The zionist cabinet has approved a series of measures aimed at accelerating the annexation of the West Bank and expanding zionist settlement. These decisions include the publication of land registries to facilitate land seizures and the abolition of restrictions on land purchases by zionist occupiers in the region.

Furthermore, the occupation has transferred building licensing authority from the Palestinian municipality of Al-Khalil to the occupying Civil Administration, specifically targeting the area around the Ibrahimi Mosque and other sites. The cabinet also authorized the expansion of occupation enforcement into Areas A and B and the renewal of the “Land Purchase Committee” to proactively secure land for settlement.

Resistance factions released statements.

Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem responded to the decisions, stating that the extremist “israeli” government seeks to expand its genocidal war and eliminate the Palestinian presence on their land. He described the policy as a colonialist move that poses an existential threat to the rights of the Palestinian people.

The Resistance Committees in Palestine called the decisions a practical annexation and a direct threat to the Palestinian presence.  They considered them a declaration of war aimed at entrenching the zionist occupation, calling on Palestinians everywhere to escalate resistance.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement states that the latest decisions by the occupation government’s cabinet are a clear attempt to re-engineer the West Bank. This project aims to displace our people, uproot them, and expand the grip of the occupation through a silent legal annexation process.

The movement emphasizes that these decisions constitute a full-fledged ethnic cleansing process occurring while the world turns a blind eye. PIJ holds the US administration and international community responsible for the ongoing crimes and the failure of relying on negotiations. These projects call for a unified Palestinian position supporting the Resistance to defend the land and topple the zionist plans.

The PFLP stated, “The ‘israeli’ cabinet’s approval of ‘effective annexation’ of the occupied West Bank represents a radical shift in zionist criminality and a declaration of comprehensive war on the Palestinian existence.

This move effectively ends the ‘Oslo’ stage and reveals a zionist plan to impose complete security and administrative guardianship, turning Palestinian cities and villages into ethnic enclaves.

The PFLP calls on all national and Islamic forces to unite immediately behind a unified national struggle strategy, ending all commitments to the ‘israeli’ entity and adopting comprehensive Resistance as the only way to respond to this liquidation plan and protect historical rights to the land.”