Hamas urges Muslim scholars to form committee to counteract US-Israeli plots

A high-ranking Palestinian official with the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has urged Muslim scholars to establish a coordination committee aimed at formulation and implementation of a strategic plan to support the Palestinian cause against Israeli schemes and US President Donald Trump's so-called deal of the century.

Speaking at the online International Meeting of Muslim Scholars for the Support of Jerusalem al-Quds and al-Aqsa Mosque on Saturday, head of Hamas political bureau Ismail Haniyeh stressed the need for the establishment of a group of scholars in order to stop sectarian and ethnic strife in the region, foster unity among Muslims, and confront US-Israeli plots that target the Palestinian cause and the entire Arab world.

Abbas demands higher-level Security Council meeting on Israel’s annexation plans in West Bank

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas calls for an upgraded Security Council meeting on June 24 to discuss Israel’s annexation plans in the occupied West Bank.

“The issue  of [Jerusalem] al-Quds and Palestine is a unifying cause for the entire Muslim world, its scholars, nations, intellectuals and politicians,” Haniyeh said.

The Hamas leader then warned against potentially serious dangers against Jerusalem al-Quds and Palestine, and demanded a prompt strategy to stand against such threats.

Trump’s so-called peace plan on the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, dubbed ‘the deal of the century,’ envisions Jerusalem al-Quds as “Israel’s undivided capital” and allows the Tel Aviv regime to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank and the Jordan Valley. The plan also denies Palestinian refugees the right of return to their homeland, among other controversial terms.

Trump’s plan has triggered waves of protest rallies around the globe.

Israel’s annexation plans will disintegrate Palestine into over 220 pieces of land: PNI head

A veteran Palestinian politician warns that the Israeli regime’s annexation plan will disintegrate the Palestinian territories into 224 small pieces of land.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was sworn into office for another term on May 17, has set July 1 for the start of cabinet discussions on extending Israeli sovereignty over settlements in the West Bank and the Jordan Valley.

In response to Israel’s decision to annex large parts of the Palestinian territories and extend its authority over those areas, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared the end of all agreements signed with Israel and the United States on May 19.

“The Palestine Liberation Organization and the state of Palestine are absolved, as of today, of all the agreements and understandings with the American and Israeli governments and of all the commitments based on these understandings and agreements, including the security ones,” Abbas said in the statement.

Palestinian president ends agreements with Israel, US over annexation

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has declared an end to all agreements with Israel and the United States in response to an Israeli regime’s plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.

Netanyahu, who is facing a number of criminal indictments, has time and again announced that he would start plans for annexing more areas in the occupied West Bank on July 1, in accordance with Trump’s peace scheme, further infuriating Palestinians.

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