Hamas’s spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri has denounced the latest statements by the US Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt’s on the West Bank settlements.
“Greenblatt’s remarks that the West Bank is not occupied and that Israeli settlements are “Jewish neighborhoods” are rude” adding that these statements confirm that Donald Trump’s administration is clearly biased against the Palestinians.
“Israel is actually more the victim than the party that’s responsible” for the Middle East conflict said Greenblatt in an interview with PBS on Wednesday.
Greenblatt rejected using the word “settlements” adding he prefers to refer to the Jewish communities established on Palestinian lands in the West Bank as “neighborhoods and cities.” He also rejected the term “occupied” to describe the West Bank. “I would argue that the land is disputed” he said.
