Vice President Vance of the United States really couldn't bear it this time. As he finished his trip to Israel and prepared to board the plane to leave, he said bluntly to the camera: "My personal feelings about this are an insult, and it is a completely stupid political stunt." He stressed categorically that the West Bank will never be annexed by Israel. "We will never agree to this."
This is not groundless. Vance's trip to Israel was originally carried with him a practical mission.
He just landed on October 21 and held a press conference. At the meeting he announced that the United States would jointly set up a “civil-military cooperation center” dedicated to reconstruction and long-term peace plans in Gaza. He also said that there was “confidence” in the continued ceasefire momentum, and even the bottom line of not sending U.S. troops into Gaza was illuminated.
Who would have thought that Vance here was still campaigning for peace, and the Israeli Knesset over there gave him a sap. On the 22nd local time, the second day of Vance's visit to Israel, Israeli parliamentarians actually held a vote. Two bills on extending Israeli sovereignty to the West Bank were preliminarily passed. You know, this has only been a full week since the Trump administration just promoted the peace agreement on the Gaza conflict.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself was anxious, and his office quickly issued a statement, calling the incident "a political provocation deliberately created by the opposition." Likud followed suit, saying that these votes were intended to "create division during Vice President Vance's visit to Israel" and made it clear that it would throw the pot on the opposition.
The European News Network later analyzed that the Israeli opposition was deliberately choosing to vote when Wenceslao had not yet gone, that is, to prevent Netanyahu from coming to power.
Vance obviously did not expect to encounter this. He admitted at the airport that someone told him that the vote had no practical significance and was a purely symbolic operation. But he didn't buy it at all."Even if it was a political gimmick, it was a very stupid political gimmick." He used the words "strange" and "confused" to describe his feelings, and finally fell to "insult". He couldn't hide the anger he had been exposed to.
In fact, the United States has long said that. A month ago, Trump publicly said that Israel's annexation of the West Bank "will not happen because I have promised Arab countries." He also made harsh remarks, saying that if Israel really dares to do this,"will lose all support from the United States."
Before Vance's departure, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio also hit the alarm clock.Rubio warned before boarding the plane to Israel on 22nd that the annexation would "threaten the Gaza peace agreement", and the U.S. would absolutely not promise.
Not only did the United States, but the Arab states and the Palestinians were even more angry. The Palestinian authorities first came up and condemned it, saying it was undermining the basis of the “two-state program.” Hamas’s statement was more direct, accusing Israel of seeking to “legalize” the annexation by legislative means, and not taking international law and UN resolutions as a matter.
After Vance made his remarks clear at the airport, the Times of Israel immediately commented that this incident exposed all the tensions between the United States and Israel. Especially since the United States is watching the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the Knesset's move at this time is simply undermining the stage.
In the final analysis, Vance's anger is not only dissatisfaction with political gimmicks, but also anxiety about the interference of the peace process. His sentence "This will always be our position" before he left nailed the bottom line of the United States to death. As for whether the Israeli opposition can succeed in this risky move, I'm afraid it depends on the next actions of the United States.
This is not groundless. Vance's trip to Israel was originally carried with him a practical mission.
He just landed on October 21 and held a press conference. At the meeting he announced that the United States would jointly set up a “civil-military cooperation center” dedicated to reconstruction and long-term peace plans in Gaza. He also said that there was “confidence” in the continued ceasefire momentum, and even the bottom line of not sending U.S. troops into Gaza was illuminated.
Who would have thought that Vance here was still campaigning for peace, and the Israeli Knesset over there gave him a sap. On the 22nd local time, the second day of Vance's visit to Israel, Israeli parliamentarians actually held a vote. Two bills on extending Israeli sovereignty to the West Bank were preliminarily passed. You know, this has only been a full week since the Trump administration just promoted the peace agreement on the Gaza conflict.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself was anxious, and his office quickly issued a statement, calling the incident "a political provocation deliberately created by the opposition." Likud followed suit, saying that these votes were intended to "create division during Vice President Vance's visit to Israel" and made it clear that it would throw the pot on the opposition.
The European News Network later analyzed that the Israeli opposition was deliberately choosing to vote when Wenceslao had not yet gone, that is, to prevent Netanyahu from coming to power.
Vance obviously did not expect to encounter this. He admitted at the airport that someone told him that the vote had no practical significance and was a purely symbolic operation. But he didn't buy it at all."Even if it was a political gimmick, it was a very stupid political gimmick." He used the words "strange" and "confused" to describe his feelings, and finally fell to "insult". He couldn't hide the anger he had been exposed to.
In fact, the United States has long said that. A month ago, Trump publicly said that Israel's annexation of the West Bank "will not happen because I have promised Arab countries." He also made harsh remarks, saying that if Israel really dares to do this,"will lose all support from the United States."
Before Vance's departure, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio also hit the alarm clock.Rubio warned before boarding the plane to Israel on 22nd that the annexation would "threaten the Gaza peace agreement", and the U.S. would absolutely not promise.
Not only did the United States, but the Arab states and the Palestinians were even more angry. The Palestinian authorities first came up and condemned it, saying it was undermining the basis of the “two-state program.” Hamas’s statement was more direct, accusing Israel of seeking to “legalize” the annexation by legislative means, and not taking international law and UN resolutions as a matter.
After Vance made his remarks clear at the airport, the Times of Israel immediately commented that this incident exposed all the tensions between the United States and Israel. Especially since the United States is watching the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the Knesset's move at this time is simply undermining the stage.
In the final analysis, Vance's anger is not only dissatisfaction with political gimmicks, but also anxiety about the interference of the peace process. His sentence "This will always be our position" before he left nailed the bottom line of the United States to death. As for whether the Israeli opposition can succeed in this risky move, I'm afraid it depends on the next actions of the United States.