Zionist Regime’s Annexation Risks Outburst of Regional Rage: Russia
WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Russia has warned that the Zionist regime’s contentious plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank and strategic Jordan Valley risk the outburst of violence across the Middle East region.
Speaking at a weekly press briefing in Moscow Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described the impending move as a unilateral implementation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal for "peace” between the occupying regime and the Palestinians, dubbed "the deal of the century,” and reiterated the need for an international consensus to reject the regime’s plans.
The deal of the century envisions al-Quds as "Israel’s undivided capital” and allows the regime to annex illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley. The plan also denies Palestinian refugees the right of return to their homeland, among other controversial terms.
Trump’s plan has triggered waves of protest around the globe.
The annexation move will also put an end to the prospect of the so-called two-state solution to the Zionist-Palestinian conflict, Zakharova added.
She further noted that Russia shares the same position as that of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) vis-à-vis such an attempt.
Zakharova also highlighted the need to restart negotiations between the occupying regime and the Palestinians under the auspices of the United Nations and the Quartet on the Middle East – the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia – to work out a comprehensive and sustainable solution to the issue.
The last round of Zionist-Palestinian talks collapsed in 2014. Among the major sticking points in those negotiations was the regime’s continued settlement expansion.
More than 600,000 Zionists live in over 230 settlements built since the 1967 occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds by the Zionist regime.
The UN Security Council has condemned the regime’s settlement activities in the occupied territories in several resolutions.
Less than a month before Trump took office, the United Nations Security Council in December 2016 adopted Resolution 2334, calling on the regime to "immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem (al-Quds).”
Speaking at a weekly press briefing in Moscow Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described the impending move as a unilateral implementation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal for "peace” between the occupying regime and the Palestinians, dubbed "the deal of the century,” and reiterated the need for an international consensus to reject the regime’s plans.
The deal of the century envisions al-Quds as "Israel’s undivided capital” and allows the regime to annex illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley. The plan also denies Palestinian refugees the right of return to their homeland, among other controversial terms.
Trump’s plan has triggered waves of protest around the globe.
The annexation move will also put an end to the prospect of the so-called two-state solution to the Zionist-Palestinian conflict, Zakharova added.
She further noted that Russia shares the same position as that of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) vis-à-vis such an attempt.
Zakharova also highlighted the need to restart negotiations between the occupying regime and the Palestinians under the auspices of the United Nations and the Quartet on the Middle East – the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia – to work out a comprehensive and sustainable solution to the issue.
The last round of Zionist-Palestinian talks collapsed in 2014. Among the major sticking points in those negotiations was the regime’s continued settlement expansion.
More than 600,000 Zionists live in over 230 settlements built since the 1967 occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds by the Zionist regime.
The UN Security Council has condemned the regime’s settlement activities in the occupied territories in several resolutions.
Less than a month before Trump took office, the United Nations Security Council in December 2016 adopted Resolution 2334, calling on the regime to "immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem (al-Quds).”