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Minnesota Congresswoman Betty McCollum on Friday introduced a bill to strip Israel of US funding if it moves forward with the annexation of large areas of the occupied West Bank. The bill comes in the wake of the surprise decision by the UAE to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel in exchange for the latter …

There will be “significant consequences” for the European-Israel relationship if Israel extends its sovereignty to parts of the occupied West Bank, European Union (EU) High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell warned, addressing the European Parliament on Thursday. “Annexation would inevitably have significant consequences for the close relationship we currently enjoy with Israel,” Borrell said. …

70 Italian Deputies wrote to the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, asking the Italian Government to condemn the annexation of the West Bank territories and the projects of Israel. The letter was signed by deputies from several parties of the ruling majority. The parties are PD (Democratic Party), IV (Italia Viva), LeU (Equal and Free), …

Jean Asselborn, the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, has voiced grave concern over Israel’s plan to annex the Jordan Valley region to its sovereignty, saying such an annexation will be a blow to the two-state solution. “First and foremost, I am concerned that annexation will represent a lethal blow to the two-state solution,” he told Israeli …

Top Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reiterated Tuesday his opposition to Israel’s intention to annex parts of the West Bank. “I do not support annexation,” the former vice president said in an audio recording obtained by the Jewish Insider. Unilateral move ‘will choke off any hope for peace,’ US presidential candidate says “Israel needs to …

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Malaysia (BDS Malaysia) condemns in the strongest possible terms plans by Israel to annex large parts of the West bank. Such a move is a blatant violation of international law and several resolutions of the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly. Israel as usual is spitting at the face of …

Jordan’s king has warned Israel of a “massive conflict” if it proceeds with plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank. “Leaders who advocate a one-state solution do not understand what that would mean,” Jordan’s King Abdullah II said in an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel published Friday. “What would happen …

US Senator Dianne Feinstein has warned in an identical letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli ambassador to the US Ron Dermer about the implications of a unilateral Israeli annexation of land in the occupied West Bank. “I fear that any steps taken by Israel to unilaterally annex land in the West Bank …

 Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn Friday called for harshly condemning Israel’s prospective move to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Asselborn called for a harsh condemnation against Israel’s move to apply sovereignty to, in other words to annex, parts of the occupied West Bank. “If you annex a territory that you do not own, …

Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Al-Safadi and Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Spanish Cooperation Aranca Gonzalez affirmed the rejection of any Israeli steps to annex occupied Palestinian lands. Al-Safadi and Gonzales considered the annexation decision a violation of international law and undermining the foundations of the peace process that started …