Tel Aviv, Oct. 23 -- Israel's Prime Minister's Office said on Thursday that the Knesset vote on annexing the West Bank was a "deliberate political provocation" by the opposition to "sow discord" during US Vice President JD Vance's visit to Israel.

The statement said that the "two bills were sponsored" by opposition members of the Knesset.

"The Likud party and the religious parties (the principal coalition members) did not vote for these bills, except for one disgruntled Likud member who was recently fired from the chairmanship of a Knesset committee. Without Likud support, these bills are unlikely to go anywhere," the PMO said.

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