RAMALLAH, Monday, May 29, 2023 (WAFA) – As Israel prepares to legalize and allow the return of settlers to the evacuated Homesh settlement outpost in the north of the West Bank, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today strongly condemned attempts to return to the outpost, particularly the re-establishment of the religious school in Homesh, as a step to legalize it.

The ministry said in a statement that the re-establishment of the religious school, as well as attacks by settler associations on Palestinian lands, opening of roads, and seizure of lands are silent and creeping annexation of the occupied West Bank, under the supervision and support of the Israeli government.

“Settlements are a crime in every sense of the word, according to international law,” said the ministry, adding that it is following all developments in this regard with the International Criminal Court, leading to holding the occupying state accountable for them.

It called on the international community to assume its responsibilities in implementing the relevant United Nations resolutions, foremost of which is Resolution 2334, before it is too late.

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