The passing by Israel's parliament of a symbolic motion annexing the West Bank drew criticism from many countries on Thursday. The non-binding resolution, which passed by 71 to 13 in the Knesset, declared the West Bank to be "an inseparable part of the Land of Israel,

According to Israeli law, the current status of the territories it captured from Jordan in the Six-Day War, save for east Jerusalem, is that of a “temporary belligerent occupation. ” Following a long debate in the plenum,

Spain has strongly condemned the Israeli Knesset's recent approval of legislation aimed at imposing Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank.The Spanish Ministry