{"id":563483,"date":"2026-07-28T12:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/563483\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:34:10","slug":"house-speaker-slams-israels-continued-escalation-in-west-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/563483\/","title":{"rendered":"House Speaker slams Israel&#8217;s continued escalation in West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1eacc1c5-d5ff-4a80-99da-9e40b443f0f6-1.jpg\" class=\"postImage\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        House Speaker slams Israel\u2019s continued escalation in West Bank\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Amman, July 28 (Petra) \u2013 Speaker of the Lower House of<br \/>Representatives, Mazen Qadi, stated  the dangerous and systematic<br \/>escalation of Israeli settler violence against the Palestinian people<br \/>in the occupied West Bank requires \u201cstrong\u201d Arab and international<br \/>pressure to halt this escalating crime, which reflect state<br \/>terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, he  referred to the provocative and illegal<br \/>violations at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, adding that all these<br \/>practices are carried out under protection of the Israeli government<br \/>and army.<\/p>\n<p>In a House statement issued  on Tuesday,  Qadi said the continued<br \/>storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, settlements expansion, and<br \/>campaigns to burn homes, properties, and agricultural lands<br \/>constitute a flagrant violation of international law and<br \/>international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n<p>Qadi added that this Israeli policy reflects a systematic policy<br \/>aimed at oppressing Palestinians and forcibly imposing new realities,<br \/>which Jordan rejects under any circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Urging the international community to reject and oppose this policy,<br \/>he affirmed these crimes constitute organized terrorism and a crime<br \/>that requires accountability and prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>These crimes are an extension of the Israeli occupation\u2019s settlement<br \/>policies, which undermine all efforts aimed at achieving a just and<br \/>comprehensive peace and establishing a Palestinian state, and push<br \/>the region toward further tension and instability, he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>The House also urged the international community, the Security<br \/>Council, the United Nations, and the International Criminal Court to<br \/>assume their legal and moral responsibilities and take \u201ceffective and<br \/>urgent\u201d measures to stop terrorism of the occupying state and hold<br \/>perpetrators of these crimes accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the House called for ending the policy of impunity, and<br \/>compelling Israel, the occupying power, to respect  rules of<br \/>international law and resolutions of international legitimacy, as<br \/>this is the sole way to achieve security, stability, and a just and<br \/>lasting peace in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\/\/Petra\/\/ AG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"House Speaker slams Israel\u2019s continued escalation in West Bank Amman, July 28 (Petra) \u2013 Speaker of the Lower&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-563483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}