Morocco said Wednesday it was concerned about statements made by far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claiming that Palestinian people were “an invention.”
The minister said Morocco rejects the “irresponsible and inflammatory acts,” he said, speaking on the sidelines of a meeting with the Burkina Faso Foreign Minister.
As chair of the Jerusalem Committee, Morocco advocates for dialogue and negotiations to find a solution to the Palestinian issue while respecting their legitimate rights, said the minister.
“Morocco always rejects unilateral actions that can only distance us from a solution, andHe it also supports all initiatives that can urge calm towards finding a solution according to the approach of the internationally agreed two-state solution,” he added.
Wide Condemnation
Speaking last Sunday in Paris from a podium with a map that included Jordan and the occupied West Bank as parts of Israel, far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claimed that the Palestinian people were “an invention.”
“There is no such thing as a Palestinian nation. There is no Palestinian history. There is no Palestinian language,” said Minister Smotrich in France last Sunday.
Smotrich’s appearance with the map, according to the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan, was a “reckless offensive act and a violation of international standards and the peace pact” between the two nations.
In response to Smotrich’s comments, The Jordanian foreign ministry called the Israeli ambassador in Amman to express its disapproval.
The words made by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, were deemed “irresponsible” and “inflammatory” by the Egyptian government. “We reject those comments that have racist undertones and deny historical and geographical reality,” stated the Egyptian Foreign Ministry
In addition, the government of the United Arab Emirates condemned Smotrich’s remarks and deeds in public comments.
The parliament of Jordan has now voted to request that Israel’s ambassador to Amman be expelled from the nation in retaliation, while showing a map in the middle of its chamber with the flags of Jordan and Palestine beside Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.
The map were in response to Israel’s finance minister, defending a map of “Greater Israel” that included the Hashemite Kingdom in line with the hardline aspirations of some fringe extremists.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Ahmed al-Safadi urged the administration to act in response to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during the legislative session.
The Jordanian parliament stated that it was unanimous in its condemnation of Smotrich’s remarks and referred to his conduct as an example of “Israeli arrogance.”
Israel is committed to the 1994 peace agreement with Jordan, according to a tweet from the Israeli Foreign Ministry on Monday.
The tweet stated, “There has been no change in the State of Israel’s policy, which recognizes the territorial integrity of the Hashemite Kingdom.
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