RAMALLAH, Palestine, Feb 17 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine criticised a U.S.-Israeli committee, tasked with mapping out the areas in the West Bank that Israel would annex, under the U.S. Middle East peace plan.
The announcement of this committee is a “withdrawal from signed agreements and international legitimacy,” said Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation.
“This step aims at annexation and will destroy the Palestinian political entity … which is the basis of the peace process,” Erekat added.
Israeli public radio said, a joint U.S.-Israeli committee was formed, to map out areas of the West Bank that Israel may annex, as part of U.S. President’s peace plan.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said, this step undermines the international community’s will and the rights of the Palestinian people.
“The ministry is gravely concerned over this aggressive and provocative step, which is part of the inauspicious Deal of the Century and Israeli measures, aimed at resolving final status issues, unilaterally and by force.”
On Jan 28, Trump revealed a controversial Middle East peace plan, which calls for a two-state solution, but recognises Jerusalem as Israel’s “undivided capital.”
The U.S. plan was immediately rejected by Palestine and the Arab world, as well as, other countries globally.
The Arab foreign ministers unanimously agreed to boycott the U.S. plan and not to cooperate “in any way” with Washington in its implementation.– NNN-WAFA
