Saudi Foreign Ministry Condemns Israeli Knesset's Call to Impose Control over Occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes the Israeli action as a blatant violation of international law and United Nations resolutions.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned on Thursday the Israeli Knesset’s call to impose control over the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley, describing it as a blatant violation of international law and United Nations resolutions.
Israel’s parliament approved a symbolic measure calling for the annexation of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
Lawmakers voted 71-13 in favor of the motion which called for ‘applying Israeli sovereignty to Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley’.
In a statement, the ministry said the actions by the Israeli authorities undermine efforts to achieve peace through the two-state solution and reflect a continued insistence on destruction and destabilization.
The motion, advanced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, is non-binding and the Kingdom reaffirms its rejection of all violations committed by the Israeli authorities against the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights to self-determination.
It also called on the international community to take serious steps to implement UN resolutions that uphold the Palestinian people's inherent right to live in dignity on their land, within an independent state along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The motion has no direct legal implications, though it could place the issue of annexation on the agenda of future debates in the parliament.
Israel’s parliament approved a symbolic measure calling for the annexation of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
Lawmakers voted 71-13 in favor of the motion which called for ‘applying Israeli sovereignty to Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley’.
In a statement, the ministry said the actions by the Israeli authorities undermine efforts to achieve peace through the two-state solution and reflect a continued insistence on destruction and destabilization.
The motion, advanced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, is non-binding and the Kingdom reaffirms its rejection of all violations committed by the Israeli authorities against the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights to self-determination.
It also called on the international community to take serious steps to implement UN resolutions that uphold the Palestinian people's inherent right to live in dignity on their land, within an independent state along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The motion has no direct legal implications, though it could place the issue of annexation on the agenda of future debates in the parliament.
