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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Right-wing rivals of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu narrowly passed a West Bank annexation bill in a first parliamentary reading, drawing remonstration from the US as the allies try to implement a Gaza peace plan whose regional support hinges on acknowledging Palestinian territorial claims. Wednesday’s 25-to-24 vote in the Knesset came as Netanyahu hosts a cascade of top aides to US President Donald Trump , who said last month he would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank — an area on which, along with the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, Palestinians want to establish an independent state.
