Jordan on Wednesday announced rejection to an Israeli move to annex Palestinian lands in East Jerusalem.
Such action is unacceptable and contrary to United Nations resolutions and international laws which consider the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as an occupied territory, Jordan's government spokesman Nasser Judah was quoted by official Petra news agency as saying.
The reported Israeli army's confiscation of 1,100 dunams (1.03 million square meters) of Palestinian lands in Jerusalem increased tension which would lead to negative repercussions on the intensive efforts to put the peace process on track towards establishing an independent Palestinian state, he said.
Jordan rejects any unilateral action that would complicate the situation and put obstacles to achieving peace that we hope will emerge during the upcoming international peace meeting on the Middle East, the spokesman said.
On Tuesday, Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz said that the Israeli Defense Forces recently issued an order expropriating the land from four Arab villages located between East Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim.
On July 16, U.S. President George W. Bush proposed to hold the international conference this fall, which would include Israel, the Palestinians and some neighboring Arab states, to help resume the stalled Middle East peace talks.
Source: Xinhua
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