israeli media.
"The Knesset vote on annexation was a deliberate political provocation by the opposition to sow discord during Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Israel. The two bills were sponsored by opposition members of the Knesset," Netanyahu's office wrote on X.
"The Likud party and the religious parties (the principal coalition members) did not vote for these bills, except for one disgruntled Likud member who was recently fired from the chairmanship of a Knesset committee. Without Likud support, these bills are unlikely to go anywhere," it added.
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Vice President JD Vance meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Marc Israel Sellem/Jerusalem Post/AP)
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"I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank," President Donald Trump said in late September in the Oval Office. "I will not allow it. It’s not going to happen."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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