Amman, Aug. 20 (Petra) — Jordan condemned the Israeli occupation
authorities’ tendering of 1,234 settlement units under the E1
settlement project east of occupied Jerusalem in the occupied West
Bank, describing the move as a clear violation of international law
and international humanitarian law and of the Palestinian people’s
inalienable right to self-determination, end the occupation and
establish an independent, sovereign state along the June 4, 1967
lines, with occupied Jerusalem as its capital.

In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates
Affairs reaffirmed Jordan’s condemnation and absolute rejection of
the settlement project and the Israeli government’s continued
settlement projects and plans in the occupied West Bank. It said
these measures entrench the occupation, clearly undermine
international efforts toward a two-state solution, and violate
international law and resolutions of international legitimacy.

Ministry spokesperson Ambassador Fouad Al-Majali said the measures
violate international law and relevant international resolutions,
particularly UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemns all
Israeli measures aimed at changing the demographic composition,
character and status of Palestinian territory occupied since 1967,
including East Jerusalem.

He also referred to the advisory opinion of the International Court
of Justice, which affirmed the illegality of Israel’s occupation of
Palestinian territory and the invalidity of settlement construction
and measures to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.

Al-Majali reiterated that Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied
Palestinian territory and warned against the Israeli government’s
continued expansionist settlement policy and its illegal and
illegitimate measures in the occupied West Bank.

He called on the international community to assume its legal and
moral responsibilities and compel Israel to halt its unlawful
expansionist measures in the West Bank and fulfill the legitimate
rights of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state
on their national territory.

//Petra//WH