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Knesset approves preliminary reading of West Bank annexation bill
22 October 2025 14:28 BST
The Israeli parliament has approved a preliminary reading of a bill aimed at annexing the occupied West Bank.
The bill, which will require three votes in the Knesset before becoming law, passed with 25 MKs in support and 24 against.
Avigdor Lieberman of the Yisrael Beiteinu party also proposed a bill to extend Israeli sovereignty over the Ma'ale Adumim settlement near Jerusalem, which also passed.
The votes come just as US Vice President JD Vance was visiting the country.