US House Speaker Mike Johnson visits the settlement of the West Bank Israeli conflict news

Mike Johnson, chief lawmaker at the United States Conference, visited an illegal settlement in the operator West BankDrawing the condemnation of the Palestinians.

On Monday, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the Palestinian Ministry of Parliament to “a flagrant violation of international law.”

Johnson, who is in the next row of the presidency of the United States after the President and Vice President, is the highest American official to visit an Israeli settlement of the West Bank.

His journey comes amid the escalation of settlers’ violence against the Palestinian societies that killed American citizens In July.

The Israeli army also intensifies its deadly raids, demolishing homes and campaigns of displacement in the West Bank, where it attacks its brutal. And the siege It is Gaza.

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Johnson’s visit is inconsistent with Arab efforts and the United States to “end the cycle of violence” as well as Washington’s position against settlers’ infection.

He added: “The ministry confirms that all the settlement activities are not valid and illegal and undermine the opportunity to implement a two -state solution and achieve peace.”

According to Israeli media reports, Johnson visited the Ariel settlement, north of Ramallah, on Monday.

“Jews and Samaria are the front lines of the State of Israel and must remain an integral part of it,” Johnson quoted Johnson as saying by Jerusalem Post, using the Bible name.

“Even if the world is thinking otherwise, we stand with you.”

It seems that the spokesperson of the House Palestinian state.

“Illegal under international law”

Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are illegal under international law. International Court of Justice, United Nations High Court, Reaffirmation Last year, saying that the presence of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and it must end “as soon as possible.”

When asked about Johnson’s visit, UN spokesman, Farhan, told journalists on Monday: “Our view of settlements, as you know, is that it is illegal under international law.”

Israel acquired the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967, and annexed the entire holy city in 1980.

Successive Israeli governments are building only Jewish settlements in the West Bank on the ground that will be the home of a Palestinian state if there is a solution from the two countries achieved.

Hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers now live in the occupied West Bank.

The Fourth Geneva Convention, which is signed by Israel, prevents the occupied force from transferring “parts of its civilian population to the lands it occupies.”

While the Oslo Palestinian Authority agreements granted some municipal forces on parts of the West Bank, the entire region remains under the full control of Israeli security.

Israel also controls the airspace and entry outlets in the region.

Israeli settlers in the West Bank have full sexual rights, while Palestinians live under Israel’s military rule, where they can be Define indefinitely Without fees.

The leading rights groups accused Israel of imposing a The apartheid system On the Palestinians.

It is a matter of faith for us.

For decades, the United States has publicly rejected the West Bank settlements and called for a solution from the two countries despite providing billions of dollars in Israel from military aid.

However, US President Donald Trump took the US policy more in In favor of IsraelHe refused to criticize the expansion of the settlement or commitment to the support of a Palestinian state.

Meanwhile, many Republicans have long expressed their support for Israel from a theological perspective, on the pretext that it is a Christian religious duty to support the US ally.

Johnson said on Sunday during a visit to the western wall: “Our prayers are that America will always stand with Israel. We pray for the sake of preservation and peace of Jerusalem. This is what the Bible tells us to do. It is a matter of faith for us.”

In a publication of social media, Mark Zell, President of American Republicans abroad, referred to Johnson as saying on Monday that the West Bank Mountains are “the property of the Jewish people.”