Over 1,000 MPs from 25 Countries Sign Statement against Annexation
More than one thousand lawmakers from 25 European states have signed a statement opposing any unilateral annexation by Israel of West Bank territory. The legislators expressed support for the stance of European Union (EU) foreign policy Chief Josep Borrell that annexation “could not pass unchallenged.” The European parliamentarians’ statement expressed “serious concerns” about the Trump…

![Palestinians protest in Nablus against Israel's plans to annex parts of the occupied West Ban, May 14, 2020. The large banner reads, in part "… Jerusalem is ours and the land is ours; [We are ] staying here; the [US-Israeli] 'Deal of the Century' will not pass."](https://maki.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020-05-22-220x126.jpg)


![Demonstrators marching in the Upper Galilee town of Majd al-Krum on Thursday, October 3, to protest rampant gangland violence in Israel's Arab communities and police inaction in combating it; the large banner reads (in Hebrew): "No to Violence – To live in peace has become a dream... In Karmiel [a neighboring, primarily Jewish city just to the east of Majd al-Krum] this never happened"; a young girl holds aloft a sign in Arabic reading: "We are victims of your violence."](https://maki.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-05a-220x126.jpg)




