Israel's Zionist Parliament approves bill to permanently join the West Bank

Published at: 22/10/2025 03:54 PM

This Wednesday, the Zionist Knesset (Parliament) of Israel approved in a preliminary reading with 25 votes in favor and 24 against, a proposal to annex the West Bank to the Jewish State. The bill is entitled Enforcing Israeli Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, 2025.

In the first step, it precedes three other votes that will be necessary in the Knesset to convert this bill into law, which reads: “the State of Israel will apply its laws and sovereignty to the settlement areas in Judea and Samaria, to establish the status of these areas as an inseparable part of the sovereign State of Israel.”

The parliamentarian, Avio Maoz, is the driving force behind this law. During the parliamentary session, he stated in reference to the notion of the supposed Greater Israel, an imperialist project that annexes Palestine in its entirety.

This preliminary vote coincides with the visit to Israel of the Vice President of the United States, James Vance, who has supervised the ceasefire plan in Gaza together with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and senior military officials.

Mazo News Team