Tehran — Iran has sharply condemned the Israeli parliament’s controversial resolution backing the annexation of the occupied West Bank, warning that Tel Aviv’s “land-grabbing delusion” threatens to plunge the region into an irreversible state of violence and unrest.
In a statement released late Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry denounced the non-binding resolution—approved by a majority in the Knesset—as a dangerous escalation and yet another attempt by Israel to normalize what Tehran described as “illegal occupation, apartheid governance, and systemic violence against Palestinians.” The vote, which secured 71 votes in favor and only 13 against, has triggered outrage across West Asia, especially among resistance-aligned nations that view the move as part of a broader Zionist strategy to erase Palestinian statehood once and for all.
According to Iranian officials, the resolution—while not immediately enforceable—reflects “an unmasked and arrogant agenda of annexationism,” particularly targeting the Jordan Valley and other parts of the West Bank long designated as occupied territory under international law. Iran accused Israel of exploiting Western silence and US political cover to push forward what it calls the “final stage of apartheid.”
“This vote is not merely symbolic,” said a senior Iranian diplomat. “It is a clear admission that the regime in Tel Aviv no longer fears international accountability. The Israeli Knesset has chosen the path of annexation and apartheid, empowered by decades of impunity granted by its Western patrons.”
The timing of the Knesset vote—while much of the world’s attention remains fixed on the carnage in Gaza—has not gone unnoticed in Tehran. Iran warned that Israeli policy has transitioned from episodic military aggression to full-fledged territorial seizure, emboldened by a global system that continues to reward Israel with arms, funding, and diplomatic protection.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry went further, calling on international organizations to “wake from their slumber” and move decisively against Israeli impunity, especially in light of Israel’s continued genocide in Gaza, the deliberate starvation of civilians, and the mounting death toll, which has exceeded 59,676 since October 2023.
Human rights groups have also weighed in. Several UN special rapporteurs have previously called Israel’s settlement expansion and annexation plans “tantamount to war crimes,” a designation Iran echoed while renewing calls for a united front across the Global South.
Meanwhile, voices from within the Islamic world—including Türkiye, Syria, and Algeria—have begun mobilizing diplomatic channels in response to the annexation push. Iran emphasized that resistance factions across Palestine would “never allow” this declaration to pass quietly and promised support for what it described as the “legitimate struggle of the Palestinian people.”
The statement also criticized Western nations—chiefly the US and the EU—for failing to condemn the Knesset’s move. Tehran noted that the double standard, where Israel’s violent State-sponsored land grab are met with silence while Palestinian resistance is labeled “terrorism,” has dangerously eroded the credibility of international law.
As tensions escalate, Israel’s annexation ambitions are widely seen as the spark that could ignite a sweeping uprising across the occupied West Bank. This territory—already smothered by years of military lockdown, violent settler expansion, and ethnic intimidation—now teeters on the edge of open revolt. Armed Israeli settlers, emboldened by state protection and political impunity, roam Palestinian villages with near-total immunity, torching homes, attacking farmers, and terrorizing civilians under the watchful eye of the Israeli military.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), rather than restraining the settlers, frequently act in tandem—storming refugee camps, abducting minors, imposing suffocating curfews, and treating every Palestinian neighborhood as a live-fire zone. For Palestinians, the West Bank has been reduced to a patchwork of fragmented ghettos—isolated by concrete walls, surveillance towers, and sniper posts—where even basic movement is a privilege granted or denied at gunpoint. Israel’s latest parliamentary move is not just a legislative stunt; it is a provocation, a formal declaration that the slow-motion colonization of Palestine is accelerating into full-throttle apartheid.
According to Mehr News, the Iranian Foreign Ministry declared, “The world must understand that such policies are not sustainable. The Zionist entity’s dream of swallowing Palestine whole will end in catastrophe not only for the Palestinians, but also for its own illegitimate regime.”
