The photo, taken on May 13, 2020, shows a partial view of the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev, near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. (By AFP)
Turkey has lambasted Israels scheme to annex the occupied West Bank, warning that such condemned policies will lead to "more conflict and escalation."
In a statement on Saturday, Turkeys Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said that the Tel Aviv regime must halt its illegal campaigns, calling on the international community to stop Israels "modern vandalism."
"Israels policy of occupation and annexation is an invitation to more conflict and escalation. Israel must cease its illegal activities and the world must stop this modern vandalism," he said, stressing, "Turkey and everyone with a sense of justice will stand by the Palestinian people."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing a number of criminal indictments, has repeatedly stressed that he would start plans for annexing more areas in the occupied West Bank on July 1, in accordance with American President Donald Trumps peace scheme, further infuriating Palestinians.
US President Donald Trump officially unveiled his scheme, the so-called deal of the century, in January at the White House with Netanyahu on his side, while Palestinian representatives were not invited.
The proposal meets Israels demands while creating a Palestinian state with limited control over its own security and borders, enshrining the occupied Jerusalem al-Quds as "Israels undivided capital" and allowing the regime to annex settlements in the West Bank and the Jordan Valley.
The highly provocative proposal, which further denies the right of return for Palestinian refugees to their homeland, is also in total disregard of UN Security Council resolutions and opposed by the vast majority of the international community.
Palestinian officials have already threatened to sever bilateral agreements with Tel Aviv if it goes ahead with the annexation that will definitely undermine the two-state solution.
They say that the so-called peace scheme allows Israel to annex 30 to 40 percent of the West Bank, including the whole East Jerusalem al-Quds, which Palestinians regard as the capital of their future independent state.
Trumps proposal will only recognize the establishment of Palestinian state, with very limited independence, in the form of an archipelago connected by bridges and tunnels.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has already said that Trumps deal "belongs to the dustbin of history."
SOURCE: PRESS TV
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