A statement issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday indicated that Israel is undermining the two-state solution, which is key to achieving lasting peace in the region, and is deepening its occupation policies.
The statement called on the international community to take action and move against illegal Israeli initiatives.
Earlier on Thursday, the Israeli channel "i24" reported that the "Cabinet" (the inner cabinet) had "secretly" approved the establishment of 34 settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The channel did not mention a specific date for this "Cabinet" move, but reported that it took place during a session held during the US-Israeli war on Iran that began on February 28.
She added that approved sites for the establishment of settlements are located within Palestinian enclaves in the northern occupied West Bank, and remote points rarely reached by the Israeli occupation army, and the channel considered this to be "the largest establishment of settlements that goes through in a single cabinet session."
Since the formation of Netanyahu’s government in late 2022, settlement activity has expanded, intensified, and accelerated significantly in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, which the United Nations considers occupied Palestinian territory.
Approximately 750,000 Israeli settlers reside in 141 settlements and 224 outposts in the West Bank, including 250,000 in 15 settlements in occupied East Jerusalem.
For years, the Israeli occupation army and settlers have intensified their attacks in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, including arrests, killings, vandalism, demolition of facilities and homes, displacement of Palestinians, and settlement expansion on their lands.
Palestinians warn that these attacks pave the way for Israel to officially declare the annexation of the West Bank, which would mean the end of the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state as stipulated in UN resolutions.
