“Projects to complete phases of the gradual annexation of the West Bank would sabotage any regional and international efforts to revive the peace process and negotiations,” the Foreign Ministry warned in a statement, accusing Israel of trying to “create new facts on the ground that are difficult to overcome to prevent the implementation of a two-state solution.”
“The war against Gaza and the illegal unilateral measures in the West Bank have the objective of perpetuating the separation between the two territories to kill any possibility of creating a Palestinian state”, he stressed.
The Ministry held the Israeli Government responsible for the results and repercussions of the violations committed by the Army and Jewish settlers in the occupied territories.
He also questioned the continued incitement to commit more crimes by several far-right ministers, especially the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, and the Minister of Finance, Bazalel Smotrich.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry accused both of providing support to settlers, as well as protection and funds to expand their plans on the West Bank, and stressed that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government ignores continuous international calls to evacuate all settlements in the occupied territory.
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