The National Popular Conference for Jerusalem: The Isolation of the Villages of Beit Iksa, Nabi Samuel, and the Khalaila Neighborhood is the First Building Block in the Israeli Annexation Plan

SadaNews - The General Secretariat of the National Popular Conference for Jerusalem stated in a statement issued today, Sunday, that the separation of the villages of Nabi Samuel, Beit Iksa, and the Khalaila neighborhood in northwest Jerusalem is the first building block in the Israeli annexation of Palestinian villages and towns in the West Bank under the so-called Israeli sovereignty.

The General Secretariat added in its statement that the occupying authorities invest various pretexts to implement the annexation plan announced by the extremist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich as part of what is called the expansion of Greater Israel's borders. It pointed out that this process is accompanied by Israel's confiscation of hundreds, if not thousands, of dunams of land from Jerusalemite citizens in favor of expanding and enlarging existing settlements and building new ones to create a demographic reality that aligns with the Palestinian demographics.

Furthermore, the General Secretariat of the conference emphasized that Israel has practically killed what is called the two-state solution by continuing its annexation, Judaization, and land-grabbing projects, even in area A, to cut off any path to the establishment of a coherent Palestinian state with strategic depth and clear geographical borders that would lead to true sovereignty. Regarding the three mentioned villages that have been isolated from their surroundings, the General Secretariat confirmed that this arbitrary and racist step would sever the connections of those towns with their neighbors, isolating them socially, economically, and educationally, which means placing them in an isolated ghetto that imposes a bitter reality that is difficult to coexist with. This is what Israel aims for, hoping to force these residents to migrate after they reach a dead end in their daily lives.

The General Secretariat of the National Popular Conference for Jerusalem called on human rights and humanitarian organizations in Palestine to raise this issue in international forums to make it an international public opinion issue that compels the occupying state to retract its arbitrary measures, which it considers a "probe" for what is planned for other villages and towns throughout the Jerusalem Governorate in particular and the West Bank in general.