The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement that he would annex land from the occupied West Bank to Israel if he wins the elections.


His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said that this declaration is a dangerous escalation that violates all international charters and resolutions and expresses the electoral exploitation in the most heinous form without regard to the legitimacy of international resolutions or the slightest interest in undermining the good offices of the international community to reach a solution. Peaceful to the Palestinian cause.

His Highness stressed that this electoral and irresponsible declaration threatens to undermine the international community's political efforts and over decades to find a fair and just solution to the Palestinian issue, stressing its centrality to Arabs and Muslims.
He also affirmed that the UAE welcomes and responds immediately to the call of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to hold an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to discuss this dangerous escalation and to develop an urgent action plan, adding that the responsibility is shared in confronting the Israeli Prime Minister's election announcement and the international community is required to take the necessary measures towards this dangerous development. .