CAIRO, August 21, 2026 (WAFA) — Arab Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al-Yamahi condemned Israel's plan to implement the expansionist settlement project in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, as well as remarks by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calling for the killing of dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip every night.

In a statement, Al-Yamahi said the measures demonstrate the Israeli government’s determination to pursue a systematic policy of aggression targeting both Palestinian land and people.

He warned that the E1 plan represents a dangerous escalation in Israel’s settlement and illegal annexation project, aimed at fragmenting the West Bank and separating its northern and southern parts, undermining the territorial unity of the Palestinian land and effectively eliminating prospects for the establishment of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state.

Al-Yamahi stressed that Israel’s continued implementation of the project despite international warnings constitutes a blatant challenge to international law and international legitimacy resolutions. He called on the international community to take practical and deterrent measures to halt settlement and annexation and hold those responsible accountable.

He also condemned Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's remarks calling for the killing of between 30 and 40 Palestinians every night, describing them as an explicit and dangerous incitement to kill Palestinians and an embodiment of hate speech, racism and dehumanization.

He stressed that such remarks by a government official constitute a grave escalation that cannot be treated as merely political rhetoric.

Al-Yamahi said the implementation of the E1 plan on the ground and Ben-Gvir’s incitement to kill Palestinians in Gaza represent two facets of the same policy based on settlement, dispossession, forced displacement and killing, as well as imposing facts on the ground by force.

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