Hamas Movement condemned the statements of the US ambassador to Israel David Friedman in which he called on the Israeli occupation authorities to increase the pace of building settlements.
Dr. Basem Naim a member of the International Relations Office of Hamas Movement said in a press statement on Thursday “Friedman proves the US approach that endorses the Zionist enemy against the Palestinian people.”
He pointed out that Friedman who is the ambassador of a powerful country is supposed to abide by international law and reject settlements as it constitutes a violation of international law.
“The American ambassador is pushing towards stirring more chaos and instability and reinforcing the law of the jungle” he underlined.
On Monday the Israeli TV7 stated that Friedman called on Israel during a visit to the family of a settler who was killed in Jenin to accelerate the pace of settlement construction in the West Bank in response to her murder.
The settler Esther Horgen was killed on 20 December near Tal Menashe settlement west of Jenin in the northern West Bank.
The Israeli human rights movement Peace Now confirmed that settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories have doubled during the era of US President Donald Trump.
According to the movement’s data there are 661000 Israeli settlers 132 large settlements and 124 random settlement outposts in the West Bank including East Jerusalem as of late last November.
