Secretary of State Marco Rubio just spoke out against the possibility of Israel annexing the West Bank. 

The New York Post reports that Rubio went public on the situation after the recent vote by the Israeli Knesset to impose "the Jewish state’s law in the Palestinian Authority-run territory."

As we will see, Vice President JD Vance has also released a public statement on the matter.

Knesset voted for annexation of the West Bank just to EMBARRASS Netanyahu — Rubio

'We don't think it's gonna happen, it would threaten the whole peace process' pic.twitter.com/1swDbXV5Id

— RT (@RT_com) October 24, 2025

Here's what's going on:

Newsmax provides the background of the situation.

Per the outlet:

A bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, a move tantamount to annexation of land that Palestinians want for an independent state, won preliminary approval from Israel's parliament on Wednesday . . . The vote was the first of four needed to pass the law and coincided with Vance's visit to Israel, a month after Trump said that he would not allow Israel to annex the territory it took in the 1967 Middle East war.

The outlet goes on to provide more specifics about the people living there.

It writes:

There are around 700,000 Jewish settlers living in settlements across the West Bank. The United Nations and much of the international community consider the settlements illegal under international law. Israel's government cites biblical and historical connections to the West Bank, territory that it regards as disputed, and opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state. The settlements are an explosive issue that has for decades been seen as a major obstacle to Middle East peace.

President Donald Trump has already said that annexation will not happen "because I gave my word to the Arab countries." Trump insisted that "Israel would lose all of its support from the United States if that happened."

Vance and Rubio speak out

Rubio responded to the vote shortly thereafter.

Newsmax reports the Secretary of State as saying:

I mean, that's a vote in the – yeah, that's a vote in the Knesset, but obviously I think the president's made clear that's not something we'd be supportive of right now, and we think it's potentially threatening to the peace deal

Vice President Vance, according to the BBC, has also spoken out against the situation.

He said:

If it was a political stunt, it was a very stupid political stunt and I personally take some insult. The West Bank is not going to be annexed by Israel. The policy of the Trump administration is that the West Bank will not be annexed by Israel. That will continue to be our policy. If people want to take symbolic votes, they can do that. But we certainly weren't happy about it.

Clearly, trying to maintain peace in the region is the first and foremost goal of the Trump administration. This is why Rubio and Vance recently made a trip to the Middle East.