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Palestine's foreign ministry condemns Knesset annexation vote
23 July 2025 16:01 BST
Palestine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the motion passed in Israel's Knesset on Wednesday that called for the assertion of "Israeli sovereignty" in the occupied West Bank.
Describing the proposals as "colonial" measures, the ministry's statement called on the international community to take Israel's discussions of annexation seriously in the run-up to September's UN conference on the two-state solution.
The non-binding motion, which does not impact the legal status of the West Bank, said it aimed to "make it clear to the world" that Israel is "committed to its future as a secure Jewish state".
Israel's presence in the West Bank was ruled as unlawful by the International Court of Justice in July 2024.