According to a report by the Palestinian News Agency on the 21st, Palestinian President Abbas issued a statement on the same day calling on the Israeli government to immediately stop and cancel the tender plan for the “E1 Zone” settlement construction project, pointing out that this move directly threatens the Palestinian nation-building process. In his statement, Abbas stressed that the “E1 Zone” settlement plan would cut the West Bank into two parts, north and south, and at the same time sever the geographical ties between East Jerusalem and surrounding Palestinian regions, seriously damaging the prospects for the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Abbas pointed out that the plan blatantly violates international law and relevant United Nations resolutions, particularly Security Council resolution 2334, and is a dangerous step for Israel to continue to expand settlements, implement annexation policies, and create fait accompli.

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