LONDON: The US will end its support for Israel if its parliament votes to pass a bill giving it sovereignty over the West Bank, President Donald Trump has said. The bill refers to the region in its Biblical terms, imposing “Israeli sovereignty across Judea and Samaria.” A preliminary reading — the first of four stages — passed in favor of the legislation on Wednesday with 25 votes for and 24 against. Trump is adamant that the bill will not pass into law. “It won’t happen because I gave my word to the Arab countries,” he told Time magazine.

JERUSALEM: Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favor of advancing two bills on annexing the occupied West Bank, an ambition openly promoted by far-right ministers in recent…

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.