U.S. Officials Visit Israel to Apply Pressure; Israel's Annexation of the West Bank Sparks Controversy

【Both Vance and Rubio Have Gone, Can They Stop Israel from Annexing the West Bank?】

Vance and Rubio have both visited Israel to try to stop Israel.

Recently, the Israeli parliament preliminarily passed a resolution to annex the West Bank. Upon hearing this, US Vice President Vance, who was visiting Israel, angrily criticized it, saying this move is very foolish, and the US is very upset.

Vance said that the Israeli side told him that Israel is not really going to annex the West Bank, it's just a symbolic vote, a political gimmick, and the US doesn't need to worry about it.

But Vance pointed out that if it's only symbolic and has no real significance, why go through all this trouble? Even if Israel really doesn't mean it, this approach is still stupid, and President Trump would never agree.

To be honest, Trump may not care much about the fate of the West Bank, but because Israel's actions have made the US look bad, that's why Vance is so angry.

Nevertheless, the formalities must be done. After Vance, US Secretary of State Rubio also visited Israel, ostensibly to promote the next stage of the Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire.

Before departing, Rubio expressed the same view as Vance, saying that the US will not allow Israel to seek more Palestinian territory, which is detrimental to the ceasefire in Gaza.

Palestinian factions and the Arab world have also strongly condemned, with Hamas and Fatah strongly condemning Israel, and Saudi Arabia reiterated its support for Palestine's statehood.

Given such strong reactions from all sides, this bill may not necessarily pass in the Israeli parliament. However, this does not change the situation in the West Bank, Jewish settlements continue to be built, and attacks, killings, and looting against Palestinians continue.

As the Israelis told Vance, this is just a symbolic vote. Because the act of annexing the West Bank has already started and has never stopped.

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