Over 400 EU Lawmakers Urge Action Against Zionist Regime’s Annexation
WEST BANK (Dispatches) – More than 400 European parliamentarians have urged leaders to stop the Zionist regime’s annexation of the occupied West Bank.
A letter seen by AFP was signed by 400 European politicians from across a range of backgrounds who serve in national legislatures and senates or in the European parliament.
Addressed to European foreign ministers and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, the letter argues that "the (U.S. President Joe) Biden administration presents a chance to correct course” in Middle East diplomacy.
"The previous U.S. administration left the conflict farther away from peace than ever,” it added.
Former president Donald Trump broke with much of the international consensus concerning the Zionist -Palestinian conflict.
Trump recognized al-Quds as the Zionist regime’s "undivided capital” and moved Washington’s embassy there, infuriating the Palestinians who claim the city as the capital of their future state. The international community views the city’s eastern sector as occupied territory.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 478, adopted on August 20, 1980, prohibits countries from establishing diplomatic missions in al-Quds.
Emboldened by the anti-Palestine policies of Trump, the Zionist regime stepped up its settlement expansion in defiance of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, which pronounces settlements in the West Bank and East al-Quds "a flagrant violation under international law.”
Zionist prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year allegedly agreed to pause West Bank annexation plans in exchange for normalization with the United Arab Emirates.
"However, developments on the ground clearly point to a reality of rapidly progressing de facto annexation, especially through accelerated settlement expansion and demolitions of Palestinian structures,” the letter said.
"Europe must work with the Biden administration, countries in the region and the parties on the ground to prevent unilateral action undermining the possibility of peace, advance the rights and security of all people under Israel’s effective control,” it added.
More than 600,000 Zionists live in over 230 settlements built since the 1967 occupation of Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds.
All settlements are illegal under international law. The UN Security Council has condemned the regime’s settlement activities in the occupied territories in several resolutions.
The former leader of Britain’s Labor party, Jeremy Corbyn, and France’s Jean-Luc Melenchon were among the signatories of the letter.
A letter seen by AFP was signed by 400 European politicians from across a range of backgrounds who serve in national legislatures and senates or in the European parliament.
Addressed to European foreign ministers and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, the letter argues that "the (U.S. President Joe) Biden administration presents a chance to correct course” in Middle East diplomacy.
"The previous U.S. administration left the conflict farther away from peace than ever,” it added.
Former president Donald Trump broke with much of the international consensus concerning the Zionist -Palestinian conflict.
Trump recognized al-Quds as the Zionist regime’s "undivided capital” and moved Washington’s embassy there, infuriating the Palestinians who claim the city as the capital of their future state. The international community views the city’s eastern sector as occupied territory.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 478, adopted on August 20, 1980, prohibits countries from establishing diplomatic missions in al-Quds.
Emboldened by the anti-Palestine policies of Trump, the Zionist regime stepped up its settlement expansion in defiance of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, which pronounces settlements in the West Bank and East al-Quds "a flagrant violation under international law.”
Zionist prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year allegedly agreed to pause West Bank annexation plans in exchange for normalization with the United Arab Emirates.
"However, developments on the ground clearly point to a reality of rapidly progressing de facto annexation, especially through accelerated settlement expansion and demolitions of Palestinian structures,” the letter said.
"Europe must work with the Biden administration, countries in the region and the parties on the ground to prevent unilateral action undermining the possibility of peace, advance the rights and security of all people under Israel’s effective control,” it added.
More than 600,000 Zionists live in over 230 settlements built since the 1967 occupation of Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds.
All settlements are illegal under international law. The UN Security Council has condemned the regime’s settlement activities in the occupied territories in several resolutions.
The former leader of Britain’s Labor party, Jeremy Corbyn, and France’s Jean-Luc Melenchon were among the signatories of the letter.