Gaza News | What Does Israel Parliament's Approval Of West Bank Annexation Bill Mean? A bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, a move tantamount to annexation of land which Palestinians want for a state, won preliminary approval from Israel's parliament on Wednesday. The vote was the first of four needed to pass the law and it coincided with the visit of U.S. Vice President JD Vance to Israel, a month after President Donald Trump said , opens new tab that he would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank