The Palestinian group Hamas has slammed a symbolic motion that was passed in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, earlier today in support of annexing the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports.
The vote “is null and void, and will not change the identity of the Palestinian territory”, Hamas said in a statement shared on Telegram.
“This measure constitutes a challenge to international laws and resolutions and an extension of the widespread violations committed by the occupation government in the occupied West Bank, including land theft and settlement expansion, alongside campaigns of killing, arrests, and oppression against our Palestinian people.”
Israel has occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since 1967, forcing Palestinians from their homes and moving hundreds of thousands of Jewish citizens into illegal settlements, in violation of international law.
