Vice President Vance said on Thursday before leaving Israel that he was "insulted" by the Knesset vote on annexing the occupied West Bank, which took place while he was visiting the country this week.

Israel could derail Donald Trump’s plan for peace in Gaza by pushing ahead with plans to annex the West Bank, Marco Rubio has warned.

In an embarrassment to Prime Minister Netanyahu, far-right politicians voted to pass - in its preliminary reading - a bill that would apply Israeli sovereignty to all West Bank settlements.