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Vance meets with Netanyahu, urges patience as Gaza ceasefire holds
After meeting with Israel's prime minister, Vance said the United States' role was to support and safeguard the ceasefire, not to "monitor a toddler.”
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Israeli lawmakers advance West Bank annexation bills despite Trump's past objection as Vance visits
The vote by Israel's parliament, the Knesset, came with Vice President JD Vance visiting Israel to shore up the Gaza ceasefire that was brokered by Mr. Trump's administration. The president has made clear he would not back annexation of the West Bank.
Vice President J.D. Vance met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday as the United States works to stabilize the fragile ceasefire.
The vice president said that while he can't have "100% certainty that it's going to work," he has "great optimism the ceasefire is going to hold."
U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday called progress in Gaza's fragile ceasefire better than anticipated but acknowledged during an Israel visit the challenges that remain, from disarming Hamas to rebuilding a land devastated by two years of war.
Vice President JD Vance downplayed concerns about the fragility of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire while speaking in Israel on Tuesday, even as some Trump administration officials are privately concerned the deal could fall apart,
President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Monday as the ceasefire remains fragile. BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner has the latest for CBS News.