“Palestinians are very disappointed with their government because they are not listening to anyone in the world, they don’t respect the 14 countries who signed the document stopping Israel from expanding their settlement. I think we should put more pressure on the government for it to stop this expansion and hold those accountable,” Amro said.
He further spoke about why Israel is disobeying the international community’s resolution by announcing the construction of 2,500 more homes citing housing needs.
According to the human rights defender, “Israel is sure that it won't be punished for building settlements in the West Bank” hence, they continue their expansion.
“The international community should punish Israel and hold it accountable for its actions. If even then they don’t stop it then there should be a complete action on Israel and that is the only solution,” Amro said.
Earlier, the US President Donald Trump signaled that he would be more sympathetic to the construction of new houses than his predecessor Barack Obama. Earlier in December, while the former President was still in office, the US declined to veto a UN Security Council resolution which demanded Israel immediately cease all settlement activities for the first time in history.
Talking about Trump’s position on this dispute, the human rights defender said that Trump “should work for peace rather than putting more obstacles in the way of the Palestinians. Moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is “against international law,” Amro said.
He further spoke about why Palestinians are really afraid of losing any possibility for a solution in the future.
Some 500 thousand Jews live in more than a hundred settlements built on the West Bank and East Jerusalem occupied by Israel in 1967.
