“We share our concern over similar plans by the Israeli leadership, the implementation of which could lead to a sharp escalation of tension in the region, and undermine hopes for a long-awaited peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors,” the report said.
As diplomats pointed out, Russia has an unchanged position on "the need for a comprehensive political solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the basis of the concept of creating two states for two peoples within the borders of 1967."
It is noted that the only reliable way to resolve this is through direct negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians on a well-known international legal basis.
Earlier, Netanyahu said that if he wins the parliamentary elections on September 17, he will extend sovereignty to parts of the West Bank in the Jordan Valley and the northern tip of the Dead Sea.
March 25, US leader Donald Trump signed a document recognizing the Golan Heights as the territory of Israel.