RAMALLAH, January 29, 2017 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Monday that Israel is using the absence of a U.S. position to continue settlement construction and destroy the two-state solution.
The ministry said “as the U.S. President Donald Trump assumed office, the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu rushed to reveal the position of its ruling extremist right wing towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while arrogantly expressing Israel’s positions towards [the conflict] without any confusion or deception.”
"It is as if Israel is saying that it no longer needs its previous masks to hide its anti-peace positions; that reject the existence of a viable and sovereign Palestinian state living side by side with the State of Israel based on the two-state solution," said the statement.
"The Israeli positions undermine any international efforts to revive a serious and meaningful negotiations," read the statement.
"The pillars of the ruling right wing in Israel and the government of Israel with all of its institutions and departments embody this fact, not only through declared statements and positions, but also through escalating occupational and field aggression against the Palestinian existence."
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