Palestine, Jordan decry Israeli map claiming several Arab countries as part of ‘greater Israel’

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority, described the map shared by Israeli social media accounts this week as a blatant violation of all international resolutions and laws.

He said Israeli occupation policies, attacks by settlers, and the relentless storming of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound require “an urgent international stance to stop what the Palestinian people are being subjected to from war and destruction.”

The spokesman also called on the incoming US administration to halt unconditional support for all Israeli policies that undermine security and peace in West Asia.

Parts of the Palestinian, Jordanian, Syrian, and Lebanese territories were included in the map.

The Jordanian Foreign Ministry also described the document as “provocative and baseless” saying Israeli actions based on racism would neither undermine Jordan’s sovereignty nor change the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.

It added that the Israeli regime must “immediately cease these provocative actions and stop the reckless statements, which are only fueling tensions and contributing to the instability of the region.”

The ministry said that publishing the map coincided with “racist statements” made by far-right hawkish Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich regarding the annexation of the Occupied West Bank and the construction of settlements in the besieged Gaza Strip.