The Palestinian movement Hamas has called on the United Nations and the international community to take urgent and concrete measures to halt Israel’s settlement expansion policies in the occupied West Bank.
In a statement published on its official Telegram channel, Hamas condemned the Israeli government's recent approval of plans to build 22 new settlements in the West Bank under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The group described the move as “another confirmation that the criminal Zionist occupier continues to impose facts on the ground by accelerating the Judaization of Palestinian land as part of an open annexation project.”
“This represents a blatant challenge to the international will and a flagrant violation of international law and UN resolutions,” the statement said.
Hamas called on the UN and international actors to go beyond formal condemnation and adopt “urgent, practical, and deterrent measures” to counter what it described as an attempt to erase the Palestinian cause. The group labeled the settlement policy a “war crime and ongoing ethnic cleansing.”
Earlier this week, a spokesperson for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, also denounced the Israeli settlement plan, warning it could lead to a dangerous escalation and constitutes a violation of international law, including in East Jerusalem.
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Based on TASS materials