The Palestinian National Council (PNC) said that the response to Netanyahu and his government's declaration of imposing sovereignty over Jordan Valley, north of Dead Sea and settlements calls for the speedy implementation of the decisions of the Palestinian National Council and Central Council demanding the withdrawal of recognition of Israel and the suspension of all agreements with it.

In a statement issued this evening, PNC called for going ahead to the United Nations General Assembly at its next session, and demand to re-consider the membership of Israel in the UN, because it did not abide by UN resolutions, especially resolutions 181 and 194. PNC also called for international protection for Palestinian people and lands, in accordance with the resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly last year.

PNC considered that the announcement of Prime Minister of the Israeli occupation government Netanyahu to impose Israeli sovereignty on the occupied West Bank is a recklessness, disregard and a blatant challenge to the will of the international community, its institutions and decisions related to the Palestinian issue.

In the same statement, PNC said that the declaration of the Prime Minister of the occupation government is based on direct American support and encouragement, within the framework of the so-called (Deal of the Century), which poses a great danger, not only to Palestinian rights, but to security and stability in the entire region, as it comes in the context of Netanyahu’s elections campaign, which is based on aggression, expansion and settlement, in a try to win more votes from extremists and settlers.

PNC stressed that Netanyahu's announcement would not change the fact that all forms of Israeli settlement in the Palestinian state lands including the city of Jerusalem as recognized by the UN General Assembly in 2012, are illegal and illegitimate, and will not create any right to occupation there.

In the conclusion, PNC affirmed that the Palestinians have the right to defend their rights by all legitimate means, and that Israel and the region will not enjoy security and peace as long as this criminal occupation continues, and as long as Palestinian people do not enjoy freedom and live in their independent state, with Jerusalem as its capital, on the borders of June 4, 1967, and the return of refugees to their homes in accordance with resolution 194