Hamas movement condemns the Israeli Zionist plan to open a road that connects Jerusalem with the so-called Ma'ale Adumim settlement. We deem this plan a crime aimed at facilitating Israeli colonial expansion along the road. It is also intended to isolate the Khan al-Ahmar village from other Palestinian Bedouin villages.

Hamas believes that this plan is part of a scheme intended to annex more Palestinian lands.

We call on the United Nations and the international community to work towards halting the Israeli colonial plans in the West Bank that amount to a serious escalation against Palestinian rights.

Mohammed Hamada

Hamas spokesperson for Jerusalem