Arab League Warns of West Bank Annexation Measures, Cites Flagrant Violation of International Law
The General Secretariat of the Arab League warned on Wednesday of the danger posed by the Zionist occupation’s recent measures concerning the annexation of the occupied West Bank, affirming that they represent a major shift toward imposing de facto annexation and entrenching colonial settlements, in “flagrant violation of international law and international legality resolutions.” Ambassador Fayed Mustafa, Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories Sector at the Arab League, stressed during the opening session of the Arab League Council meeting in Cairo that these measures “directly undermine the foundations of the peace process and effectively eliminate the possibility of implementing the two-state solution as the only internationally accepted framework for achieving a just and lasting peace.”
Mustafa further noted that recent actions include expanding settlement activity, seizing private and public lands, and demolishing Palestinian homes and facilities. He specifically highlighted the transfer of the Hebron municipality’s powers to the so-called “Civil Administration” under the Zionist occupation army, which compromises the legal and historical status of the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Moreover, he emphasized that these measures “are part of a series of policies designed to alter the legal and demographic reality of occupied Palestinian land and forcibly impose permanent facts on the ground, thereby hollowing out the concept of an independent Palestinian state and denying the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights.” “What is happening in the West Bank represents a direct breach of the United Nations (UN) Charter, the Geneva Conventions, and Security Council resolutions, including Resolution 2334,” the Arab League added. It further noted that these actions undermine signed agreements, foremost among them the Oslo Accords, in an attempt to “impose unilateral facts outside the framework of negotiation.”
