Pompeo: Including parts of the West Bank is a decision that belongs to Israel

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today that the decision to annex parts of the West Bank is ultimately up to Israel, and that Washington will make its position on this matter publicly unknown to the Israeli government.

The US peace plan - presented by President Donald Trump at the end of last January - included a proposal to annex Israel to 130 settlements located in the West Bank, as well as the Jordan Valley, which was rejected by the Palestinian side.

In response to Pompeo's statements, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threatened to cancel all agreements and understandings concluded by the Authority with Israel and the United States, if Tel Aviv announced the annexation of any part of the West Bank.

President Abbas added in televised statements, "We have informed all concerned international parties - including the American and Israeli governments - that we will not stand idly by if Israel declares annexation of any part of our territory."

The Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu, and Speaker of the House Benny Gantz, on Monday signed an agreement to form an emergency unity government, each of which will rotate its presidency, with Netanyahu starting first for 18 months.

The power-sharing agreement requires that a bill to annex the Jordan Valley and Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank be launched in early July.

"The annexation government,"
Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh condemned the formation of the "Israeli annexation government," noting that it represented the end of the two-state solution.

Palestinian estimates indicate that what is planned by the Israeli leadership to annex parts of the West Bank will devour more than 30% of its area, and the Palestinians have repeatedly warned that the annexation will blow up the idea of ​​a two-state solution from its foundation.

And urging forces in the right-wing movement influencing the wheels of government in Israel, that Tel Aviv quickly annex the settlements in the West Bank before the presidential elections in America expected next November, which could result in President Trump's departure from power, which is what Strongly supports the Israeli occupation plans.

Netanyahu's plans and Netanyahu
had said at an election conference in February that he was about to map the territories that, according to the terms of the Trump peace plan, would be part of the State of Israel, he said.

He added that the region will include all Israeli settlements and the Jordan Valley, a region that Israel has kept under occupation since its control in the 1967 war, but that the Palestinians are demanding as part of their future state.

The Palestinian presidency then responded to Netanyahu's statements by saying that "the map that we know is the map of the state of Palestine on the borders of June 4, 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital, and we will not deal with other maps."

The presidency added that "the map of the state of Palestine is the map recognized by the world according to the United Nations resolutions, and it is the only one that achieves security, peace and stability in the region and the world, and any other maps that mean the occupation continues and cannot be accepted."