Occupied Quds - Saba:
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement on Thursday said the Israeli enemy's approval of a large-scale settlement plan in the West Bank constitutes a new war crime added to its record of crimes, coinciding with the ongoing massacres against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The movement added in a statement, "The plan includes the establishment of 13 settlement cities and the construction of 180,000 housing units by 2050. This is in addition to the announcement by Israeli government ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Yisrael Katz of the establishment of 22 new settlements, some of them near the border with Jordan, in a move aimed at imposing a new settlement reality on the ground."
The statement pointed out that these policies are part of a colonial project aimed at annexing the West Bank, displacing its population, realizing Talmudic fantasies, and enforcing a system of apartheid and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people.
Jihad emphasized that these measures represent a slap in the face to anyone who relies on a settlement or international pressure, which has failed even to stop the massacres in Gaza or deliver humanitarian aid.
It stated, "Resistance, especially armed resistance, is the only option to confront these plans, as it is a legitimate right to defend land, rights, and holy sites."
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