Egypt has firmly condemned on Wednesday 2 July current statements made by Israeli officers advocating for the annexation of the occupied West Financial institution, notably remarks from Israel’s Minister of Justice, Yariv Levin.
In a statement launched on Wednesday, the Egyptian International Ministry described these declarations as clear violations of worldwide regulation and an try to strengthen an unlawful occupation of Palestinian territories.
Levin’s assertion that “the time has come” to annex the West Financial institution has raised alarms, because it undermines the legit rights of the Palestinian folks and jeopardizes the prospects for establishing an impartial state alongside the 4 June, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The Egyptian assertion emphasized that such actions threaten regional unity and stability, notably given the continued Israeli violations within the West Financial institution, which embrace navy raids, arbitrary arrests, and the growth of settlements.
Egypt reiterated its rejection of those blatant violations and referred to as for fast intervention from the worldwide neighborhood to halt them.
Moreover, the Egyptian authorities urged international powers to take accountable motion in fulfilling the legit aspirations of the Palestinian folks.
Since 7 October, 2023, Israel has escalated violence within the occupied West Financial institution, resulting in the deaths of over 1,000 Palestinians.
Whereas the world centered on the devastating state of affairs in Gaza, the place greater than 56,000 folks have been killed, Israel intensified its navy raids within the West Financial institution, usually turning a blind eye to assaults by Israeli settlers on Palestinian communities.
A current sufferer of this violence was Samer Bassam al-Zagharneh, who was shot by Israeli troopers close to the separation barrier on 1 July 2025.
Israeli forces have been conducting relentless raids in Palestinian refugee camps, leading to mass displacements and widespread destruction.
Settlers, usually armed and built-in into Israeli safety forces, have carried out violent assaults on Palestinian cities, burning property and threatening residents.
Reports point out that in 2024 alone, Israel confiscated extra Palestinian land than within the earlier twenty years mixed, facilitating additional settlement growth.
Within the first month of 2025, Israeli forces killed 70 Palestinians. The Israeli navy claims these raids goal armed teams, however quite a few human rights violations have been reported, together with the killing of unarmed civilians and the destruction of whole neighborhoods.