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The Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the latest decisions by the Israeli government aimed at strengthening sovereignty claims over the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.

Stating that Israel is attempting to impose a fait accompli through colonial settlement policies, the ministry said:

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejects and condemns the Israeli government’s decisions regarding the West Bank. The State of Palestine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates rejects the series of criminal decisions approved today by the Israeli Cabinet. The ministry condemns Israel’s desperate attempts to impose faits accomplis through colonial settlement expansion and to alter the legal reality and status of the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem. It emphasized that Israel has no sovereignty over any city or land of the occupied State of Palestine and, as an occupying power, has no right to annul or amend existing laws, including Jordanian laws and legislation currently in force as part of the Palestinian security framework.”

The ministry called on the international community and the U.S. administration to act, affirming that this approval constitutes a declaration of the commission of a full-fledged war crime. It urged states and international institutions to reject and condemn this crime and to launch criminal investigations into the war crimes committed by the so-called “Settlement Administration” and official bodies of the Israeli occupation. The ministry added that these decisions amount to the de facto annexation of Palestinian land, contradicting President Trump’s vision and opposition to annexation and settlement activities, and called on him to intervene and pressure Israel to reverse these decisions that undermine security, peace, and stability in the region.