RAMALLAH, Monday, November 18, 2019 (WAFA) - Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said today that the announcement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the Israeli settlements in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank do not violate international law is null and void, condemned and totally contradicts with international law, resolutions of the international legitimacy that reject settlements, and Security Council resolutions, especially resolution 2334.

Abu Rudeineh stressed that the US administration is not qualified or authorized to cancel the resolutions of the international legitimacy, and does not have the right to give any legitimacy to the Israeli settlements.

While rejecting these statements and previous resolutions on Jerusalem, the Palestinian presidency called on world governments to reject them and condemn them because they are illegal and threaten international peace and security.

The spokesman reiterated that the US administration has totally lost all credibility and no longer has any role in the peace process. "We hold the American administration fully responsible for any repercussions of this dangerous step."

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