WEST BANK (Kayhan Intl.) – The Palestinian Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, says insistence of the Zionist regime on going on with its plan to annex larger parts of the occupied West Bank shows the regime’s defiance of international law and UN resolutions.
Hamas made the remarks in a statement, in which the movement lauded a recent position taken by a group of independent UN human rights experts, who flatly opposed the regime’s annexation plan.
The occupying regime’s "insistence on carrying out the annexation plan despite the growing international, legal and UN positions against it proves that it scorns such positions, defies the international law and flouts international and UN resolutions,” the statement read.
"What would be left of the West Bank would be a Palestinian Bantustan, islands of disconnected land completely surrounded by Israel and with no territorial connection to the outside world,” it added.
In a recent joint statement, nearly 50 independent human rights experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council called on the international community to oppose the occupying regime’s plan to announce the annexation of significant parts of the occupied West Bank in early July.
The UN experts urged countries to actively oppose the regime’s decision, and expressed alarm at Washington’s backing for the "unlawful” plan.
Hamas spokesman Abdul-Latif al-Qanu also lIntl.auded the unanimous opposition of independent rights experts to the position taken by the U.S. in support of the Zionist regime’s annexation plan, saying it revealed the increasing isolation of the U.S. administration within the international community.
Last month, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov said the regime’s threat to annex much of the West Bank constitutes a major violation of international law.
Meanwhile, Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, has warned that the Zionist regime’s plans to expand its so-called ‘sovereignty’ on lands in the West Bank are considered an "unprecedented danger” to the region and could potentially trigger a "long and violent” conflict.
"The issue of annexation is an unprecedented danger to the peace process,” Safadi told reporters following a meeting with the head of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, cited by The Times of Israel.
"If annexation occurs, it will kill the two-state solution and destroy all the foundations on which the peace process was based. It will deprive Dispatches the residents of the region of their right to live in peace and stability,” he said.
The diplomat claimed that Jordan, one of only two Arab states with an agreement with the Zionist regime - alongside Egypt - would continue to support the Palestinians and "protect the region from the consequences of a long and violent conflict if Israel annexes a third of the occupied West Bank”.
"The Palestinian issue remains our central concern, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was and shall remain committed to every possible effort and everything it can to support our Palestinian brothers,” Safadi stated, adding that Amman was "now concentrated on preventing annexation and creating the possibility of returning to serious and effective negotiations”.
Hamas made the remarks in a statement, in which the movement lauded a recent position taken by a group of independent UN human rights experts, who flatly opposed the regime’s annexation plan.
The occupying regime’s "insistence on carrying out the annexation plan despite the growing international, legal and UN positions against it proves that it scorns such positions, defies the international law and flouts international and UN resolutions,” the statement read.
"What would be left of the West Bank would be a Palestinian Bantustan, islands of disconnected land completely surrounded by Israel and with no territorial connection to the outside world,” it added.
In a recent joint statement, nearly 50 independent human rights experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council called on the international community to oppose the occupying regime’s plan to announce the annexation of significant parts of the occupied West Bank in early July.
The UN experts urged countries to actively oppose the regime’s decision, and expressed alarm at Washington’s backing for the "unlawful” plan.
Hamas spokesman Abdul-Latif al-Qanu also lIntl.auded the unanimous opposition of independent rights experts to the position taken by the U.S. in support of the Zionist regime’s annexation plan, saying it revealed the increasing isolation of the U.S. administration within the international community.
Last month, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov said the regime’s threat to annex much of the West Bank constitutes a major violation of international law.
Meanwhile, Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, has warned that the Zionist regime’s plans to expand its so-called ‘sovereignty’ on lands in the West Bank are considered an "unprecedented danger” to the region and could potentially trigger a "long and violent” conflict.
"The issue of annexation is an unprecedented danger to the peace process,” Safadi told reporters following a meeting with the head of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, cited by The Times of Israel.
"If annexation occurs, it will kill the two-state solution and destroy all the foundations on which the peace process was based. It will deprive Dispatches the residents of the region of their right to live in peace and stability,” he said.
The diplomat claimed that Jordan, one of only two Arab states with an agreement with the Zionist regime - alongside Egypt - would continue to support the Palestinians and "protect the region from the consequences of a long and violent conflict if Israel annexes a third of the occupied West Bank”.
"The Palestinian issue remains our central concern, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was and shall remain committed to every possible effort and everything it can to support our Palestinian brothers,” Safadi stated, adding that Amman was "now concentrated on preventing annexation and creating the possibility of returning to serious and effective negotiations”.
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