Jordan Criticizes Israeli Prime Minister’s E1 Settlement Expansion Plan

Gaza: Jordan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's signing of the colonial E1 plan and his extremist, racist remarks denying the establishment of a Palestinian state. According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, the ministry described the move as a blatant violation of international law, a sabotage of the two-state solution, and a flagrant attack on the Palestinian people's inalienable right to establish an independent and sovereign state on the 1967 borders, with occupied Jerusalem as its capital. Ministry spokesperson Fuad Al-Majali affirmed Jordan's absolute rejection and denunciation of the colonial plan, as well as Israel's unilateral, illegal, and illegitimate actions in the occupied West Bank. He stressed that such measures constitute a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions, particularly Resolution 2334, which condemns all Israeli actions aimed at altering the demographic composition, character, and status of occ upied Palestinian land, including East Jerusalem. He also cited the International Court of Justice advisory opinion confirming the necessity of ending the Israeli occupation and the illegality of annexing occupied Palestinian territories. Al-Majali underscored that Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territories and warned that the extremist Israeli government's ongoing expansionist policies, illegal measures in the West Bank, and provocative, racist statements by its leaders fuel cycles of violence and conflict in the region, threatening both regional and international peace and security. He renewed Jordan's call for the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities, compel Israel and its extremist government to cease their aggression against Gaza, halt their dangerous escalation in the West Bank, protect the Palestinian people, and ensure their legitimate right to establish an independent state on their national land as the only path to a just and comprehensiv e peace that guarantees security and stability in the region.