More than 70 Israeli MPs voted today in favor of a proposal to the government to annex the occupied West Bank to “get out of the agenda of every plan for the creation of a Palestinian state”.

This text, approved by 71 votes in favor of 13, has no law but its aim is to confirm Israel’s “natural, historical and legal right” in the Palestinian territories.

The MPs of the ruling right -wing coalition of the Prime Minister voted in favor Benjamin Netanyahu But also MPs of the opposition, stating that the annexation of this territory “will strengthen the state of Israel, its safety and prevent any challenge of the fundamental right of the Jewish people to peace and security in their homeland.”

“The sovereignty in Judea-Samaria (the name by which Israel calls the West Bank, which it has occupied since 1967) is an integral part of the implementation of the Zionism and the national vision of the Jewish people, that is, the return to the homeland,” the text continues.

OR Palestinian Authority He reacted by describing the vote “a direct infringement to the rights of the Palestinian people,” as Hussein al -Sheikh, the Secretary General of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), said. “These unilateral Israeli actions constitute a blatant violation of international law,” he added in a post on the X platform.

About 500,000 Israelis now live in settlements on the West Bank, among 3 million Palestinians. The Israeli settlement is regularly denounced by the UN as illegal to international law and constitutes one of the main obstacles for a sustainable solution to the two states.