"That's not something we can be supportive of right now," Marco Rubio said before leaving for occupied Palestine as part of US efforts to shore up a fragile ceasefire deal.
In an apparent attempt to embarrass Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, far-right politicians took the symbolic step of giving preliminary approval to a bill granting Israel authority to annex the West Bank.
Hamas issued a statement on Wednesday after the Knesset voted in favor of a bill that would apply the usurping entity’s law to all West Bank settlements, as well as another, more limited bill to annex the Maale Adumim settlement. The bills must still pass three additional votes in the plenum to turn into law.
The resistance group said the move shows that Israel is continuing its efforts to "legalize" settlements and impose its "sovereignty" over the occupied Palestinian territories, in a stark violation of international law and resolutions.
It also held Israel fully responsible for the consequences of the annexation bills, calling on the UN, the Arab League, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to denounce the documents, act to restrain the occupation's policies, and hold the regime accountable for its crimes against the Palestinian people.
“We affirm that the occupation's frantic attempts to annex the lands of the West Bank are null, void, and illegitimate,” Hamas said. “They will not change the fact that the West Bank is Palestinian land by virtue of history, international law, and the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2024.”
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