The Palestinian Foreign Ministry indicated that “the Israeli occupying state is testing the seriousness of the American position on the eve of the upcoming visit of US President Joe Biden to the region.”

In a statement, the ministry said “extremist Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is racing against the clock to speed up the gradual annexation of the West Bank to finally close the door on any possibility of establishing an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.”

And she added: “The acceleration of annexation operations is a show of force for the Palestinians to deter them from any action or action they may take, and it is a signal from the American administration before the arrival of its president to prevent him from exerting any pressure on the occupying government to stop this policy and this is a great clear signal to the Israeli voter who may find that the same will happen soon before the elections to elect the most extremist Israeli government in its history as the area of ​​party extremism in the Palestinian issue will be the main issue of the upcoming election campaigns in Israel.

The ministry condemned the “continuous violations and crimes committed by the occupying power and its various branches, including settlers and members of their terrorist organizations, against our people, their land, property and holy places that have come to dominate the scene.” daily life of a Palestinian citizen in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem”.