Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the construction of thousands of new settlement units in East Jerusalem, which was described as an attempt to destroy the curriculum of the two-state solution.

In a video recording, Netanyahu said that he intends to build 2,200 housing units in the Har Homa settlement and 3,000 others in the Givat Hamatos settlement, south of occupied Jerusalem.

He added that the population of the resistance Har Homa settlement on Jabal Abu Ghneim reaches 40 thousand people, and that the new buildings will allow the absorption of ten thousand other people, considering that the settlement will be like an average Israeli city.

"We are connecting all parts of a united Jerusalem, and I have removed all obstacles to construction ... I was moving and my son was building in Jerusalem while others were talking," Netanyahu stressed.

Commenting on that, the Israeli anti-settlement organization Peace Now said that building in Givat Hamatos is a severe blow to the two-state solution. This is the last point that could allow geographical continuity between the city of Bethlehem and East Jerusalem.

The organization added that such a change in policy could not happen in a transitional government without the authorization of the public, stressing that it is "another electoral fraud for Netanyahu."

"Netanyahu and (US President Donald) Trump claim they have reached a peace plan, but Netanyahu's actions, including the expansion of settlement construction, are clear evidence that he has done everything to not reach peace and not resolve the conflict," she said.

In this context, the Palestinian presidency declared that "Netanyahu's insistence on building thousands of settlement units on the lands of the state of Palestine is a systematic destruction of the two-state solution in implementation of the century deal that violates all international legitimacy and international law that considers all Israeli settlement illegal in all Palestinian lands."

It is "an attempt by Netanyahu to win the votes of the Israeli right on the eve of the Israeli elections at the expense of Palestinian rights," said the presidential spokesman, Nabil Abu Rdainah, warning that "this will not bring peace and stability to anyone, and will lead the region to more tension and violence, no one can expect its results." .

On Thursday, Jordan condemned the Israeli move, and Foreign Ministry spokesman Daifullah Al-Fayez stressed in a statement to the ministry his country’s rejection and condemnation of Israeli settlement policies in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The United Nations believes that the settlements that Israel has built on the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 are illegal, and a large part of the international community is considered a major obstacle to peace. But last fall's administration of President Donald Trump announced that it was no longer looking at it from this angle.