U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed an effort by some Israeli lawmakers to push forward with annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying Israel is "not going to do anything with the West Bank.

Vice President JD Vance also called symbolic votes in Israel’s Parliament to take territory a “very stupid political stunt.”

Israel's Knesset, in a preliminary vote, approved sovereignty in the West Bank, described as a political ploy by right-wing opposition during JD Vance's visit.

Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations.

The comments, in response to a largely symbolic measure, were an unusually sharp riposte at a key juncture for President Trump’s Gaza peace plan.

Two Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli settlers in the village of Al-Maniya, near Bethlehem. The IDF arrested one Israeli in the village of Mukhmas.

The appliance was sent to the West Bank last year but was impounded at an Israeli port where it has racked up £16,000 in fees.

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