The Foreign Ministry condemns the Knesset's vote on a statement supporting Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank and the Jordan Valley.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli Knesset's vote on a statement supporting Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley, considering it a flagrant violation of international law and a clear undermining of the two-state solution and the right of the Palestinian people to establish their independent, sovereign state on the June 4, 1967 lines, with occupied Jerusalem as its capital. The Ministry stressed that Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Ministry's official spokesperson, Ambassador Dr. Sufian Qudah, affirmed the Kingdom's absolute rejection and strong condemnation of any Israeli attempts to impose its control over the West Bank, in violation of international law and UN Security Council resolutions, particularly Resolution 2334, which condemns all Israeli measures aimed at changing the demographic composition, character, and status of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem. The advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice affirmed the illegality of the Israeli occupation and the invalidity of settlement construction and measures to annex West Bank lands.

Ambassador Qudah warned against the continuation of unilateral Israeli policies that violate international law and relevant UN resolutions, reiterating that all Israeli measures in the West Bank are illegitimate and illegal.

Ambassador Al-Qudah called on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities, compel Israel to immediately halt its aggression against Gaza and the dangerous escalation in the occupied West Bank, provide the necessary protection for the Palestinian people, and fulfill their legitimate rights to establish an independent state on their national soil, as the only way to achieve a just and comprehensive peace that guarantees security and stability in the region.