Israeli lawmakers voted 71-13 in favor of a non-binding motion for the agenda in favor of annexing the West Bank in the Knesset today, Report informs via The Times of Israel.

“The land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel,” declared Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana following the vote, adding that “Jews cannot be the occupiers.”

“This is our land. This is our home. The Land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel. In 1967, the occupation did not begin; it ended, and our homeland was returned to its rightful owners. We are the original first natives of this piece of land. Jews cannot be the ‘occupier’ of a land that for 3,000 years has been called Judea,” says Ohana.

“These are truths that no false narrative can change. This is the historical truth…and this is also the one and only way to achieve true peace through strength and to destroy the false hopes that throb in the hearts of our enemies that we will disappear, be expelled or withdraw from our homeland. We are here to stay.”

The motion, advanced by Religious Zionism MP Simcha Rothman, Likud MP Dan Illouz and Yisrael Beytenu MP Oded Forer, describes the West Bank as “an inseparable part of the historical homeland of the Jewish people” and calls for applying Israeli sovereignty to these areas.

“This move would make it clear to the world that Israel will not accept solutions that involve dangerous territorial concessions, and that it is committed to its future as a secure Jewish state,” the proposal states.

Motions for the agenda have no practical implications and will not impact the legal status of the West Bank.

Last year, the Knesset approved a similar motion for the agenda opposing a Palestinian state that passed 68-9. Some opposition members, including MPs from Benny Gantz’s National Unity party, voted in favor of the motion, while MPs from the opposition’s centrist and left-wing parties Yesh Atid and Labor absented themselves from the vote.