RAMALLAH, August 14, 2026 (WAFA) — Hussein Al-Sheikh, Vice President of the State of Palestine, on Friday condemned a decision by Israeli Army Minister Israel Katz to transfer law-enforcement powers in Israeli colonies built on occupied Palestinian land to the Israeli police.
In a statement, Al-Sheikh said the move constitutes a blatant violation of international law, international legitimacy resolutions and signed agreements, and represents a new attempt to impose Israeli law and sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and to entrench the unlawful annexation of Palestinian territory.
Al-Sheikh stressed that colonization in all its forms is illegal and that Israel has no sovereignty over any part of the territory of the State of Palestine occupied in 1967.
He called on the international community, particularly the UN Security Council, to assume its responsibilities, halt these unilateral and dangerous Israeli measures, and compel Israel to comply with international law and international legitimacy resolutions.
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