European Lawmakers Urge Action against ‘Israeli ’De-facto Annexation’

By Staff, Agencies

More than 400 European parliamentarians urged leaders to use new US President Joe Biden's presidency as an opportunity to stop what they term the Zionist entity’s "de-facto annexation" of the occupied West Bank.

A letter seen by AFP was signed by 400 European politicians from across a range of backgrounds who serve in national legislatures and senates or in the European parliament.

Addressed to European foreign ministers and EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell, the letter argues that "the Biden administration presents a chance to correct course" in Middle East diplomacy.

"The previous US administration left the conflict farther away from peace than ever," it added.

Former president Donald Trump broke with much of the international consensus concerning the ‘Israeli’-Palestinian conflict.

Trump recognized occupied al-Quds as the Zionist occupation entity’s "undivided capital" and moved Washington's embassy there, infuriating Palestinians and the supporters of the Palestinian cause.

The State Department under Trump also said it no longer viewed Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as illegal.

Trump's widely-criticized so-called Middle East plan ear-marked parts of the West Bank for the Zionist regime’s annexation.